# Soft Winds guitar solo > Charlie Christian's guitar solo on Soft Winds by Benny Goodman Sextet (1940). From the album Soft Winds (single). Played on a Gibson ES-250. Canonical URL: Benny Goodman Sextet, 1940, from *Soft Winds (single)*. Solo by *Charlie Christian*. A lilting medium-tempo piece where Christian's melodic sense shines. His tone is warm and his note choice unhurried. Soft Winds by Benny Goodman Sextet is #17 in our ranking of the best Charlie Christian guitar solos. The solo is played by Charlie Christian and the song was released in 1940. ## In our lists - [The Best Charlie Christian Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/charlie-christian-guitar-solos/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Soft Winds? Charlie Christian played the solo on Benny Goodman Sextet's Soft Winds (1940). ### What guitar was used on the Soft Winds 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/)