# Heard It on the X guitar solo > Billy Gibbons's guitar solo on Heard It on the X by ZZ Top (1975) starts at about 1:23. From the album Fandango!. A blues rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: ZZ Top, 1975, from *Fandango!*. Solo by *Billy Gibbons*. A rollicking tribute to border radio with a concise, stinging solo. Heard It on the X by ZZ Top is #8 in our ranking of the best ZZ Top guitar solos. The solo is played by Billy Gibbons and the song was released in 1975. ## In our lists - [The Best ZZ Top Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/zz-top-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Heard It on the X? Billy Gibbons played the solo on ZZ Top's Heard It on the X (1975). ### What guitar was used on the Heard It on the X solo? A 1959 gibson les paul 'pearly gates', 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/)