# 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) guitar solo > The guitar solo on 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968) starts at about 1:13. From the album Electric Ladyland. Canonical URL: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1968, from *Electric Ladyland*. Solo by *Jimi Hendrix*. A long studio piece where Hendrix uses guitar as a sound painter, with sweeping, flowing leads. 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience is #14 in our ranking of the best The Jimi Hendrix Experience guitar solos. The solo is played by Jimi Hendrix and the song was released in 1968. ## In our lists - [The Best The Jimi Hendrix Experience Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-guitar-solos/) — #14 - [The Best Jimi Hendrix Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/jimi-hendrix-guitar-solos/) — #15 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)? Jimi Hendrix played the solo on The Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) (1968). ### What guitar was used on the 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) solo? A fender stratocaster through a Marshall 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/)