# The Gold Rush guitar solo > The guitar solo on The Gold Rush by Tony Rice (1983). From the album Church Street Blues. Played on a Martin D-28. A bluegrass classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Tony Rice, 1983, from *Church Street Blues*. Solo by *Tony Rice*. A bright, bouncing fiddle tune rendered with pristine articulation and effortless swing. The Gold Rush by Tony Rice is #5 in our ranking of the best Tony Rice guitar solos. The solo is played by Tony Rice and the song was released in 1983. ## In our lists - [The Best Tony Rice Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/tony-rice-guitar-solos/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Gold Rush? Tony Rice played the solo on Tony Rice's The Gold Rush (1983). ### What guitar was used on the The Gold Rush solo? A martin d-28, 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/)