# Wholly Cats guitar solo > Charlie Christian's guitar solo on Wholly Cats by Benny Goodman Sextet (1940). From the album Wholly Cats (single). Played on a Gibson ES-250. Canonical URL: Benny Goodman Sextet, 1940, from *Wholly Cats (single)*. Solo by *Charlie Christian*. A riff tune where Christian's solo sits squarely in the pocket, mixing blues licks with sophisticated diminished ideas. It shows his effortless command of swing feel. Wholly Cats by Benny Goodman Sextet is #9 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/) — #9 - [The Best Guitar Solos of 1940](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1940/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Wholly Cats? Charlie Christian played the solo on Benny Goodman Sextet's Wholly Cats (1940). ### What guitar was used on the Wholly Cats 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/)