# Old Love guitar solo > The guitar solo on Old Love by Eric Clapton (1989) starts at about 3:30. From the album Journeyman. Played on a Fender Stratocaster. Canonical URL: Eric Clapton, 1989, from *Journeyman*. Solo by *Eric Clapton*. A slow minor blues co-written with Robert Cray that became Clapton's great late-career soloing vehicle, building from whispered phrases to searing climaxes. Old Love by Eric Clapton is #11 in our ranking of the best Eric Clapton guitar solos. The solo is played by Eric Clapton and the song was released in 1989. ## In our lists - [The Best Eric Clapton Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/eric-clapton-guitar-solos/) — #11 - [The Greatest British Blues-Rock Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/british-blues-rock-guitar-solos/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Old Love? Eric Clapton played the solo on Eric Clapton's Old Love (1989). ### What guitar was used on the Old Love solo? A fender stratocaster, 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/)