# Wish You Were Here guitar solo

> David Gilmour's guitar solo on Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd (1975) starts at about 0:20. From the album Wish You Were Here.

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Pink Floyd, 1975, from *Wish You Were Here*. Solo by *David Gilmour*.

The acoustic lead lines of the intro and interludes are among the most-learned guitar parts ever written.

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd is ranked #330 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by David Gilmour and the song was released in 1975. It appears on 2 lists, placing as high as #75 (Planet Rock).

## In our lists

- [The Best Pink Floyd Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/pink-floyd-guitar-solos/) — #16
- [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1975](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1975/) — #13
- [The Best Slow Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-slow-guitar-solos/) — #18
- [Guitar Solos for a Funeral or Memorial](https://greatestsolos.com/list/guitar-solos-for-a-funeral/) — #6
- [15 Easy Guitar Solos to Learn First (Easiest to Hardest)](https://greatestsolos.com/list/easy-guitar-solos/) — #7

## Sources

- [Planet Rock: The 75 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/the-greatest-guitar-solos-of-all-time) — #75
- [Guitar Tricks: 200 Best Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.guitartricks.com/blog/200-Best-Guitar-Solos-of-All-Time) — #97

### Who played the guitar solo on Wish You Were Here?

David Gilmour played the solo on Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here (1975).

### What guitar was used on the Wish You Were Here solo?

A martin d-35 (12-string on rhythm), according to widely reported accounts.

### Where does Wish You Were Here rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#330 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 2 of them.

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