# Cold Sweat guitar solo > John Sykes's guitar solo on Cold Sweat by Thin Lizzy (1983) starts at about 1:19. From the album Thunder and Lightning. A hard rock classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Thin Lizzy, 1983, from *Thunder and Lightning*. Solo by *John Sykes*. Sykes's shredding lead over a punchy riff gave the band's final studio era a shot of adrenaline. Cold Sweat by Thin Lizzy is #15 in our ranking of the best Thin Lizzy guitar solos. The solo is played by John Sykes and the song was released in 1983. ## In our lists - [The Best Thin Lizzy Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/thin-lizzy-guitar-solos/) — #15 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Cold Sweat? John Sykes played the solo on Thin Lizzy's Cold Sweat (1983). ### What guitar was used on the Cold Sweat solo? A gibson les paul custom 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/)