# 20th Century Boy guitar solo > Marc Bolan's guitar solo on 20th Century Boy by T. Rex (1973) starts at about 1:50. From the album non-album single. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. Canonical URL: T. Rex, 1973, from *non-album single*. Solo by *Marc Bolan*. A snarling, distorted riff with stabbing lead breaks, arguably Bolan's heaviest-sounding single. 20th Century Boy by T. Rex is #2 in our ranking of the best T. Rex guitar solos. The solo is played by Marc Bolan and the song was released in 1973. ## In our lists - [The Best T. Rex Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/t-rex-guitar-solos/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on 20th Century Boy? Marc Bolan played the solo on T. Rex's 20th Century Boy (1973). ### What guitar was used on the 20th Century Boy solo? A gibson les paul, 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/)