# Bijou guitar solo > Brian May's guitar solo on Bijou by Queen (1991). From the album Innuendo. Played on a Red Special through a Vox AC30 amp. Canonical URL: Queen, 1991, from *Innuendo*. Solo by *Brian May*. An unusual inversion where May's guitar carries the melody and the vocal takes the solo, with a gorgeous tone. Bijou by Queen is #20 in our ranking of the best Brian May guitar solos. The solo is played by Brian May and the song was released in 1991. ## In our lists - [The Best Brian May Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/brian-may-guitar-solos/) — #20 - [The Best Queen Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/queen-guitar-solos/) — #18 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Bijou? Brian May played the solo on Queen's Bijou (1991). ### What guitar was used on the Bijou solo? A red special through a Vox AC30 amp, 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/)