# Surfacing guitar solo > The guitar solo on Surfacing by Nita Strauss (2023). From the album The Call of the Void. Played on an Ibanez JIVA. A heavy metal classic from the 2020s. Canonical URL: Nita Strauss, 2023, from *The Call of the Void*. Solo by *Nita Strauss*. Strauss trades leads with Marty Friedman, pairing her aggressive shred with his exotic phrasing. A summit meeting of two very different virtuosos. Surfacing by Nita Strauss is #5 in our ranking of the best Nita Strauss guitar solos. The solo is played by Nita Strauss and the song was released in 2023. ## In our lists - [The Best Nita Strauss Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/nita-strauss-guitar-solos/) — #5 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2023](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2023/) — #7 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Surfacing? Nita Strauss played the solo on Nita Strauss's Surfacing (2023). ### What guitar was used on the Surfacing solo? An ibanez jiva, 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/)