# Joy guitar solo > John McLaughlin's guitar solo on Joy by Shakti (1975). From the album Shakti with John McLaughlin. Played on a Gibson J-200 (custom scalloped Shakti guitar). Canonical URL: Shakti, 1975, from *Shakti with John McLaughlin*. Solo by *John McLaughlin*. On a custom scalloped acoustic, McLaughlin trades lightning Carnatic-style lines with L. Shankar's violin and the percussionists. Joy by Shakti is #13 in our ranking of the best John McLaughlin guitar solos. The solo is played by John McLaughlin and the song was released in 1975. ## In our lists - [The Best John McLaughlin Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/john-mclaughlin-guitar-solos/) — #13 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Joy? John McLaughlin played the solo on Shakti's Joy (1975). ### What guitar was used on the Joy solo? A gibson j-200 (custom scalloped shakti guitar), 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/)