# Nine Pound Hammer guitar solo

> The guitar solo on Nine Pound Hammer by The Tony Rice Unit (1979) starts at about 4:35. From the album Manzanita. Played on a Martin D-28.

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The Tony Rice Unit, 1979, from *Manzanita*. Solo by *Tony Rice*.

Rice takes the Merle Travis classic and fills it with inventive, fast flatpicked lines.

Nine Pound Hammer by The Tony Rice Unit is #11 in our ranking of the best Tony Rice guitar solos. The solo is played by Tony Rice and the song was released in 1979.

## In our lists

- [The Best Tony Rice Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/tony-rice-guitar-solos/) — #11

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Nine Pound Hammer?

Tony Rice played the solo on The Tony Rice Unit's Nine Pound Hammer (1979).

### What guitar was used on the Nine Pound Hammer solo?

A martin d-28, according to widely reported accounts.

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