# Little Queenie guitar solo > The guitar solo on Little Queenie by Chuck Berry (1959) starts at about 1:57. From the album Chuck Berry Is on Top. Played on a Gibson ES-350T. Canonical URL: Chuck Berry, 1959, from *Chuck Berry Is on Top*. Solo by *Chuck Berry*. The driving intro riff and chugging break were a favorite of the British Invasion bands, who lifted its phrasing wholesale. Little Queenie by Chuck Berry is #6 in our ranking of the best Chuck Berry guitar solos. The solo is played by Chuck Berry and the song was released in 1959. ## In our lists - [The Best Chuck Berry Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/chuck-berry-guitar-solos/) — #6 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1959](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1959/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Little Queenie? Chuck Berry played the solo on Chuck Berry's Little Queenie (1959). ### What guitar was used on the Little Queenie solo? A gibson es-350t, 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/)