# Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen guitar solo > The guitar solo on Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen by Santana (1970) starts at about 2:08. From the album Abraxas. Ranked #274 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Santana, 1970, from *Abraxas*. Solo by *Carlos Santana*. Santana turned Peter Green's blues into a smoky Latin-rock hit, with sinuous minor-key lines that flow into the fiery Gabor Szabo-inspired coda. Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen by Santana is ranked #274 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Carlos Santana and the song was released in 1970. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #28 (Rolling Stone). ## In our lists - [The Best Santana Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/santana-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1970](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1970/) — #14 ## Sources - [Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitar-solos-1235519961/) — #28 ### Who played the guitar solo on Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen? Carlos Santana played the solo on Santana's Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen (1970). ### What guitar was used on the Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen solo? A gibson sg, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen rank among the greatest guitar solos? #274 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/)