# Hey! Bo Diddley guitar solo > The guitar solo on Hey! Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley (1957) starts at about 1:10. From the album Bo Diddley. Played on a Gretsch rectangular. Canonical URL: Bo Diddley, 1957, from *Bo Diddley*. Solo by *Bo Diddley*. A rowdy, rolling guitar groove with snapping accents that pushes the beat harder than almost anything else on 1950s radio. Hey! Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley is #8 in our ranking of the best Bo Diddley guitar solos. The solo is played by Bo Diddley and the song was released in 1957. ## In our lists - [The Best Bo Diddley Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/bo-diddley-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Hey! Bo Diddley? Bo Diddley played the solo on Bo Diddley's Hey! Bo Diddley (1957). ### What guitar was used on the Hey! 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/)