# Bye Bye Blues guitar solo

> The guitar solo on Bye Bye Blues by Les Paul and Mary Ford (1953) starts at about 0:50. From the album single. Played on a Gibson Les Paul.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/les-paul-and-mary-ford-bye-bye-blues/>

Les Paul and Mary Ford, 1953, from *single*. Solo by *Les Paul*.

Crisp, jaunty guitar with echo and layered harmonies around the tune's swinging melody. One of their signature recordings.

Bye Bye Blues by Les Paul and Mary Ford is #7 in our ranking of the best Les Paul guitar solos. The solo is played by Les Paul and the song was released in 1953.

## In our lists

- [The Best Les Paul Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/les-paul-guitar-solos/) — #7
- [The Best Guitar Solos of 1953](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1953/) — #3

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Bye Bye Blues?

Les Paul played the solo on Les Paul and Mary Ford's Bye Bye Blues (1953).

### What guitar was used on the Bye Bye Blues solo?

A gibson les paul, 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/)