# Pretty Thing guitar solo > The guitar solo on Pretty Thing by Bo Diddley (1956) starts at about 1:15. From the album Single. Played on a Gretsch rectangular. Canonical URL: Bo Diddley, 1956, from *Single*. Solo by *Bo Diddley*. Bright, clattering guitar patterns and a loose, rattling tone drive the song, later inspiring an entire British band name. Pretty Thing by Bo Diddley is #6 in our ranking of the best Bo Diddley guitar solos. The solo is played by Bo Diddley and the song was released in 1956. ## In our lists - [The Best Bo Diddley Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/bo-diddley-guitar-solos/) — #6 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1956](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1956/) — #16 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Pretty Thing? Bo Diddley played the solo on Bo Diddley's Pretty Thing (1956). ### What guitar was used on the Pretty Thing 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/)