# Words of Love guitar solo > The guitar solo on Words of Love by Buddy Holly (1957) starts at about 0:55. From the album Buddy Holly. Played on a Fender Stratocaster. Canonical URL: Buddy Holly, 1957, from *Buddy Holly*. Solo by *Buddy Holly*. Double-tracked guitar lines shimmer alongside his overdubbed vocals, an early studio experiment later borrowed by the Beatles. Words of Love by Buddy Holly is #7 in our ranking of the best Buddy Holly guitar solos. The solo is played by Buddy Holly and the song was released in 1957. ## In our lists - [The Best Buddy Holly Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/buddy-holly-guitar-solos/) — #7 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1957](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1957/) — #20 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Words of Love? Buddy Holly played the solo on Buddy Holly's Words of Love (1957). ### What guitar was used on the Words of Love 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/)