# Highly Strung guitar solo > The guitar solo on Highly Strung by Orianthi (2009). From the album Believe. Played on a PRS. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Orianthi, 2009, from *Believe*. Solo by *Orianthi*. A blazing instrumental duel with mentor Steve Vai that announced Orianthi as a genuine shredder. Highly Strung by Orianthi is #1 in our ranking of the best Orianthi guitar solos. The solo is played by Orianthi and the song was released in 2009. ## In our lists - [The Best Orianthi Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/orianthi-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2009](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2009/) — #6 - [The Greatest Guitar Solos by Women Guitarists](https://greatestsolos.com/list/women-guitarists-guitar-solos/) — #12 - [The Greatest Australian Rock Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/australian-rock-guitar-solos/) — #15 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Highly Strung? Orianthi played the solo on Orianthi's Highly Strung (2009). ### What guitar was used on the Highly Strung solo? A prs, 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/)