# The Eton Rifles guitar solo > Paul Weller's guitar solo on The Eton Rifles by The Jam (1979) starts at about 1:40. From the album Setting Sons. A punk classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: The Jam, 1979, from *Setting Sons*. Solo by *Paul Weller*. A spiky, jangling guitar break that matches the song's biting class commentary. The Eton Rifles by The Jam is #3 in our ranking of the best The Jam guitar solos. The solo is played by Paul Weller and the song was released in 1979. ## In our lists - [The Best The Jam Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-jam-guitar-solos/) — #3 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Eton Rifles? Paul Weller played the solo on The Jam's The Eton Rifles (1979). ### What guitar was used on the The Eton Rifles solo? A rickenbacker 330 through a Vox AC30 amp, 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/)