# There Was A Time guitar solo > Buckethead, Robin Finck & Bumblefoot's guitar solo on There Was A Time by Guns N' Roses (2008) starts at about 3:43. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. Canonical URL: Guns N' Roses, 2008. Solo by *Buckethead, Robin Finck & Bumblefoot*. There Was A Time is one of the most ornate songs on Chinese Democracy, layered with orchestration, keyboards and multiple guitar parts. The lead work comes from the band's lineup of Buckethead, Robin Finck and Bumblefoot, and the closing lead passage is where the song finally opens up. It is melodic and soaring, built on sustained bends and sweeping phrases that ride over the orchestral backing. The Les Paul-style tone is thick and singing, fitting the grand arrangement. After years of speculation about the album, it was a reminder that guitar remained at the heart of the band's sound. Listen for the way the outro solo rises in steps, each phrase pushing a little higher as the strings and keyboards swell behind it. There Was A Time by Guns N' Roses is featured in our lists. The solo is played by Buckethead, Robin Finck & Bumblefoot and the song was released in 2008. ## Sources - [Guitar World: The greatest guitar solos of the 21st century... so far](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-greatest-guitar-solos-of-the-21st-century-so-far) — #32 ### Who played the guitar solo on There Was A Time? Buckethead, Robin Finck & Bumblefoot played the solo on Guns N' Roses's There Was A Time (2008). ### What guitar was used on the There Was A Time solo? A gibson les paul, 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/)