# Why guitar solo > Roger McGuinn's guitar solo on Why by The Byrds (1967) starts at about 1:10. 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*. McGuinn's raga-inspired, droning 12-string lines swirl around Crosby's song in a bold Indian-influenced break. Why by The Byrds is #5 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/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Why? Roger McGuinn played the solo on The Byrds's Why (1967). ### What guitar was used on the Why 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/)