# 12:51 guitar solo > Albert Hammond Jr.'s guitar solo on 12:51 by The Strokes (2003) starts at about 1:28. From the album Room on Fire. A indie classic from the 2000s. Canonical URL: The Strokes, 2003, from *Room on Fire*. Solo by *Albert Hammond Jr.*. The lead line mimics a synthesizer with a thin, processed tone, becoming one of the band's most distinctive guitar hooks. A clever piece of sound design. 12:51 by The Strokes is #3 in our ranking of the best The Strokes guitar solos. The solo is played by Albert Hammond Jr. and the song was released in 2003. ## In our lists - [The Best The Strokes Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-strokes-guitar-solos/) — #3 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on 12:51? Albert Hammond Jr. played the solo on The Strokes's 12:51 (2003). ### What guitar was used on the 12:51 solo? A fender stratocaster through a Fender Hot Rod DeVille 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/)