# Electric Red guitar solo > Fredrik Thordendal's guitar solo on Electric Red by Meshuggah (2008) starts at about 3:20. From the album obZen. Played on an Ibanez 8-string. Canonical URL: Meshuggah, 2008, from *obZen*. Solo by *Fredrik Thordendal*. A slow, menacing track whose lead floats over a lumbering groove. It demonstrates Thordendal's ability to use space and tone. Electric Red by Meshuggah is #12 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/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Electric Red? Fredrik Thordendal played the solo on Meshuggah's Electric Red (2008). ### What guitar was used on the Electric Red 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/)