# Little Honda guitar solo > Ira Kaplan's guitar solo on Little Honda by Yo La Tengo (1997) starts at about 1:24. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Yo La Tengo, 1997. Solo by *Ira Kaplan*. Their Beach Boys cover turns into a spray of fuzz and feedback, gleeful rather than precise. Yo La Tengo's version of the Beach Boys' Little Honda keeps the sunny melody but turns the guitar into a spray of fuzz and feedback. Ira Kaplan's playing is gleeful rather than precise, the notes blurring into noise as he pushes the guitar to its limits. The result is both fun and chaotic, a joyous burst of sound that transforms a surf-pop song into an indie-rock freakout. It shows the band's love of classic pop and their willingness to wreck it with noise. Listen for the moments when the feedback takes over completely, turning the song into a wall of sound before the melody returns. Little Honda by Yo La Tengo is featured in our Indie (#18) list. The solo is played by Ira Kaplan and the song was released in 1997. ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Indie Rock Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/indie/) — #18 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1997](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1997/) — #6 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Little Honda? Ira Kaplan played the solo on Yo La Tengo's Little Honda (1997). --- 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/)