Slash
Electric Guitar Solo on
Estranged

About

Slash's electric guitar solo is the third and final solo on "Estranged," serving as the climactic instrumental statement of this nine-minute-plus epic from Use Your Illusion II. At forty-seven seconds and 93 BPM in B, it is the longest of Slash's two guitar solos on the track, building upon the emotional groundwork laid by Axl Rose's piano solo and the earlier guitar passage. The solo arrives in the song's final minutes, functioning as a cathartic release within the composition's complex emotional narrative. The ascending tempo across the three solos—from 87 to 90 to 93 BPM—mirrors the track's gradual intensification.

Slash was 25 to 26 years old at the time.