# The Clap guitar solo > Steve Howe's guitar solo on The Clap by Yes (1971). From the album The Yes Album. Played on a Martin 00-18. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Yes, 1971, from *The Yes Album*. Solo by *Steve Howe*. A live acoustic showpiece of fingerpicking wizardry drawing on ragtime and country. The Clap by Yes is #4 in our ranking of the best Steve Howe guitar solos. The solo is played by Steve Howe and the song was released in 1971. ## In our lists - [The Best Steve Howe Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/steve-howe-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [The Best Yes Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/yes-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Clap? Steve Howe played the solo on Yes's The Clap (1971). ### What guitar was used on the The Clap solo? A martin 00-18, 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/)