# Strange Brew guitar solo > Eric Clapton's guitar solo on Strange Brew by Cream (1967) starts at about 1:15. From the album Disraeli Gears. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Cream, 1967, from *Disraeli Gears*. Solo by *Eric Clapton*. A compact solo lifted straight from Albert King's vocabulary, dropped into a pop-psych single with fat, compressed tone. Strange Brew by Cream is #8 in our ranking of the best Cream guitar solos. The solo is played by Eric Clapton and the song was released in 1967. ## In our lists - [The Best Cream Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/cream-guitar-solos/) — #8 - [The Best Eric Clapton Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/eric-clapton-guitar-solos/) — #13 - [16 Easy Blues Guitar Solos to Learn (From First Licks to Slow Blues)](https://greatestsolos.com/list/easy-blues-solos/) — #4 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Strange Brew? Eric Clapton played the solo on Cream's Strange Brew (1967). ### What guitar was used on the Strange Brew solo? A gibson sg "the fool" through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts. --- 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/)