# Gonna Ball guitar solo > Brian Setzer's guitar solo on Gonna Ball by Stray Cats (1981) starts at about 1:03. From the album Gonna Ball. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Stray Cats, 1981, from *Gonna Ball*. Solo by *Brian Setzer*. The title track is a jump-blues romp where Setzer's solo swings with big-band phrasing. Gonna Ball by Stray Cats is #13 in our ranking of the best Stray Cats guitar solos. The solo is played by Brian Setzer and the song was released in 1981. ## In our lists - [The Best Stray Cats Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/stray-cats-guitar-solos/) — #13 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Gonna Ball? Brian Setzer played the solo on Stray Cats's Gonna Ball (1981). ### What guitar was used on the Gonna Ball solo? A gretsch 6120 through a Fender Bassman 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/)