# Do It for the Kids guitar solo > Slash's guitar solo on Do It for the Kids by Velvet Revolver (2004) starts at about 1:56. From the album Contraband. A hard rock classic from the 2000s. Canonical URL: Velvet Revolver, 2004, from *Contraband*. Solo by *Slash*. A dynamic lead passage full of fluid bends and trademark pentatonic runs. Do It for the Kids by Velvet Revolver is #5 in our ranking of the best Velvet Revolver guitar solos. The solo is played by Slash and the song was released in 2004. ## In our lists - [The Best Velvet Revolver Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/velvet-revolver-guitar-solos/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Do It for the Kids? Slash played the solo on Velvet Revolver's Do It for the Kids (2004). ### What guitar was used on the Do It for the Kids solo? A gibson les paul through a Marshall 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/)