# Palace of the King guitar solo > The guitar solo on Palace of the King by Freddie King (1971) starts at about 1:30. From the album Getting Ready.... Played on a Gibson ES-345. Canonical URL: Freddie King, 1971, from *Getting Ready...*. Solo by *Freddie King*. A rocking Leon Russell and Don Nix number where King's hard-picked fills cut through a big Shelter Records groove. Palace of the King by Freddie King is #8 in our ranking of the best Freddie King guitar solos. The solo is played by Freddie King and the song was released in 1971. ## In our lists - [The Best Freddie King Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/freddie-king-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Palace of the King? Freddie King played the solo on Freddie King's Palace of the King (1971). ### What guitar was used on the Palace of the King solo? A gibson es-345, 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/)