# Forty Six & 2 guitar solo > Adam Jones's guitar solo on Forty Six & 2 by Tool (1996) starts at about 3:20. From the album Ænima. Played on a Gibson Les Paul Custom. Canonical URL: Tool, 1996, from *Ænima*. Solo by *Adam Jones*. Instead of a normal solo, Jones layers delay-drenched lines and a slowly building guitar-and-bass interplay into a huge climax. Forty Six & 2 by Tool is #3 in our ranking of the best Tool guitar solos. The solo is played by Adam Jones and the song was released in 1996. ## In our lists - [The Best Tool Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/tool-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1996](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1996/) — #14 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Forty Six & 2? Adam Jones played the solo on Tool's Forty Six & 2 (1996). ### What guitar was used on the Forty Six & 2 solo? A gibson les paul custom, 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/)