# Summertime Blues guitar solo > The guitar solo on Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran (1958). From the album Non-album single. Played on a Gretsch 6120. Canonical URL: Eddie Cochran, 1958, from *Non-album single*. Solo by *Eddie Cochran*. More riff than solo, but the chopping chord figures Cochran multitracked himself became one of the most covered guitar parts in rock. Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran is #5 in our ranking of the best Eddie Cochran guitar solos. The solo is played by Eddie Cochran and the song was released in 1958. ## In our lists - [The Best Eddie Cochran Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/eddie-cochran-guitar-solos/) — #5 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1958](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1958/) — #16 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Summertime Blues? Eddie Cochran played the solo on Eddie Cochran's Summertime Blues (1958). ### What guitar was used on the Summertime Blues 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/)