Forty Miles of Bad Road
Duane Eddy, 1959, from $1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang. Solo by Duane Eddy.
A swaggering, rumbling melody played almost entirely on the bottom strings, with the reverb-tank echo doing half the storytelling.
Forty Miles of Bad Road by Duane Eddy is #3 in our ranking of the best Duane Eddy guitar solos. The solo is played by Duane Eddy and the song was released in 1959.
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Who played the guitar solo on Forty Miles of Bad Road?
Duane Eddy played the solo on Duane Eddy's Forty Miles of Bad Road (1959).
What guitar was used on the Forty Miles of Bad Road solo?
A gretsch 6120, according to widely reported accounts.