# I Will Follow guitar solo > The Edge's guitar solo on I Will Follow by U2 (1980) starts at about 2:05. From the album Boy. Played on a Gibson Explorer through a Vox AC30 amp. Canonical URL: U2, 1980, from *Boy*. Solo by *The Edge*. The ringing, harmonic-laden figure on U2's debut single introduced the chiming delay style that shaped a generation. I Will Follow by U2 is #11 in our ranking of the best U2 guitar solos. The solo is played by The Edge and the song was released in 1980. ## In our lists - [The Best U2 Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/u2-guitar-solos/) — #11 - [The Best The Edge Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-edge-guitar-solos/) — #7 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on I Will Follow? The Edge played the solo on U2's I Will Follow (1980). ### What guitar was used on the I Will Follow solo? A gibson explorer through a Vox AC30 amp, 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/)