# Heartbeat guitar solo > The guitar solo on Heartbeat by Buddy Holly (1958) starts at about 1:08. From the album non-album single. Played on a Fender Stratocaster. Canonical URL: Buddy Holly, 1958, from *non-album single*. Solo by *Buddy Holly*. A gentle, Latin-tinged break with a lilting single-note melody that hints at country picking. Heartbeat by Buddy Holly is #10 in our ranking of the best Buddy Holly guitar solos. The solo is played by Buddy Holly and the song was released in 1958. ## In our lists - [The Best Buddy Holly Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/buddy-holly-guitar-solos/) — #10 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1958](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1958/) — #20 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Heartbeat? Buddy Holly played the solo on Buddy Holly's Heartbeat (1958). ### What guitar was used on the Heartbeat solo? A fender stratocaster, 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/)