# So What guitar solo > The guitar solo on So What by George Benson (1971). From the album Beyond the Blue Horizon. Played on a Gibson Super 400. A jazz classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: George Benson, 1971, from *Beyond the Blue Horizon*. Solo by *George Benson*. A blistering modal workout on the Miles Davis standard, where Benson's long, fast lines and hard-swinging attack prove his post-bop credentials. So What by George Benson is #2 in our ranking of the best George Benson guitar solos. The solo is played by George Benson and the song was released in 1971. ## In our lists - [The Best George Benson Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/george-benson-guitar-solos/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on So What? George Benson played the solo on George Benson's So What (1971). ### What guitar was used on the So What solo? A gibson super 400, 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/)