# Bumpin' on Sunset guitar solo > The guitar solo on Bumpin' on Sunset by Wes Montgomery (1966). From the album Tequila. Played on a Gibson L-5CES. A jazz classic from the 1960s. Canonical URL: Wes Montgomery, 1966, from *Tequila*. Solo by *Wes Montgomery*. A moody, cinematic groove where his octaves sing over strings; sampled and covered for decades. Bumpin' on Sunset by Wes Montgomery is #8 in our ranking of the best Wes Montgomery guitar solos. The solo is played by Wes Montgomery and the song was released in 1966. ## In our lists - [The Best Wes Montgomery Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/wes-montgomery-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Bumpin' on Sunset? Wes Montgomery played the solo on Wes Montgomery's Bumpin' on Sunset (1966). ### What guitar was used on the Bumpin' on Sunset 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/)