# She Sells Sanctuary guitar solo > Billy Duffy's guitar solo on She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult (1985) starts at about 2:38. From the album Love. Ranked #416 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: The Cult, 1985, from *Love*. Solo by *Billy Duffy*. Duffy's shimmering, echo-laden riff and swirling lead lines defined the Cult's breakthrough and became an 80s guitar landmark. She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult is ranked #416 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Billy Duffy and the song was released in 1985. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #79 (Classic Rock (Louder)). ## In our lists - [The Best The Cult Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-cult-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1985](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1985/) — #3 ## Sources - [Classic Rock (Louder): The 100 greatest guitar solos in rock](https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-100-greatest-guitar-solos-in-rock) — #79 ### Who played the guitar solo on She Sells Sanctuary? Billy Duffy played the solo on The Cult's She Sells Sanctuary (1985). ### What guitar was used on the She Sells Sanctuary solo? A gretsch white falcon through a Roland JC-120 amp, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does She Sells Sanctuary rank among the greatest guitar solos? #416 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 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/)