# Sappy guitar solo > Kurt Cobain's guitar solo on Sappy by Nirvana (1993) starts at 1:36. Ranked #499 of all time across 80 lists. Watch from the solo, with tab and lesson links. Canonical URL: Nirvana, 1993. Solo by *Kurt Cobain*. Released as a hidden track on a benefit compilation, this lead is one of Cobain's most melodic. Sappy appeared as a hidden track on a benefit compilation, and its guitar lead is one of Kurt Cobain's most melodic. The song is catchy and bittersweet, and his solo follows suit, with singable phrases rather than the scraping noise of some of his other breaks. It shows that Cobain could write a lead line with real melodic shape when the song called for it. Fans often point to it as evidence of a gentler side to his playing that the hits rarely showed. Listen for how the solo echoes the vocal melody, adding a sense of wistfulness to the song's already bittersweet mood. Sappy by Nirvana is ranked #499 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Kurt Cobain and the song was released in 1993. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #103 (uDiscover Music). ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Grunge Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/grunge/) — #25 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1993](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1993/) — #9 ## Sources - [uDiscover Music: The Best Guitar Solos Of All Time: 108 Amazing Moments](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-guitar-solos-ever/) — #103 ### Who played the guitar solo on Sappy? Kurt Cobain played the solo on Nirvana's Sappy (1993). ### Where does Sappy rank among the greatest guitar solos? #499 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 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/)