# Vertigo guitar solo > The Edge's guitar solo on Vertigo by U2 (2004) starts at about 1:53. From the album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Played on a Gibson Les Paul. Canonical URL: U2, 2004, from *How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb*. Solo by *The Edge*. A garage-rock blast whose chunky riff and brief, spiky lead break brought U2 roaring back to basics. Vertigo by U2 is #10 in our ranking of the best U2 guitar solos. The solo is played by The Edge and the song was released in 2004. ## In our lists - [The Best U2 Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/u2-guitar-solos/) — #10 - [The Best The Edge Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-edge-guitar-solos/) — #14 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Vertigo? The Edge played the solo on U2's Vertigo (2004). ### What guitar was used on the Vertigo 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/)