# Hollow Years guitar solo > John Petrucci's guitar solo on Hollow Years by Dream Theater (1997) starts at about 2:38. From the album Falling into Infinity. Canonical URL: Dream Theater, 1997, from *Falling into Infinity*. Solo by *John Petrucci*. Live versions made it famous, but the studio track already hints at the warm, bluesy lead that fans came to love. Hollow Years by Dream Theater is ranked #259 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by John Petrucci and the song was released in 1997. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #6 (Guitarist / MusicRadar). ## In our lists - [The Best Dream Theater Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/dream-theater-guitar-solos/) — #12 - [The Best John Petrucci Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/john-petrucci-guitar-solos/) — #14 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1997](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1997/) — #2 ## Sources - [Guitarist / MusicRadar: The 20 Greatest Guitar Solos Of All Time](https://www.musicradar.com/guitarist/the-20-greatest-guitar-solos-of-all-time-403987) — #6 ### Who played the guitar solo on Hollow Years? John Petrucci played the solo on Dream Theater's Hollow Years (1997). ### What guitar was used on the Hollow Years solo? An ibanez through a Mesa/Boogie amp, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Hollow Years rank among the greatest guitar solos? #259 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/)