# Walk on Hot Coals guitar solo > The guitar solo on Walk on Hot Coals by Rory Gallagher (1973) starts at about 2:30. From the album Blueprint. Ranked #358 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Rory Gallagher, 1973, from *Blueprint*. Solo by *Rory Gallagher*. A driving rocker whose long solo section shows off his fast, relentless picking and sense of momentum. Walk on Hot Coals by Rory Gallagher is ranked #358 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Rory Gallagher and the song was released in 1973. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #61 (Classic Rock (Louder)). ## In our lists - [The Best Rory Gallagher Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rory-gallagher-guitar-solos/) — #5 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1973](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1973/) — #15 ## Sources - [Classic Rock (Louder): The 100 greatest guitar solos in rock](https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-100-greatest-guitar-solos-in-rock) — #61 ### Who played the guitar solo on Walk on Hot Coals? Rory Gallagher played the solo on Rory Gallagher's Walk on Hot Coals (1973). ### What guitar was used on the Walk on Hot Coals solo? A fender stratocaster through a Vox AC30 amp, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Walk on Hot Coals rank among the greatest guitar solos? #358 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/)