# Desert Song guitar solo > The guitar solo on Desert Song by Michael Schenker Group (1982) starts at about 3:15. From the album Assault Attack. A hard rock classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Michael Schenker Group, 1982, from *Assault Attack*. Solo by *Michael Schenker*. An exotic, dramatic epic whose Middle Eastern-tinged lead passages rank among Schenker's most ambitious. Desert Song by Michael Schenker Group is #8 in our ranking of the best Michael Schenker Group guitar solos. The solo is played by Michael Schenker and the song was released in 1982. ## In our lists - [The Best Michael Schenker Group Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/michael-schenker-group-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Desert Song? Michael Schenker played the solo on Michael Schenker Group's Desert Song (1982). ### What guitar was used on the Desert Song solo? A gibson flying v 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/)