# Let It Rock guitar solo > The guitar solo on Let It Rock by Chuck Berry (1960) starts at about 0:45. 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*. A compact, high-energy cousin of Johnny B. Goode whose opening lick is pure distilled Berry. Let It Rock by Chuck Berry is #8 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/) — #8 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1960](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1960/) — #19 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Let It Rock? Chuck Berry played the solo on Chuck Berry's Let It Rock (1960). ### What guitar was used on the Let It Rock 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/)