# Sludgefeast guitar solo > J Mascis's guitar solo on Sludgefeast by Dinosaur Jr. (1987) starts at about 2:07. From the album You're Living All Over Me. Played on a Fender Jazzmaster. Canonical URL: Dinosaur Jr., 1987, from *You're Living All Over Me*. Solo by *J Mascis*. J Mascis stacks heavy fuzz leads over tempo shifts, pointing ahead to the grunge boom. Sludgefeast, from You're Living All Over Me, shows J Mascis stacking heavy fuzz leads over sudden tempo shifts. Playing a Fender Jazzmaster, he pours out thick, sustained lines that sound both ragged and melodic, a mix of punk energy and classic-rock soloing that few of his peers attempted. The song lurches between speeds, and his guitar holds it together, riding the changes with a loose, emotional feel. It pointed ahead to the grunge boom by proving that loud, lyrical guitar solos could live inside underground punk. Listen for how his solos stay melodic even under all that fuzz, the tune never lost beneath the roar. Sludgefeast by Dinosaur Jr. is ranked #425 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by J Mascis and the song was released in 1987. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #74 (uDiscover Music). ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Indie Rock Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/indie/) — #17 - [The Best Dinosaur Jr. Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/dinosaur-jr-guitar-solos/) — #8 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1987](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1987/) — #10 ## Sources - [uDiscover Music: The Best Guitar Solos Of All Time: 108 Amazing Moments](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-guitar-solos-ever/) — #74 ### Who played the guitar solo on Sludgefeast? J Mascis played the solo on Dinosaur Jr.'s Sludgefeast (1987). ### What guitar was used on the Sludgefeast solo? A fender jazzmaster, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Sludgefeast rank among the greatest guitar solos? #425 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)