# Don't Believe a Word guitar solo > Brian Robertson's guitar solo on Don't Believe a Word by Thin Lizzy (1976) starts at about 0:47. From the album Johnny the Fox. Canonical URL: Thin Lizzy, 1976, from *Johnny the Fox*. Solo by *Brian Robertson*. Robertson's biting, bluesy break packs a lot of attitude into a song that barely passes two minutes. Don't Believe a Word by Thin Lizzy is ranked #319 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Brian Robertson and the song was released in 1976. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #34 (Gibson.com (via Georgia Straight)). ## In our lists - [The Best Thin Lizzy Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/thin-lizzy-guitar-solos/) — #5 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1976](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1976/) — #15 ## Sources - [Gibson.com (via Georgia Straight): Gibson.com's Top 50 Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.straight.com/blogra/gibsoncom-picks-top-50-guitar-solos-all-time) — #34 ### Who played the guitar solo on Don't Believe a Word? Brian Robertson played the solo on Thin Lizzy's Don't Believe a Word (1976). ### What guitar was used on the Don't Believe a Word solo? A gibson les paul custom through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Don't Believe a Word rank among the greatest guitar solos? #319 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)