# Psychobilly Freakout guitar solo > Jim Heath's guitar solo on Psychobilly Freakout by The Reverend Horton Heat (1990) starts at about 1:54. Played on a Gretsch 6120. Canonical URL: The Reverend Horton Heat, 1990. Solo by *Jim Heath*. Heath plays rockabilly guitar at punk speed with manic hollow-body soloing. Psychobilly Freakout does exactly what its title promises: Jim Heath takes rockabilly guitar and plays it at punk-rock speed and volume. On his Gretsch 6120, he rips through fast, frantic runs, twangy bends and wild bursts of hollow-body feedback, all with a manic energy that feels close to chaos. Yet underneath the madness, his playing is rooted in classic rockabilly licks and the chicken-picking tradition. The track became a signature for the psychobilly scene, showing how older styles could be pushed into new, louder territory. Listen for the way Heath switches between fast single-note runs and crashing chords, and notice how he keeps the swing feel even at breakneck tempos. Psychobilly Freakout by The Reverend Horton Heat is featured in our Rockabilly (#22) list. The solo is played by Jim Heath and the song was released in 1990. ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Rockabilly Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rockabilly/) — #22 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Psychobilly Freakout? Jim Heath played the solo on The Reverend Horton Heat's Psychobilly Freakout (1990). ### What guitar was used on the Psychobilly Freakout solo? A gretsch 6120, 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/)