# 21 Guns guitar solo > Billie Joe Armstrong's guitar solo on 21 Guns by Green Day (2009) starts at about 2:52. From the album 21st Century Breakdown. Canonical URL: Green Day, 2009, from *21st Century Breakdown*. Solo by *Billie Joe Armstrong*. A soaring, anthemic solo with stadium-sized sustain that serves as the emotional peak of the song. 21 Guns by Green Day is #6 in our ranking of the best Green Day guitar solos. The solo is played by Billie Joe Armstrong and the song was released in 2009. ## In our lists - [The Best Green Day Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/green-day-guitar-solos/) — #6 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on 21 Guns? Billie Joe Armstrong played the solo on Green Day's 21 Guns (2009). ### What guitar was used on the 21 Guns solo? A gibson les paul junior through a Marshall amp, 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/)