# The Prophet's Song guitar solo > Brian May's guitar solo on The Prophet's Song by Queen (1975) starts at about 2:30. From the album A Night at the Opera. A prog rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Queen, 1975, from *A Night at the Opera*. Solo by *Brian May*. An eight-minute epic with dramatic guitar orchestration and a heavy closing section. The Prophet's Song by Queen is #13 in our ranking of the best Brian May guitar solos. The solo is played by Brian May and the song was released in 1975. ## In our lists - [The Best Brian May Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/brian-may-guitar-solos/) — #13 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Prophet's Song? Brian May played the solo on Queen's The Prophet's Song (1975). ### What guitar was used on the The Prophet's Song 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/)