# Riviera Paradise guitar solo > The guitar solo on Riviera Paradise by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (1989). From the album In Step. Played on a Fender Stratocaster ("Number One"). Canonical URL: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, 1989, from *In Step*. Solo by *Stevie Ray Vaughan*. A nearly nine-minute, late-night instrumental built on soulful chord melodies and delicate phrasing. Many consider it his most beautiful recorded statement. Riviera Paradise by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble is #5 in our ranking of the best Stevie Ray Vaughan guitar solos. The solo is played by Stevie Ray Vaughan and the song was released in 1989. ## In our lists - [The Best Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/stevie-ray-vaughan-guitar-solos/) — #5 - [The Best Slow Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-slow-guitar-solos/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Riviera Paradise? Stevie Ray Vaughan played the solo on Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's Riviera Paradise (1989). ### What guitar was used on the Riviera Paradise solo? A fender stratocaster ("number one"), 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/)