# Road Runner guitar solo > The guitar solo on Road Runner by Bo Diddley (1960) starts at about 1:12. From the album Bo Diddley in the Spotlight. Played on a Gretsch rectangular. Canonical URL: Bo Diddley, 1960, from *Bo Diddley in the Spotlight*. Solo by *Bo Diddley*. Bo mimics the cartoon bird with manic, chattering guitar stabs and slides, a playful showcase of his noise-making imagination. Road Runner by Bo Diddley is #4 in our ranking of the best Bo Diddley guitar solos. The solo is played by Bo Diddley and the song was released in 1960. ## In our lists - [The Best Bo Diddley Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/bo-diddley-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1960](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1960/) — #11 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Road Runner? Bo Diddley played the solo on Bo Diddley's Road Runner (1960). ### What guitar was used on the Road Runner 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/)