# Yakety Axe guitar solo > The guitar solo on Yakety Axe by Chet Atkins (1965). From the album More of That Guitar Country. Played on a Gretsch. A country classic from the 1960s. Canonical URL: Chet Atkins, 1965, from *More of That Guitar Country*. Solo by *Chet Atkins*. His playful adaptation of 'Yakety Sax' is a showcase of breakneck fingerpicking, humor and precision, and became one of his biggest hits. Yakety Axe by Chet Atkins is #1 in our ranking of the best Chet Atkins guitar solos. The solo is played by Chet Atkins and the song was released in 1965. ## In our lists - [The Best Chet Atkins Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/chet-atkins-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1965](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1965/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Yakety Axe? Chet Atkins played the solo on Chet Atkins's Yakety Axe (1965). ### What guitar was used on the Yakety Axe solo? A gretsch, 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/)