# Dive guitar solo

> Kurt Cobain's guitar solo on Dive by Nirvana (1990) starts at about 2:05. From the album Incesticide. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/nirvana-dive/>

Nirvana, 1990, from *Incesticide*. Solo by *Kurt Cobain*.

A heavy B-side whose grinding riff and wailing lead show off the pre-Nevermind band at their most bruising.

Dive by Nirvana is #17 in our ranking of the best Nirvana guitar solos. The solo is played by Kurt Cobain and the song was released in 1990.

## In our lists

- [The Best Nirvana Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/nirvana-guitar-solos/) — #17

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Dive?

Kurt Cobain played the solo on Nirvana's Dive (1990).

---

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/)