# Jailhouse Rock guitar solo > Scotty Moore's guitar solo on Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley (1957) starts at about 1:20. From the album Jailhouse Rock. Canonical URL: Elvis Presley, 1957, from *Jailhouse Rock*. Solo by *Scotty Moore*. A slashing, hard-edged break over the stop-time riff. Moore's attack sets the template for rock guitar attitude. Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley is #2 in our ranking of the best Elvis Presley guitar solos. The solo is played by Scotty Moore and the song was released in 1957. ## In our lists - [The Best Elvis Presley Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/elvis-presley-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1957](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1957/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Jailhouse Rock? Scotty Moore played the solo on Elvis Presley's Jailhouse Rock (1957). ### What guitar was used on the Jailhouse Rock solo? A gibson super 400 through a Ray Butts EchoSonic amp, 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/)