# Thick as Thieves guitar solo > Paul Weller's guitar solo on Thick as Thieves by The Jam (1979) starts at about 2:05. From the album Setting Sons. A punk classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: The Jam, 1979, from *Setting Sons*. Solo by *Paul Weller*. Bright, melodic guitar lines underscore a tale of lost friendship. Thick as Thieves by The Jam is #14 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/) — #14 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Thick as Thieves? Paul Weller played the solo on The Jam's Thick as Thieves (1979). ### What guitar was used on the Thick as Thieves 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/)