# Space Truckin' guitar solo > Ritchie Blackmore's guitar solo on Space Truckin' by Deep Purple (1972) starts at about 2:25. From the album Machine Head. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Deep Purple, 1972, from *Machine Head*. Solo by *Ritchie Blackmore*. The studio cut is tight and punchy, but it became the launch pad for Blackmore's sprawling improvisations on stage. Space Truckin' by Deep Purple is #9 in our ranking of the best Deep Purple guitar solos. The solo is played by Ritchie Blackmore and the song was released in 1972. ## In our lists - [The Best Deep Purple Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/deep-purple-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Space Truckin'? Ritchie Blackmore played the solo on Deep Purple's Space Truckin' (1972). ### What guitar was used on the Space Truckin' solo? A fender stratocaster through a Marshall Major 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/)