# Metal Guru guitar solo > Marc Bolan's guitar solo on Metal Guru by T. Rex (1972) starts at about 1:15. From the album The Slider. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. Canonical URL: T. Rex, 1972, from *The Slider*. Solo by *Marc Bolan*. A glittering number-one single where layered guitars and a brief lead flourish ride a wall of Visconti production. Metal Guru by T. Rex is #6 in our ranking of the best T. Rex guitar solos. The solo is played by Marc Bolan and the song was released in 1972. ## In our lists - [The Best T. Rex Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/t-rex-guitar-solos/) — #6 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Metal Guru? Marc Bolan played the solo on T. Rex's Metal Guru (1972). ### What guitar was used on the Metal Guru 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/)