# Mombasa guitar solo > The guitar solo on Mombasa by Tommy Emmanuel (2000). From the album Only. Played on a Maton. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Tommy Emmanuel, 2000, from *Only*. Solo by *Tommy Emmanuel*. A percussive tour de force in which he drums on the guitar body between explosive rhythmic passages. Mombasa by Tommy Emmanuel is #9 in our ranking of the best Tommy Emmanuel guitar solos. The solo is played by Tommy Emmanuel and the song was released in 2000. ## In our lists - [The Best Tommy Emmanuel Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/tommy-emmanuel-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Mombasa? Tommy Emmanuel played the solo on Tommy Emmanuel's Mombasa (2000). ### What guitar was used on the Mombasa solo? A maton, 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/)