# What It Is guitar solo > John Scofield's guitar solo on What It Is by Miles Davis (1984). From the album Decoy. Played on an Ibanez AS200. A jazz classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Miles Davis, 1984, from *Decoy*. Solo by *John Scofield*. Co-written with Miles, this live-recorded track captures Scofield's jagged, blues-fused lines in Davis's 80s band. His solo is taut and fiery. What It Is by Miles Davis is #9 in our ranking of the best John Scofield guitar solos. The solo is played by John Scofield and the song was released in 1984. ## In our lists - [The Best John Scofield Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/john-scofield-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on What It Is? John Scofield played the solo on Miles Davis's What It Is (1984). ### What guitar was used on the What It Is solo? An ibanez as200, 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/)