# Fracture guitar solo > Robert Fripp's guitar solo on Fracture by King Crimson (1974). From the album Starless and Bible Black. Played on a Gibson Les Paul Custom. Canonical URL: King Crimson, 1974, from *Starless and Bible Black*. Solo by *Robert Fripp*. Fripp's fiendish moto-perpetuo picking passage is among the hardest parts in the rock guitar canon, building to a ferocious climax. Fracture by King Crimson is #4 in our ranking of the best King Crimson guitar solos. The solo is played by Robert Fripp and the song was released in 1974. ## In our lists - [The Best King Crimson Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/king-crimson-guitar-solos/) — #4 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Fracture? Robert Fripp played the solo on King Crimson's Fracture (1974). ### What guitar was used on the Fracture solo? A gibson les paul custom, 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/)