# C'mon Everybody guitar solo > The guitar solo on C'mon Everybody by Eddie Cochran (1958) starts at about 1:20. From the album Non-album single. Played on a Gretsch 6120. Canonical URL: Eddie Cochran, 1958, from *Non-album single*. Solo by *Eddie Cochran*. Cochran's punchy riffing and bright Gretsch tone carry a song built for dancing. C'mon Everybody is driven by Eddie Cochran's punchy guitar and the bright snap of his Gretsch 6120. Rather than a showy solo, he builds the record on a tough, catchy riff and firm, chopping rhythm, with the guitar working as engine and hook at the same time. The parts are simple, but the attack is so confident that the song feels fast and exciting. Cochran was also a keen studio experimenter, and the clarity and weight of the guitar sound here shows a player thinking about how a record should hit. His approach fed directly into British rock guitar of the next decade. Listen for the stops and restarts, where the guitar punches back in and lifts the whole band. C'mon Everybody by Eddie Cochran is featured in our Rockabilly (#17) list. The solo is played by Eddie Cochran and the song was released in 1958. ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Rockabilly Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rockabilly/) — #17 - [The Best Eddie Cochran Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/eddie-cochran-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1958](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1958/) — #7 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on C'mon Everybody? Eddie Cochran played the solo on Eddie Cochran's C'mon Everybody (1958). ### What guitar was used on the C'mon Everybody 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/)