# Tiger Rag guitar solo > The guitar solo on Tiger Rag by Les Paul and Mary Ford (1952). From the album single. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. A jazz classic from the 1950s. Canonical URL: Les Paul and Mary Ford, 1952, from *single*. Solo by *Les Paul*. A breakneck showpiece of speed-altered guitar runs on the Dixieland warhorse. It reached No. 2 on Billboard. Tiger Rag by Les Paul and Mary Ford is #4 in our ranking of the best Les Paul guitar solos. The solo is played by Les Paul and the song was released in 1952. ## In our lists - [The Best Les Paul Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/les-paul-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [The Best Guitar Solos of 1952](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1952/) — #3 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Tiger Rag? Les Paul played the solo on Les Paul and Mary Ford's Tiger Rag (1952). ### What guitar was used on the Tiger Rag solo? A gibson les paul, 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/)