# Epic guitar solo > Jim Martin's guitar solo on Epic by Faith No More (1989) starts at about 2:50. From the album The Real Thing. Played on a Gibson Flying V. Canonical URL: Faith No More, 1989, from *The Real Thing*. Solo by *Jim Martin*. A soaring, melodic solo cuts through the song's rap-metal crunch before the famous piano outro. It is Martin's best-known moment and a staple of alternative-metal guitar. Epic by Faith No More is #1 in our ranking of the best Faith No More guitar solos. The solo is played by Jim Martin and the song was released in 1989. ## In our lists - [The Best Faith No More Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/faith-no-more-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1989](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1989/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Epic? Jim Martin played the solo on Faith No More's Epic (1989). ### What guitar was used on the Epic solo? A gibson flying v, 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/)