Solo Flights

Solo Flights is the title of a recording by Chet Atkins. Side one of this album features Atkins' experiment with the "Octabass Guitar" wherein he replaced the two lower strings (the E and A strings) with heavier gauges in order to drop an octave and create a fuller sound. This album was re-issued on CD for the first time in Japan only on April 22, 2009 Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "All told, this is one of Atkins' more pleasing collections from that era."