# Silly Thing guitar solo > Steve Jones's guitar solo on Silly Thing by Sex Pistols (1979) starts at about 1:40. From the album The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. Canonical URL: Sex Pistols, 1979, from *The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle*. Solo by *Steve Jones*. Post-Rotten, Jones takes over vocals and delivers a more melodic, pop-punk guitar approach with clean, catchy leads. Silly Thing by Sex Pistols is #11 in our ranking of the best Sex Pistols guitar solos. The solo is played by Steve Jones and the song was released in 1979. ## In our lists - [The Best Sex Pistols Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/sex-pistols-guitar-solos/) — #11 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Silly Thing? Steve Jones played the solo on Sex Pistols's Silly Thing (1979). ### What guitar was used on the Silly Thing solo? A gibson les paul custom, 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/)