# Locomotive guitar solo > Slash's guitar solo on Locomotive by Guns N' Roses (1991) starts at about 6:13. From the album Use Your Illusion II. A hard rock classic from the 1990s. Canonical URL: Guns N' Roses, 1991, from *Use Your Illusion II*. Solo by *Slash*. Groove-heavy and sprawling, it features some of Slash's most extended, inventive soloing on the Illusion albums. Locomotive by Guns N' Roses is #11 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/) — #11 - [The Best Slash Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/slash-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Locomotive? Slash played the solo on Guns N' Roses's Locomotive (1991). ### What guitar was used on the Locomotive 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/)