# Same Old Blues guitar solo > The guitar solo on Same Old Blues by Freddie King (1971) starts at about 2:00. From the album Getting Ready.... Played on a Gibson ES-345. Canonical URL: Freddie King, 1971, from *Getting Ready...*. Solo by *Freddie King*. A Don Nix slow blues that brings out King's most emotional playing, with bends that seem to cry over the gospel-tinged backing. Same Old Blues by Freddie King is #6 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/) — #6 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Same Old Blues? Freddie King played the solo on Freddie King's Same Old Blues (1971). ### What guitar was used on the Same Old Blues 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/)