# Clockworks guitar solo > Fredrik Thordendal's guitar solo on Clockworks by Meshuggah (2016) starts at about 3:55. From the album The Violent Sleep of Reason. Canonical URL: Meshuggah, 2016, from *The Violent Sleep of Reason*. Solo by *Fredrik Thordendal*. A dense, recorded-live-in-studio assault with a jagged, atonal lead. The organic recording gives the solo raw immediacy. Clockworks by Meshuggah is #10 in our ranking of the best Meshuggah guitar solos. The solo is played by Fredrik Thordendal and the song was released in 2016. ## In our lists - [The Best Meshuggah Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/meshuggah-guitar-solos/) — #10 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Clockworks? Fredrik Thordendal played the solo on Meshuggah's Clockworks (2016). ### What guitar was used on the Clockworks 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/)