# Elephant guitar solo > Kevin Parker's guitar solo on Elephant by Tame Impala (2012) starts at about 2:05. From the album Lonerism. Played on a Rickenbacker 335. Canonical URL: Tame Impala, 2012, from *Lonerism*. Solo by *Kevin Parker*. A stomping, glam-psych riff with a fuzz-soaked solo that recalls classic hard rock. It is Tame Impala's heaviest guitar moment. Elephant by Tame Impala is #1 in our ranking of the best Tame Impala guitar solos. The solo is played by Kevin Parker and the song was released in 2012. ## In our lists - [The Best Tame Impala Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/tame-impala-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2012](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2012/) — #9 - [The Greatest Australian Rock Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/australian-rock-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Elephant? Kevin Parker played the solo on Tame Impala's Elephant (2012). ### What guitar was used on the Elephant solo? A rickenbacker 335, 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/)