# Nite Crawler guitar solo > The guitar solo on Nite Crawler by Larry Carlton (1978). From the album Larry Carlton. Played on a Gibson ES-335. A fusion classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Larry Carlton, 1978, from *Larry Carlton*. Solo by *Larry Carlton*. A funky, slinky groove that lets Carlton mix blues licks with slick jazz phrasing over a crack L.A. rhythm section. Nite Crawler by Larry Carlton is #12 in our ranking of the best Larry Carlton guitar solos. The solo is played by Larry Carlton and the song was released in 1978. ## In our lists - [The Best Larry Carlton Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/larry-carlton-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Nite Crawler? Larry Carlton played the solo on Larry Carlton's Nite Crawler (1978). ### What guitar was used on the Nite Crawler solo? A gibson es-335, 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/)