# Belief guitar solo > The guitar solo on Belief by John Mayer (2006) starts at about 2:20. From the album Continuum. Ranked #530 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: John Mayer, 2006, from *Continuum*. Solo by *John Mayer*. Its fingerpicked groove opens into a warm, clean solo that shows off Mayer's Knopfler-like touch and hybrid picking. Belief by John Mayer is ranked #530 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by John Mayer and the song was released in 2006. ## In our lists - [The Best John Mayer Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/john-mayer-guitar-solos/) — #11 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2006](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2006/) — #6 ## Sources - [Musician Tuts: The 51 Best Guitar Solos Of All Time](https://musiciantuts.com/best-guitar-solos/) ### Who played the guitar solo on Belief? John Mayer played the solo on John Mayer's Belief (2006). ### What guitar was used on the Belief solo? A fender stratocaster, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Belief rank among the greatest guitar solos? #530 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)