# The End guitar solo > Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon's guitar solo on The End by The Beatles (1969) starts at 0:52. From the album Abbey Road. Canonical URL: The Beatles, 1969, from *Abbey Road*. Solo by *Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon*. The three guitarists trade two-bar solos in a single take, each revealing his own personality in a joyous finale to the band's recording career. The End by The Beatles is ranked #144 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and the song was released in 1969. It appears on 3 lists, placing as high as #10 (Rick Beato (YouTube)). ## In our lists - [The Best The Beatles Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-beatles-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [The Best George Harrison Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/george-harrison-guitar-solos/) — #8 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1969](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1969/) — #7 ## Sources - [Rick Beato (YouTube): Top 20 Rock Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV-y91BZonY) — #10 - [Gibson.com (via Georgia Straight): Gibson.com's Top 50 Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.straight.com/blogra/gibsoncom-picks-top-50-guitar-solos-all-time) — #42 - [Digital Dream Door: 250 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos](https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitarsolo.html) — #201 ### Who played the guitar solo on The End? Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon played the solo on The Beatles's The End (1969). ### Where does The End rank among the greatest guitar solos? #144 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 3 of them. --- 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/)