# Four on Six guitar solo > The guitar solo on Four on Six by Wes Montgomery (1960). From the album The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery. Ranked #540 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Wes Montgomery, 1960, from *The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery*. Solo by *Wes Montgomery*. Thumb-picked single lines give way to octaves and then block chords, the three-stage build that defined his approach. Four on Six, from The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery, shows his approach at full strength. Playing a Gibson L-5CES with his thumb rather than a pick, Wes starts with warm, round single lines, moves into his trademark octaves and then builds to full block chords, raising the intensity at each stage. That three-part structure became a blueprint that countless jazz guitarists studied and copied. The tune itself, a minor-key theme over a tight groove, gives him a strong framework to build on. Listen for the moment he shifts into octaves: the sound thickens without getting louder, and the soft thumb attack keeps even the busiest lines smooth and singing rather than sharp-edged or percussive. Four on Six by Wes Montgomery is ranked #540 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Wes Montgomery and the song was released in 1960. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #154 (Guitar Tricks). ## In our lists - [Genre Champions](https://greatestsolos.com/list/genre-champions/) — #17 - [The 25 Greatest Jazz Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/jazz/) — #1 - [The Best Wes Montgomery Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/wes-montgomery-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1960](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1960/) — #3 ## Sources - [Guitar Tricks: 200 Best Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.guitartricks.com/blog/200-Best-Guitar-Solos-of-All-Time) — #154 ### Who played the guitar solo on Four on Six? Wes Montgomery played the solo on Wes Montgomery's Four on Six (1960). ### What guitar was used on the Four on Six solo? A gibson l-5ces, according to widely reported accounts. ### Where does Four on Six rank among the greatest guitar solos? #540 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)