# Some Kind-a Earthquake guitar solo > The guitar solo on Some Kind-a Earthquake by Duane Eddy (1959). From the album $1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang. Played on a Gretsch 6120. Canonical URL: Duane Eddy, 1959, from *$1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang*. Solo by *Duane Eddy*. Famously one of the shortest hits ever, it packs a tremolo-laden, earth-shaking riff into barely more than a minute. Some Kind-a Earthquake by Duane Eddy is #8 in our ranking of the best Duane Eddy guitar solos. The solo is played by Duane Eddy and the song was released in 1959. ## In our lists - [The Best Duane Eddy Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/duane-eddy-guitar-solos/) — #8 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1959](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1959/) — #11 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Some Kind-a Earthquake? Duane Eddy played the solo on Duane Eddy's Some Kind-a Earthquake (1959). ### What guitar was used on the Some Kind-a Earthquake 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/)