# Surfin' Safari guitar solo > Carl Wilson's guitar solo on Surfin' Safari by The Beach Boys (1962) starts at about 1:10. From the album Surfin' Safari. A surf classic from the 1960s. Canonical URL: The Beach Boys, 1962, from *Surfin' Safari*. Solo by *Carl Wilson*. The first national hit carries an eager, raw guitar break that hints at everything to come. Surfin' Safari by The Beach Boys is #9 in our ranking of the best The Beach Boys guitar solos. The solo is played by Carl Wilson and the song was released in 1962. ## In our lists - [The Best The Beach Boys Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-beach-boys-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Surfin' Safari? Carl Wilson played the solo on The Beach Boys's Surfin' Safari (1962). --- 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/)