# School Days guitar solo

> The guitar solo on School Days by Chuck Berry (1957) starts at about 1:08. From the album After School Session. Ranked #512 of all time across 80 lists.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-school-days/>

Chuck Berry, 1957, from *After School Session*. Solo by *Chuck Berry*.

Call-and-response between voice and guitar makes every fill a punchline in this schoolyard anthem.

School Days by Chuck Berry is ranked #512 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Chuck Berry and the song was released in 1957.

## In our lists

- [The Best Chuck Berry Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/chuck-berry-guitar-solos/) — #17
- [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1957](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1957/) — #4

## Sources

- [RAG Music: ギターソロがかっこいい洋楽の名曲まとめ](https://www.ragnet.co.jp/world-cool-guitar-solo-songs)

### Who played the guitar solo on School Days?

Chuck Berry played the solo on Chuck Berry's School Days (1957).

### What guitar was used on the School Days solo?

A gibson es-350t, according to widely reported accounts.

### Where does School Days rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#512 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them.

---

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/)