# Bo Diddley guitar solo > The guitar solo on Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley (1955) starts at about 1:25. From the album Single. Played on a Gretsch rectangular. Canonical URL: Bo Diddley, 1955, from *Single*. Solo by *Bo Diddley*. The debut single introduced the famous shave-and-a-haircut beat, with Bo's guitar hammering the rhythm like a percussion section. Every strum is a solo statement in itself. Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley is #1 in our ranking of the best Bo Diddley guitar solos. The solo is played by Bo Diddley and the song was released in 1955. ## In our lists - [The Best Bo Diddley Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/bo-diddley-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [The Best Guitar Solos of 1955](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1955/) — #4 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Bo Diddley? Bo Diddley played the solo on Bo Diddley's Bo Diddley (1955). ### What guitar was used on the Bo Diddley solo? A gretsch rectangular, 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/)