# Mambo Sun guitar solo > Marc Bolan's guitar solo on Mambo Sun by T. Rex (1971) starts at about 2:10. From the album Electric Warrior. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. Canonical URL: T. Rex, 1971, from *Electric Warrior*. Solo by *Marc Bolan*. The Electric Warrior opener has a laid-back, sensual groove and sparse, bluesy lead lines. Mambo Sun by T. Rex is #7 in our ranking of the best T. Rex guitar solos. The solo is played by Marc Bolan and the song was released in 1971. ## In our lists - [The Best T. Rex Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/t-rex-guitar-solos/) — #7 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Mambo Sun? Marc Bolan played the solo on T. Rex's Mambo Sun (1971). ### What guitar was used on the Mambo Sun 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/)