# A Smo-o-o-oth One guitar solo > Charlie Christian's guitar solo on A Smo-o-o-oth One by Benny Goodman Sextet (1941). From the album A Smo-o-o-oth One (single). Played on a Gibson ES-250. Canonical URL: Benny Goodman Sextet, 1941, from *A Smo-o-o-oth One (single)*. Solo by *Charlie Christian*. Christian's chorus is a model of swing phrasing, gliding over the changes with clean articulation. It has been transcribed and studied for generations. A Smo-o-o-oth One by Benny Goodman Sextet is #15 in our ranking of the best Charlie Christian guitar solos. The solo is played by Charlie Christian and the song was released in 1941. ## In our lists - [The Best Charlie Christian Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/charlie-christian-guitar-solos/) — #15 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on A Smo-o-o-oth One? Charlie Christian played the solo on Benny Goodman Sextet's A Smo-o-o-oth One (1941). ### What guitar was used on the A Smo-o-o-oth One solo? A gibson es-250, 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/)