# Wonderful Land guitar solo > Hank Marvin's guitar solo on Wonderful Land by The Shadows (1962). From the album Non-album single. Played on a Fender Stratocaster through a Vox AC30 amp. Canonical URL: The Shadows, 1962, from *Non-album single*. Solo by *Hank Marvin*. A sweeping, orchestrated instrumental in which Marvin's plaintive lead floats over strings; it held the UK top spot for eight weeks. Wonderful Land by The Shadows is #2 in our ranking of the best The Shadows guitar solos. The solo is played by Hank Marvin and the song was released in 1962. ## In our lists - [The Best The Shadows Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-shadows-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [The Best Hank Marvin Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/hank-marvin-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1962](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1962/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Wonderful Land? Hank Marvin played the solo on The Shadows's Wonderful Land (1962). ### What guitar was used on the Wonderful Land solo? A fender stratocaster through a Vox AC30 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/)