# Don't Cry guitar solo > Slash's guitar solo on Don't Cry by Guns N' Roses (1991) starts at about 2:19. From the album Use Your Illusion I. A hard rock classic from the 1990s. Canonical URL: Guns N' Roses, 1991, from *Use Your Illusion I*. Solo by *Slash*. A concise, singing solo whose sustained notes carry the song's heartbreak. Don't Cry by Guns N' Roses is #13 in our ranking of the best Guns N' Roses guitar solos. The solo is played by Slash and the song was released in 1991. ## In our lists - [The Best Guns N' Roses Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/guns-n-roses-guitar-solos/) — #13 - [The Best Slash Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/slash-guitar-solos/) — #11 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Don't Cry? Slash played the solo on Guns N' Roses's Don't Cry (1991). ### What guitar was used on the Don't Cry solo? A gibson les paul 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/)