# Free guitar solo > Trey Anastasio's guitar solo on Free by Phish (1996) starts at about 2:10. From the album Billy Breathes. Played on a Languedoc. Canonical URL: Phish, 1996, from *Billy Breathes*. Solo by *Trey Anastasio*. Heavy, crunchy riffing gives way to a spacey, effects-laden break that grew into longer live excursions. Free by Phish is #20 in our ranking of the best Phish guitar solos. The solo is played by Trey Anastasio and the song was released in 1996. ## In our lists - [The Best Phish Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/phish-guitar-solos/) — #20 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Free? Trey Anastasio played the solo on Phish's Free (1996). ### What guitar was used on the Free solo? A languedoc, 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/)