# Basket Case guitar solo > Billie Joe Armstrong's guitar solo on Basket Case by Green Day (1994) starts at about 1:44. From the album Dookie. A punk classic from the 1990s. Canonical URL: Green Day, 1994, from *Dookie*. Solo by *Billie Joe Armstrong*. The instrumental break keeps things simple and melodic, a snapshot of the band's early approach to leads. Basket Case by Green Day is #11 in our ranking of the best Green Day guitar solos. The solo is played by Billie Joe Armstrong and the song was released in 1994. ## In our lists - [The Best Green Day Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/green-day-guitar-solos/) — #11 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Basket Case? Billie Joe Armstrong played the solo on Green Day's Basket Case (1994). ### What guitar was used on the Basket Case solo? A fernandes stratocaster (blue) 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/)