# Can't Stop guitar solo > John Frusciante's guitar solo on Can't Stop by Red Hot Chili Peppers (2002) starts at about 2:50. From the album By the Way. Canonical URL: Red Hot Chili Peppers, 2002, from *By the Way*. Solo by *John Frusciante*. Tightly muted single-note funk lines and a sparse, spiky solo show Frusciante's gift for rhythm as lead. Can't Stop by Red Hot Chili Peppers is #4 in our ranking of the best Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar solos. The solo is played by John Frusciante and the song was released in 2002. ## In our lists - [The Best Red Hot Chili Peppers Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/red-hot-chili-peppers-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2002](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2002/) — #19 - [15 Easy Guitar Solos to Learn First (Easiest to Hardest)](https://greatestsolos.com/list/easy-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Can't Stop? John Frusciante played the solo on Red Hot Chili Peppers's Can't Stop (2002). ### What guitar was used on the Can't Stop solo? A fender stratocaster through a Marshall Major 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/)