# Wham! guitar solo > The guitar solo on Wham! 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 heavy use of the vibrato arm made the tune a signature piece, and a young Stevie Ray Vaughan wore out his copy learning it. Wham! by Lonnie Mack is #2 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/) — #2 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1963](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1963/) — #15 - [The Greatest Whammy Bar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/whammy-bar-solos/) — #15 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Wham!? Lonnie Mack played the solo on Lonnie Mack's Wham! (1963). ### What guitar was used on the Wham! 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/)