# Since You Been Gone guitar solo > Ritchie Blackmore's guitar solo on Since You Been Gone by Rainbow (1979) starts at about 2:11. From the album Down to Earth. Canonical URL: Rainbow, 1979, from *Down to Earth*. Solo by *Ritchie Blackmore*. A Russ Ballard-penned hit where Blackmore keeps the break short, crisp and catchy. Since You Been Gone by Rainbow is ranked #271 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Ritchie Blackmore and the song was released in 1979. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #27 (Classic Rock (Louder)). ## In our lists - [The Best Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/ritchie-blackmore-guitar-solos/) — #17 - [The Best Rainbow Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rainbow-guitar-solos/) — #13 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1979](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1979/) — #7 ## Sources - [Classic Rock (Louder): The 100 greatest guitar solos in rock](https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-100-greatest-guitar-solos-in-rock) — #27 ### Who played the guitar solo on Since You Been Gone? Ritchie Blackmore played the solo on Rainbow's Since You Been Gone (1979). ### What guitar was used on the Since You Been Gone solo? A fender stratocaster through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Since You Been Gone rank among the greatest guitar solos? #271 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)