# Man of Mystery guitar solo > Hank Marvin's guitar solo on Man of Mystery by The Shadows (1960). From the album Non-album single. Played on a Fender Stratocaster. Canonical URL: The Shadows, 1960, from *Non-album single*. Solo by *Hank Marvin*. A moody, cinematic theme where echo and vibrato do as much work as the notes. Man of Mystery by The Shadows is #4 in our ranking of the best The Shadows guitar solos. The solo is played by Hank Marvin and the song was released in 1960. ## In our lists - [The Best The Shadows Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-shadows-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [The Best Hank Marvin Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/hank-marvin-guitar-solos/) — #6 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1960](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1960/) — #13 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Man of Mystery? Hank Marvin played the solo on The Shadows's Man of Mystery (1960). ### What guitar was used on the Man of Mystery solo? A fender stratocaster, 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/)