# Numb guitar solo > The guitar solo on Numb by Gary Clark Jr. (2012) starts at about 2:50. From the album Blak and Blu. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Gary Clark Jr., 2012, from *Blak and Blu*. Solo by *Gary Clark Jr.*. A sludgy, distorted grinder whose lead lines are all grit and snarl, closer to Hendrix fuzz than polite blues. Pure tone as a weapon. Numb by Gary Clark Jr. is #3 in our ranking of the best Gary Clark Jr. guitar solos. The solo is played by Gary Clark Jr. and the song was released in 2012. ## In our lists - [The Best Gary Clark Jr. Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/gary-clark-jr-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2012](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2012/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Numb? Gary Clark Jr. played the solo on Gary Clark Jr.'s Numb (2012). --- 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/)