# Outshined guitar solo > Kim Thayil's guitar solo on Outshined by Soundgarden (1991) starts at about 2:45. From the album Badmotorfinger. Played on a Guild S-100. Canonical URL: Soundgarden, 1991, from *Badmotorfinger*. Solo by *Kim Thayil*. Thayil's lead slides through the drop-D sludge with odd intervals that sound more Eastern than bluesy. Outshined is built on a lumbering drop-D riff, and Kim Thayil's lead slides through the sludge with odd, Eastern-sounding intervals. Playing his Guild S-100, he sidesteps standard blues phrasing, choosing unusual notes and slippery slides that give the break a strange, exotic flavour. His tone is thick and heavy, matching the song's dark mood, but the lines themselves are surprisingly angular. It is a good snapshot of Thayil's experimental approach, which set Soundgarden apart from the more blues-rooted players around them. Listen for the way his slides seem to bend the song's harmony out of shape, creating an off-kilter, slightly disorienting feel that suits the lyric's swings between confidence and self-doubt. Outshined by Soundgarden is featured in our Grunge (#18) list. The solo is played by Kim Thayil and the song was released in 1991. ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Grunge Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/grunge/) — #18 - [The Best Chris Cornell Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/chris-cornell-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [The Best Soundgarden Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/soundgarden-guitar-solos/) — #4 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Outshined? Kim Thayil played the solo on Soundgarden's Outshined (1991). ### What guitar was used on the Outshined solo? A guild s-100, 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/)