# Liberty guitar solo > The guitar solo on Liberty by Steve Vai (1990). From the album Passion and Warfare. Played on an Ibanez JEM. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Steve Vai, 1990, from *Passion and Warfare*. Solo by *Steve Vai*. This is a stately, anthem-like piece with harmonized melodies, showing Vai's gift for simple, majestic themes. Liberty by Steve Vai is #7 in our ranking of the best Steve Vai guitar solos. The solo is played by Steve Vai and the song was released in 1990. ## In our lists - [The Best Steve Vai Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/steve-vai-guitar-solos/) — #7 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Liberty? Steve Vai played the solo on Steve Vai's Liberty (1990). ### What guitar was used on the Liberty solo? An ibanez jem, 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/)