# Hummingbird guitar solo > The guitar solo on Hummingbird by B.B. King (1970) starts at about 2:59. From the album Indianola Mississippi Seeds. Played on a Gibson ES-355 (Lucille). Canonical URL: B.B. King, 1970, from *Indianola Mississippi Seeds*. Solo by *B.B. King*. On this Leon Russell song King's guitar sings sweet, gospel-tinged lines over a lush pop-soul backing. Hummingbird by B.B. King is #14 in our ranking of the best B.B. King guitar solos. The solo is played by B.B. King and the song was released in 1970. ## In our lists - [The Best B.B. King Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/b-b-king-guitar-solos/) — #14 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Hummingbird? B.B. King played the solo on B.B. King's Hummingbird (1970). ### What guitar was used on the Hummingbird solo? A gibson es-355 (lucille), 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/)