# Skinny Jim guitar solo > The guitar solo on Skinny Jim by Eddie Cochran (1956) starts at about 1:05. From the album Non-album single. Played on a Gretsch 6120. Canonical URL: Eddie Cochran, 1956, from *Non-album single*. Solo by *Eddie Cochran*. His debut solo single has a wild rockabilly break full of double-stops and slapback energy. Skinny Jim by Eddie Cochran is #6 in our ranking of the best Eddie Cochran guitar solos. The solo is played by Eddie Cochran and the song was released in 1956. ## In our lists - [The Best Eddie Cochran Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/eddie-cochran-guitar-solos/) — #6 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1956](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1956/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Skinny Jim? Eddie Cochran played the solo on Eddie Cochran's Skinny Jim (1956). ### What guitar was used on the Skinny Jim 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/)