# Drifting Sun guitar solo > Uli Jon Roth's guitar solo on Drifting Sun by Scorpions (1974) starts at about 2:30. From the album Fly to the Rainbow. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Scorpions, 1974, from *Fly to the Rainbow*. Solo by *Uli Jon Roth*. Roth's first Scorpions composition is a long, Hendrix-inspired jam full of expressive, free-flowing leads. Drifting Sun by Scorpions is #10 in our ranking of the best Uli Jon Roth guitar solos. The solo is played by Uli Jon Roth and the song was released in 1974. ## In our lists - [The Best Uli Jon Roth Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/uli-jon-roth-guitar-solos/) — #10 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Drifting Sun? Uli Jon Roth played the solo on Scorpions's Drifting Sun (1974). ### What guitar was used on the Drifting Sun solo? A fender stratocaster through a Marshall 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/)