# Shanghai Noodle Factory guitar solo > Dave Mason's guitar solo on Shanghai Noodle Factory by Traffic (1969) starts at about 3:00. From the album Last Exit. A psychedelic classic from the 1960s. Canonical URL: Traffic, 1969, from *Last Exit*. Solo by *Dave Mason*. Mason's lead lines colour this quirky, energetic track from the band's transitional period. A reminder of the guitar interplay the band lost when he left. Shanghai Noodle Factory by Traffic is #12 in our ranking of the best Traffic guitar solos. The solo is played by Dave Mason and the song was released in 1969. ## In our lists - [The Best Traffic Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/traffic-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Shanghai Noodle Factory? Dave Mason played the solo on Traffic's Shanghai Noodle Factory (1969). --- 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/)