# Bleed guitar solo > Fredrik Thordendal's guitar solo on Bleed by Meshuggah (2008) starts at about 3:27. From the album obZen. Played on an Ibanez 8-string. Canonical URL: Meshuggah, 2008, from *obZen*. Solo by *Fredrik Thordendal*. Famous for its relentless polyrhythmic kick pattern, it ends with an otherworldly legato solo from Thordendal. The contrast between machine-like rhythm and fluid lead is the band in a nutshell. Bleed by Meshuggah is #1 in our ranking of the best Meshuggah guitar solos. The solo is played by Fredrik Thordendal and the song was released in 2008. ## In our lists - [The Best Meshuggah Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/meshuggah-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2008](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2008/) — #8 ## Sources - [Heavy Mextal: Los 10 mejores solos de guitarra del metal del Siglo XXI que todo fan debe escuchar](https://heavymextal.com/los-10-mejores-solos-de-guitarra-del-metal-del-siglo-xxi-que-todo-fan-debe-escuchar/) — #10 ### Who played the guitar solo on Bleed? Fredrik Thordendal played the solo on Meshuggah's Bleed (2008). ### What guitar was used on the Bleed solo? An ibanez 8-string, 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/)