# Airegin guitar solo > The guitar solo on Airegin by Wes Montgomery (1960). From the album The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery. Played on a Gibson L-5CES. Canonical URL: Wes Montgomery, 1960, from *The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery*. Solo by *Wes Montgomery*. He tears through Sonny Rollins' fast changes with uncanny ease, proving his thumb technique could handle bebop tempos. Airegin by Wes Montgomery is #7 in our ranking of the best Wes Montgomery guitar solos. The solo is played by Wes Montgomery and the song was released in 1960. ## In our lists - [The Best Wes Montgomery Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/wes-montgomery-guitar-solos/) — #7 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Airegin? Wes Montgomery played the solo on Wes Montgomery's Airegin (1960). ### What guitar was used on the Airegin solo? A gibson l-5ces, 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/)