List of Rickenbacker players

This is a list of musicians who play Rickenbacker guitars and basses.

Guitarists

• Kurt Ballou of Converge
• Carl Barat of The Libertines
• Andy Bell of Ride
• Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland
• Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney
• Peter Buck of R.E.M.
• Jeff Buckley
• Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Lloyd Cole of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
• Paul Collins of Paul Collins' Beat
• Mark Crozer of The Jesus and Mary Chain
• Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo
• Pete Doherty of The Libertines
• Sherri DuPree of Eisley
• The Edge of U2
• Thomas Erak of the Fall of Troy
• John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Glenn Frey of The Eagles
• Tom Gabel of Against Me!
• Mark Gardener of Ride
• Per Gessle of Roxette
• Dave Gregory of XTC
• George Harrison of The Beatles
• Christian Hejnal of Scarling.
• Jimi Hendrix of The Jimi Hendrix Experience [1]
• Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles
• James Honeyman-Scott of the Pretenders
• James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins
• Daniel Johns of Silverchair
• Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones
• Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane
• John Kay of Steppenwolf
• Peter Kennedy of The Kennedys
• Daniel Kessler of Interpol
• Joe King of The Fray
• Jesse Lacey of Brand New
• John Lennon of The Beatles
• Lobão
• Courtney Love of Hole
• Dan Lukacinsky of The Suicide Machines
• Roger McGuinn of The Byrds
• Johnny Marr of The Smiths
• Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers
• Wendy Melvoin of Prince and The Revolution
• Dave Meros of Spock's Beard
• Kevin Mitchell of Jebediah
• Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
• Mike Pender of The Searchers
• Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Guy Picciotto of Fugazi
• Sergio Pizzorno of Kasabian
• John Roderick of The Long Winters
• Tim Rogers of You Am I
• Jamie Reynolds of Klaxons
• Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio
• Elliott Smith
• Tom Gabel of Against Me!
• Noel Gallagher of Oasis
• Josiah Steinbrick of Heavens
• John Squire of The Stone Roses
• Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson
• Pete Townshend of The Who
• Chris Urbanowicz of Editors
• Pål Waaktaar of a-Ha
• Dave Wakeling of the English Beat
• Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie
• Joe Walsh of The Eagles
• Jim Ward of Sparta
• Paul Weller of The Jam
• Paul Westerberg of the Replacements
• Marty Willson-Piper of The Church
• Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys
• Thom Yorke of Radiohead
• Robin Zander of Cheap Trick
• Duncan Lloyd of Maxïmo Park
• Fred "Sonic" Smith of MC5

Bassists

• Andre 3000 of Outkast
• Barry Adamson of Magazine
• Karl Alvarez of Descendents and ALL
• Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr
• Guy Berryman of Coldplay
• Peter Hook of Joy division and New Order
• Michael Bradley of The Undertones
• Cliff Burton of Metallica
• Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath
• Al Cisneros of Sleep and Om
• Les Claypool of Primus
• Adam Clayton of U2
• Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
• Paul D'Amour of Tool (formerly)
• John Deacon of Queen
• Joey DeMaio of Manowar
• Matt Destruction of The Hives
• Steve DiGiorgio of bands such as Sadus, Dark Hall & Testament
• Dave Dreiwitz of Ween
• John Entwistle of The Who
• Bruce Foxton of The Jam
• Nikolai Fraiture of the Strokes
• Roger Glover of Deep Purple
• Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple
• Martin Gordon of Sparks and Jet
• Graham Gouldman of 10cc
• Jamie Hornsmith of The Rakes
• Mike Hindert of the Bravery
• Bob Hardy of Franz Ferdinand
• Haruko Haruhara of FLCL
• Brian Helicopter of The Shapes
• Rick James
• Chris Joannou of Silverchair
• Jesse F. Keeler of Death from Above 1979
• Andy Kent of You Am I
• Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead
• Grutle Kjellson of Enslaved
• Greg Lake of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer
• Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs
• Geddy Lee of Rush
• Russell Leetch of Editors
• Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols
• Paul McCartney of The Beatles & Wings
• Mike Mills of R.E.M.
• Gary "Mani" Mounfield of Former The Stone Roses
• Nick O'Malley of the Arctic Monkeys
• Jerry Only of The Misfits
• Fabio Pignatelli of Goblin
• Steve Priest of Sweet
• Peter Quaife of The Kinks
• Jimmie Randall of Jo Jo Gunne
• Scott Reeder of Kyuss
• Chris Ross of Wolfmother
• Michael Rutherford of Genesis
• Timothy B Schmit of The Eagles
• Jamie Reynolds of Klaxons
• James Righton of Klaxons
• Kira Roessler of Black Flag and Dos
• Paul Simonon of The Clash
• Justin Small of Do Make Say Think
• Chris Squire of Yes
• Mark Stoermer of the Killers
• John Taylor of Duran Duran
• Toshiya of Dir en grey
• Dean Turner of Magic Dirt
• Fred Turner of Bachman Turner Overdrive
• Roger Waters of Pink Floyd
• Kieren Webster of The View
• Jeordie White of Goon Moon
• Brent Wilson formerly of Panic! At The Disco
• Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers
• Chris Wolstenholme of Muse