# No Fun guitar solo

> Ron Asheton's guitar solo on No Fun by The Stooges (1969) starts at about 2:20. From the album The Stooges. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear.

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The Stooges, 1969, from *The Stooges*. Solo by *Ron Asheton*.

Asheton's distorted solo cuts through the song's sneering monotony with primitive, joyfully sloppy abandon.

No Fun by The Stooges is #13 in our ranking of the best Iggy and the Stooges guitar solos. The solo is played by Ron Asheton and the song was released in 1969.

## In our lists

- [The Best Iggy and the Stooges Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/iggy-and-the-stooges-guitar-solos/) — #13
- [The Best The Stooges Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-stooges-guitar-solos/) — #10

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on No Fun?

Ron Asheton played the solo on The Stooges's No Fun (1969).

### What guitar was used on the No Fun solo?

A fender stratocaster through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts.

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