# The Weight guitar solo > The guitar solo on The Weight by Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper (1969) starts at about 2:30. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. A blues rock classic from the 1960s. Canonical URL: Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, 1969, from *The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper*. Solo by *Mike Bloomfield*. A live cover of The Band's classic with loose, rootsy Bloomfield guitar. The Weight by Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper is #14 in our ranking of the best Mike Bloomfield guitar solos. The solo is played by Mike Bloomfield and the song was released in 1969. ## In our lists - [The Best Mike Bloomfield Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/mike-bloomfield-guitar-solos/) — #14 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Weight? Mike Bloomfield played the solo on Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper's The Weight (1969). ### What guitar was used on the The Weight solo? A gibson les paul, 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/)