# Memphis guitar solo > The guitar solo on Memphis by Lonnie Mack (1963). From the album The Wham of That Memphis Man!. Played on a Gibson Flying V through a Magnatone 280 amp. Canonical URL: Lonnie Mack, 1963, from *The Wham of That Memphis Man!*. Solo by *Lonnie Mack*. His Top-5 reworking of Chuck Berry's song is a landmark of rock instrumental guitar, with shimmering Bigsby vibrato and fast, stinging runs. Memphis by Lonnie Mack is #1 in our ranking of the best Lonnie Mack guitar solos. The solo is played by Lonnie Mack and the song was released in 1963. ## In our lists - [The Best Lonnie Mack Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/lonnie-mack-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1963](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1963/) — #13 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Memphis? Lonnie Mack played the solo on Lonnie Mack's Memphis (1963). ### What guitar was used on the Memphis solo? A gibson flying v through a Magnatone 280 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/)