# Smoking Gun guitar solo > The guitar solo on Smoking Gun by The Robert Cray Band (1986) starts at about 2:25. From the album Strong Persuader. Played on a Fender Stratocaster. Canonical URL: The Robert Cray Band, 1986, from *Strong Persuader*. Solo by *Robert Cray*. His crossover hit features a taut, piercing Strat solo that cuts like glass through a moody groove. Smoking Gun by The Robert Cray Band is #2 in our ranking of the best Robert Cray guitar solos. The solo is played by Robert Cray and the song was released in 1986. ## In our lists - [The Best Robert Cray Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/robert-cray-guitar-solos/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Smoking Gun? Robert Cray played the solo on The Robert Cray Band's Smoking Gun (1986). ### What guitar was used on the Smoking Gun solo? A fender stratocaster, 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/)