# Hottentot guitar solo > The guitar solo on Hottentot by John Scofield (1998). From the album A Go Go. Played on an Ibanez AS200. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: John Scofield, 1998, from *A Go Go*. Solo by *John Scofield*. A slinky, minor-key groove with Scofield squeezing maximum expression out of minimal notes. His use of space is the point. Hottentot by John Scofield is #11 in our ranking of the best John Scofield guitar solos. The solo is played by John Scofield and the song was released in 1998. ## In our lists - [The Best John Scofield Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/john-scofield-guitar-solos/) — #11 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Hottentot? John Scofield played the solo on John Scofield's Hottentot (1998). ### What guitar was used on the Hottentot solo? An ibanez as200, 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/)