# Mechanix guitar solo > Dave Mustaine's guitar solo on Mechanix by Megadeth (1985) starts at about 2:45. From the album Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!. Canonical URL: Megadeth, 1985, from *Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!*. Solo by *Dave Mustaine*. Mustaine's original version of a song he co-wrote in Metallica, played faster and with his own frenzied lead. It is a key document of his early style. Mechanix by Megadeth is #6 in our ranking of the best Dave Mustaine guitar solos. The solo is played by Dave Mustaine and the song was released in 1985. ## In our lists - [The Best Dave Mustaine Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/dave-mustaine-guitar-solos/) — #6 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Mechanix? Dave Mustaine played the solo on Megadeth's Mechanix (1985). ### What guitar was used on the Mechanix solo? A b.c. rich bich through a Marshall amp, 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/)