# Neon guitar solo > The guitar solo on Neon by John Mayer (2001) starts at about 0:15. From the album Room for Squares. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: John Mayer, 2001, from *Room for Squares*. Solo by *John Mayer*. The acoustic percussive-thumb figure made guitarists everywhere take notice of Mayer, and live versions grew into full electric jams. Neon by John Mayer is #12 in our ranking of the best John Mayer guitar solos. The solo is played by John Mayer and the song was released in 2001. ## In our lists - [The Best John Mayer Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/john-mayer-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Neon? John Mayer played the solo on John Mayer's Neon (2001). --- 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/)