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