# My Back Pages guitar solo > Roger McGuinn's guitar solo on My Back Pages by The Byrds (1967) starts at about 1:39. From the album Younger Than Yesterday. Played on a Rickenbacker 360/12. Canonical URL: The Byrds, 1967, from *Younger Than Yesterday*. Solo by *Roger McGuinn*. A wistful, ringing 12-string break that remains one of McGuinn's most melodic statements. My Back Pages by The Byrds is #17 in our ranking of the best The Byrds guitar solos. The solo is played by Roger McGuinn and the song was released in 1967. ## In our lists - [The Best The Byrds Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-byrds-guitar-solos/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on My Back Pages? Roger McGuinn played the solo on The Byrds's My Back Pages (1967). ### What guitar was used on the My Back Pages solo? A rickenbacker 360/12, 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/)