# Elevation guitar solo > The Edge's guitar solo on Elevation by U2 (2000) starts at about 2:20. From the album All That You Can't Leave Behind. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. Canonical URL: U2, 2000, from *All That You Can't Leave Behind*. Solo by *The Edge*. A squelchy, fuzzed-out lead and octave-drop riff make this Edge's most unabashedly rocking moment of the 2000s. Elevation by U2 is #9 in our ranking of the best U2 guitar solos. The solo is played by The Edge and the song was released in 2000. ## In our lists - [The Best U2 Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/u2-guitar-solos/) — #9 - [The Best The Edge Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-edge-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Elevation? The Edge played the solo on U2's Elevation (2000). ### What guitar was used on the Elevation solo? A gibson les paul, 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/)