# Bye Bye Johnny guitar solo > The guitar solo on Bye Bye Johnny by Chuck Berry (1960) starts at about 2:37. From the album Rockin' at the Hops. Played on a Gibson ES-355. Canonical URL: Chuck Berry, 1960, from *Rockin' at the Hops*. Solo by *Chuck Berry*. The sequel to Johnny B. Goode opens with a nearly identical fanfare lick, reprised with extra snap. Bye Bye Johnny by Chuck Berry is #13 in our ranking of the best Chuck Berry guitar solos. The solo is played by Chuck Berry and the song was released in 1960. ## In our lists - [The Best Chuck Berry Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/chuck-berry-guitar-solos/) — #13 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Bye Bye Johnny? Chuck Berry played the solo on Chuck Berry's Bye Bye Johnny (1960). ### What guitar was used on the Bye Bye Johnny solo? A gibson es-355, 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/)