# Rocket Queen guitar solo > Slash's guitar solo on Rocket Queen by Guns N' Roses (1987) starts at about 2:38. From the album Appetite for Destruction. A hard rock classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Guns N' Roses, 1987, from *Appetite for Destruction*. Solo by *Slash*. The talk-box licks and the tender final section's lead give Appetite's closer its dramatic arc. Rocket Queen by Guns N' Roses is #10 in our ranking of the best Guns N' Roses guitar solos. The solo is played by Slash and the song was released in 1987. ## In our lists - [The Best Guns N' Roses Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/guns-n-roses-guitar-solos/) — #10 - [The Best Slash Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/slash-guitar-solos/) — #8 - [The Greatest Talk Box Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/talk-box-guitar-solos/) — #10 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Rocket Queen? Slash played the solo on Guns N' Roses's Rocket Queen (1987). ### What guitar was used on the Rocket Queen solo? A gibson les paul (kris derrig replica) 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/)