# Eternity's Breath guitar solo > John McLaughlin's guitar solo on Eternity's Breath by Mahavishnu Orchestra (1975). From the album Visions of the Emerald Beyond. Played on a Gibson EMS-1275. Canonical URL: Mahavishnu Orchestra, 1975, from *Visions of the Emerald Beyond*. Solo by *John McLaughlin*. The second lineup's opener builds from a spiritual chant to a heavy riff and a searing McLaughlin solo. It proved the band could still burn after the original group split. Eternity's Breath by Mahavishnu Orchestra is #14 in our ranking of the best Mahavishnu Orchestra guitar solos. The solo is played by John McLaughlin and the song was released in 1975. ## In our lists - [The Best Mahavishnu Orchestra Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/mahavishnu-orchestra-guitar-solos/) — #14 - [The Best John McLaughlin Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/john-mclaughlin-guitar-solos/) — #18 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Eternity's Breath? John McLaughlin played the solo on Mahavishnu Orchestra's Eternity's Breath (1975). ### What guitar was used on the Eternity's Breath solo? A gibson ems-1275, 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/)