# Powderfinger guitar solo > The guitar solo on Powderfinger by Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1979) starts at about 1:34. From the album Rust Never Sleeps. Canonical URL: Neil Young & Crazy Horse, 1979, from *Rust Never Sleeps*. Solo by *Neil Young*. Short, cutting melodic solos between verses turn a narrative song into a tragic, cinematic rock epic. Powderfinger by Neil Young & Crazy Horse is ranked #164 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Neil Young and the song was released in 1979. It appears on 2 lists, placing as high as #22 (Rolling Stone). ## In our lists - [The Best Neil Young Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/neil-young-guitar-solos/) — #6 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1979](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1979/) — #4 - [The Greatest Canadian Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/canadian-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources - [Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitar-solos-1235519961/) — #22 - [Paste Magazine: Paste Panel: Our writers' favorite guitar solos ever](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/paste-panel/paste-panel-our-writers-favorite-guitar-solos-ever) ### Who played the guitar solo on Powderfinger? Neil Young played the solo on Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Powderfinger (1979). ### What guitar was used on the Powderfinger solo? A gibson les paul (old black) through a Fender Deluxe amp, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Powderfinger rank among the greatest guitar solos? #164 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 2 of them. --- 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/)