# Telegram Sam guitar solo > Marc Bolan's guitar solo on Telegram Sam by T. Rex (1972) starts at about 1:50. From the album The Slider. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. Canonical URL: T. Rex, 1972, from *The Slider*. Solo by *Marc Bolan*. A strutting number-one single built on a thick, sliding riff and short, stinging guitar punctuation. Telegram Sam by T. Rex is #4 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/) — #4 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Telegram Sam? Marc Bolan played the solo on T. Rex's Telegram Sam (1972). ### What guitar was used on the Telegram Sam 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/)