# Technical Difficulties guitar solo > Paul Gilbert's guitar solo on Technical Difficulties by Racer X (1999). From the album Technical Difficulties. Played on an Ibanez. Canonical URL: Racer X, 1999, from *Technical Difficulties*. Solo by *Paul Gilbert*. The reunited Racer X title track is a relentless exercise in string-skipping and blistering picking. Technical Difficulties by Racer X is #4 in our ranking of the best Paul Gilbert guitar solos. The solo is played by Paul Gilbert and the song was released in 1999. ## In our lists - [The Best Paul Gilbert Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/paul-gilbert-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [The Best Racer X Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/racer-x-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1999](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1999/) — #20 - [The 17 Hardest Guitar Solos Ever (Ranked Up to the Hardest)](https://greatestsolos.com/list/hardest-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources - [DigitalDreamDoor: 200 Greatest Metal Guitar Solos](https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_metal-guitar-solos.html) — #12 ### Who played the guitar solo on Technical Difficulties? Paul Gilbert played the solo on Racer X's Technical Difficulties (1999). ### What guitar was used on the Technical Difficulties solo? An ibanez, 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/)