# Surrounded guitar solo > John Petrucci's guitar solo on Surrounded by Dream Theater (1992) starts at about 3:01. From the album Images and Words. A prog metal classic from the 1990s. Canonical URL: Dream Theater, 1992, from *Images and Words*. Solo by *John Petrucci*. A slow-building song that bursts into a bright, uplifting solo full of rhythmic interplay. Surrounded by Dream Theater is #20 in our ranking of the best Dream Theater guitar solos. The solo is played by John Petrucci and the song was released in 1992. ## In our lists - [The Best Dream Theater Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/dream-theater-guitar-solos/) — #20 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Surrounded? John Petrucci played the solo on Dream Theater's Surrounded (1992). ### What guitar was used on the Surrounded solo? An ibanez through a Mesa/Boogie 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/)