# Cannonball guitar solo > The guitar solo on Cannonball by Duane Eddy (1958). From the album Have 'Twangy' Guitar – Will Travel. Played on a Gretsch 6120. Canonical URL: Duane Eddy, 1958, from *Have 'Twangy' Guitar – Will Travel*. Solo by *Duane Eddy*. Built around a descending boom of a riff, it's one of the purest examples of Eddy's heavy-echo 'big guitar' production. Cannonball by Duane Eddy is #6 in our ranking of the best Duane Eddy guitar solos. The solo is played by Duane Eddy and the song was released in 1958. ## In our lists - [The Best Duane Eddy Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/duane-eddy-guitar-solos/) — #6 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1958](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1958/) — #18 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Cannonball? Duane Eddy played the solo on Duane Eddy's Cannonball (1958). ### What guitar was used on the Cannonball solo? A gretsch 6120, 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/)