# Velvet Waltz guitar solo > Doug Martsch's guitar solo on Velvet Waltz by Built to Spill (1997) starts at about 3:49. From the album Perfect from Now On. A indie classic from the 1990s. Canonical URL: Built to Spill, 1997, from *Perfect from Now On*. Solo by *Doug Martsch*. More than eight minutes of shifting sections, with a mournful lead that swells into one of the album's heaviest passages. Velvet Waltz by Built to Spill is #8 in our ranking of the best Built to Spill guitar solos. The solo is played by Doug Martsch and the song was released in 1997. ## In our lists - [The Best Built to Spill Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/built-to-spill-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources - [Treble: 10 of the Best Indie Rock Guitar Solos](https://www.treblezine.com/38480-10-essential-indie-rock-guitar-solos/) ### Who played the guitar solo on Velvet Waltz? Doug Martsch played the solo on Built to Spill's Velvet Waltz (1997). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)