List of guitarists
This list of guitarists includes guitarists for whom there is an article in Wikipedia, or who are mentioned in articles on bands.
(Please note that those that are known mainly as bass guitarists are listed separately at List of bass guitarists.)
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A
- John Abercrombie
- Jan Akkerman (Focus)
- Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band)
- Quinn Allman (The Used)
- Carlos Alomar
- Amen (Lordi)
- Trey Anastasio (Phish)
- Anchang (Sex Machineguns)
- Magnus Andersson
- Ace Andres (The X-15's)
- Michael Angelo Batio (Nitro, Holland, solo)
- Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
- Tim Armstrong (Operation Ivy, Rancid)
- Sergio Assad
- Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon)
- Ron Asheton (The Stooges)
- Chet Atkins
- Akiya (Kagrra,)
- Aoi (Gazette)
- António Chainho
- Bryce Avary (The Rocket Summer)
B
- Randy Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Guess Who)
- Dave Baksh (formerly of Sum 41)
- David Ball (Soft Cell)
- Perry Bamonte (The Cure)
- Paul Banks (Interpol)
- Carl Barat (The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things)
- Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
- Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)
- Agustín Barrios
- Jennifer Batten
- Roland Bautista (original Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist, rejoined group from 1981 to 1983)
- Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers)
- Brendan Bayliss (Umphrey's McGee)
- Reb Beach (Winger)
- Beck
- Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group)
- Jason Becker (Cacophony, David Lee Roth)
- Adrian Belew
- Brian Bell (Weezer)
- Matthew Bellamy (Muse)
- Chuck Berry
- John Berry (Jacob's Dream)
- Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
- Dickie Betts(The Allman Brothers)
- Kat Bjelland (Babes in Toyland)
- Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow)
- Norman Blake
- Ron Block (Alison Krauss)
- Mike Bloomfield
- Marc Bolan (T.Rex)
- Ben Bolt
- Bono (U2)
- Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit)
- James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers)
- Julian Bream
- Meredith Brooks
- Michael Bruce(Alice Cooper)
- Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses)
- Buckethead (Guns N' Roses), (Giant Robot)
- Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
- Jeff Buckley
- Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
- Jonathan Butler
- Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper)
- David Byrne (Talking Heads, solo)
C
- Charlotte Caffey (The Go-Go's)
- Randy California (Spirit)
- Glen Campbell
- Mike Campbell (Tom Petty)
- Phil Campbell (Motörhead)
- Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
- Larry Carlton
- Al Casey
- Jeff Catania (Hall & Oates)
- Philip Catherine
- Eugene Chadbourne
- Bill Champlin (The Sons of Champlin)
- John Christ (Danzig)
- Stephen Christian (Anberlin)
- Jake Cinninger (Umphrey's McGee)
- Circuit.V.Panther (Sex Machineguns)
- Rama Claproth
- Eric Clapton (John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds, Cream, solo)
- Roy Clark
- Steve Clark (Def Leppard)
- "Fast" Eddie Clarke (Motörhead)
- Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses, solo)
- Dave Clo
- Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
- Eddie Cochran
- Phil Collen (Def Leppard)
- Albert Collins
- Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Paul Colman (Newsboys), (Paul Colman Trio)
- Ry Cooder (Captain Beefheart, The Seeds)
- Rusty Cooley (Revolution, Dominion, Outworld, solo)
- Gaz Coombes (Supergrass)
- Francesco Corbetta
- Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)
- Larry Coryell
- Robert Cray
- Steve "The Colonel" Cropper (Mar-Keys)
D
- Die (Dir en grey)
- Donnie Dacus
- Dick Dale
- Brody Dalle (The Distillers)
- Jean Pierre Danel
- Glenn Danzig (Danzig)
- Brad Delson (Linkin Park)
- Dimebag Darrell (Pantera, Damageplan)
- Lenny Davidson (The Dave Clark Five)
- Dave Davies (The Kinks)
- Ray Davies (The Kinks)
- Chris DeGarmo (Queensrÿche)
- Bo Diddley
- Ani Difranco
- Pete Doherty (The Libertines, Babyshambles)
- Dan Donegan (Disturbed)
- Jerry Douglas
- "Captain" Kirk Douglas (The Roots)
- K.K. Downing (Judas Priest)
- Roland Dyens
- Tom DeLonge(Angels and Airwaves)
E
- The Edge (David Evans) (U2)
- Nokie Edwards (The Ventures)
- Thomas Erak (The Fall of Troy)
- Euronimous (Mayhem)
F
- Faraz Anwar (Mizraab, Dusk, Solo)
- Nick Falcon (The Young Werewolves)
- Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails), Guns N' Roses)
- Jon Finn (Jon Finn Group)
- Bradley Fish
- John Flansburgh (They Might Be Giants)
- John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five), (solo)
- Jerome Fontamillas (Switchfoot)
- Lita Ford (The Runaways)
- Robben Ford
- Chris Foreman (Madness)
- Jon Foreman (Switchfoot)
- Richard Fortus (Pale Divine, Psychedelic Furs, Love Spit Love, Guns N' Roses)
- Oz Fox (Stryper, SinDizzy)
- Peter Frampton (The Herd)
- Black Francis (or Frank Black) (Pixies, solo)
- Lars Frederiksen (Rancid and Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards)
- Ace Frehley (KISS)
- Matthew Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces)
- Marty Friedman (Megadeth, Cacophony)
- Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
- Fred Frith (Henry Cow, Art Bears)
- Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream)
- John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Bobby Fuller (The Bobby Fuller Four)
G
- Noel Gallagher (Oasis)
- Rory Gallagher
- Frank Gambale
- Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)
- Synyster Gates (Avenged Sevenfold)
- Danny Gatton
- Janick Gers (Iron Maiden)
- Andy Gibb
- Barry Gibb (The Bee Gees)
- Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
- Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X)
- David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
- Greg Ginn (Black Flag)
- Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy)
- Stone Gossard (Green River, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Pearl Jam)
- Manuel Göttsching (Ash Ra Tempel, Ashra)
- Mick Grabham (Procol Harum)
- Johnny Graham (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- Dallas Green
- Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac)
- Steve Green (play dead) (Play Dead)
- Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
- David Grier
- Carl Johan Grimmark (Narnia, Rob Rock, Saviour Machine)
- Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
- Todd Grubbs
- Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns, Guns N' Roses, Brides of Destruction)
- Buddy Guy
H
- Steve Hackett (Genesis and solo work)
- Ollie Halsall (Patto, The Rutles, Kevin Ayers)
- Chuck Hammer (Lou Reed, David Bowie, Guitarchitecture)
- Kirk Hammett (Metallica), (Zodiac)
- Albert Hammond Jr (The Strokes, solo)
- Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray)
- Joel Hanson (PFR)
- Dhani Harrison
- George Harrison (The Beatles)
- Sean Hayter (Lucius Hunt)
- Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues)
- Michael Hedges
- Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath
- Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Gypsys)
- Luc Hensill (The Klan (Mod Freakbeat Garage Psych), Tomahawk Blues Band, Flesh Colour)
- James Hetfield (Metallica)
- Hiroto (alice nine.)
- MJ Hibbett
- Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles)
- James Hogan
- Buddy Holly
- Joshua Homme (Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age)
- James Honeyman-Scott (The Pretenders)
- Matt Hoopes (Relient K)
- Michael Houser (Widespread Panic)
- Greg Howe
- Steve Howe (Yes)
- Keith Howland(Chicago)
- Brodie Foster Hubbard
- Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)
- Hide (X Japan)
- Heitor Teixeira Pereira (ex-Simply Red)
- Billy Howerdel (A Perfect Circle)
I
- James Iha (The Smashing Pumpkins)
- Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
- Scott Ian (Anthrax)
- Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance)
J
- Tito Jackson (The Jackson 5)
- Dan Jacobs (Atreyu)
- Al Jardine (The Beach Boys)
- Joan Jett (The Runaways)
- John 5 (Marilyn Manson)
- Daniel Johns (Silverchair)
- Eric Johnson
- Robert Johnson
- Adam Jones (Tool)
- Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones)
- Mick Jones (Foreigner)
- Mick Jones (The Clash)
- Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)
- Janick Gers (Iron Maiden)
K
- Kaoru (Dir en grey)
- Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand)
- Dr Nico Kasanda
- Terry Kath (Chicago)
- Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane)
- Ryo Kawasaki
- Phil Keaggy
- Daniel Kessler (Interpol)
- Albert King
- B.B. King
- Freddie King
- Bill Kirchen (Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen)
- Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
- Peter Koppes (The Church)
- Leo Kottke
- Richie Kotzen
- Kozi (Malice Mizer, Eve of Destiny)
- Wayne Kramer (MC5)
- Robby Krieger (The Doors)
- Chad Kroeger (Nickelback)
- Richard Kruspe-Bernstein (Rammstein)
L
- Shawn Lane
- Ler LaLonde (Primus)
- Paul Landers (Rammstein)
- Albert Lee
- Alvin Lee (Jaybirds, Ten Years After)
- Gary Lenaire (Cripple Need Cane)
- John Lennon (The Beatles)
- Julian Lennon
- Sean Lennon
- Tweke Lewis (Man Wild Turkey Blues Bunch)
- Ottmar Liebert
- Alex Lifeson (Rush)
- Jani Liimatainen (Sonata Arctica)
- Richard Lloyd (Television)
- Chuck Loeb
- Joe Long (The Four Seasons (group))
- Courtney Love
- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (The Mars Volta)
- Jörn Viggo Lofstad (Pagan's Mind)
- Steve Lukather (Toto)
- George Lynch (Dokken}
- Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)
- Russell Lissack (Bloc Party)
M
- Tony MacAlpine
- Daron Malakian (System of a Down)
- Stephen Malkmus (Pavement)
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen
- Mana (Malice Mizer, Moi Dix Mois)
- Kee Marcello (Europe)
- Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush)
- Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
- John McGeoch (Magazine, Visage, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, The Armoury Show)
- Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe)
- Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
- Brent Mason
- Brian May (Queen)
- John Mayer
- Steve Mazur (Our Lady Peace)
- Carlo Marchione
- J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr)
- Nick McCarthy (Franz Ferdinand)
- Paul McCartney
- Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
- Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)
- Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses), (Velvet Revolver), (Neurotic Outsiders)
- Al McKay (Earth, Wind & Fire, L.A. All Stars)
- James Mead (Kutless)
- Wendy Melvoin
- Pat Metheny (Pat Metheny Group)
- Alyson Michalka (Aly & AJ)
- Amanda Michalka (Aly & AJ)
- Joseph Milligan (Anberlin)
- Amy Millan (Stars)
- Dan Miller (They Might Be Giants)
- Nuno Mindelis
- Ben Mink
- Roman Miroshnichenko
- Kim Mitchell
- Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy, Skid Row)
- Greg "G-Mo" Moore (Earth, Wind, & Fire)
- Scotty Moore
- Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
- Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave)
- Sterling Morrison (The Velvet Underground)
- Steve Morse (Deep Purple)
- Derek "Chap Stique" Mount (Family Force 5)
- Alonso Mudarra
- James Murphy (Death, Testament)
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy
- Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
- Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
- 雅-miyavi-
N
- Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Joe Negri
- Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick)
- Ricky Nelson
- Jon Noble (Jacob's Dream)
- Aaron North (The Icarus Line, Nine Inch Nails)
- John Norum (Europe, Dokken)
- Ted Nugent (The Amboy Dukes, Damn Yankees)
O
- Mark O'Connor
- John Oates (Hall & Oates)
- Mike Oldfield
- Solomon "Soul Glow Activator" Olds (Family Force 5)
- Criss Oliva (Savatage)
- Shavo Odadjian (System of a Down)
P
- Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin)
- Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
- Joe Pass
- Ryan Peake (Nickelback)
- Andreas Paolo Perger
- Carl Perkins
- Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
- Tom Petty
- Vicki Peterson (The Bangles)
- John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
- Al Pitrelli (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Asia, Megadeth)
- Chris Poland (Megadeth)
- Alberto Ponce
- Nick Portillo R.E.M.O.
- Jade Puget (Redemption 87, AFI)
- Paul Gray (Slipknot)
Q
R
- Trevor Rabin (Yes)
- Mick Ralphs (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
- Johnny Ramone (The Ramones)
- Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
- Mike Redfern
- Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground)
- Vernon Reid (Living Colour)
- Django Reinhardt
- Rick Renstrom (Rob Rock)
- Sheldon Reynolds (The Commodores, Earth, Wind, & Fire)
- Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)
- Tony Rice
- Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
- Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (Blue Öyster Cult)
- Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy, Motörhead)
- Robbie Robertson (The Band)
- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (At the Drive-In, De Facto, The Mars Volta)
- Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
- Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
- Richard Rossi
- Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions)
- Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Terje Rypdal
- Johnny Rzeznik (The Goo Goo Dolls)
S
- David St. Hubbins (Spinal Tap)
- Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
- Carlos Santana (Santana)
- Joey Santiago (Pixies, The Martinis)
- Yağmur Sarıgül (maNga)
- Joe Satriani
- Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth)
- Michael Schenker
- Eric Schermerhorn (David Bowie, Iggy Pop, They Might Be Giants)
- Neal Schon
- Jon Schneck (Relient K, formerly of Audio Adrenaline)
- Andrés Segovia
- Brian Setzer (The Stray Cats, Brian Setzer Orchestra)
- Del Shannon
- Tommy Shannon
- Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine)
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)
- Drew Shirley (Switchfoot)
- Ryan Shrout (Kutless)
- Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio)
- Tim Skipper (House of Heroes)
- Alex Skolnick (Testament, Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
- Slash (Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver, Slash's Blues Ball, Road Crew)
- Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chili Peppers, What Is This?)
- Ivan Smirnov
- Fred Sonic Smith (MC5, Sonic's Rendezvous Band)
- Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
- G.E. Smith (Hall & Oates)
- Robert Smith (The Cure)
- Donita Sparks (L7)
- John Squire (The Stone Roses)
- Keith Stalcup (Statler Brothers, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Jerry Lee Lewis)
- Paul Stanley (KISS)
- Steve Stevens (Billy Idol)
- Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
- Mike Stone (Queensrÿche)
- Izzy Stradlin' (Guns N' Roses, Izzy Stradlin' & Ju Ju Hounds)
- Nathan Strayer (Anberlin)
- Joe Strummer (The Clash)
- Joe Stump
- Muhammed Suiçmez (Necrophagist)
- Frankie Sullivan (Survivor)
- 'Big' Jim Sullivan
- Andy Summers (The Police)
- Bernard Sumner (Joy Division, New Order)
- Bryan Sutton
- Michael Sweet (Stryper)
- John Sykes
- Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy)
- Shin (Kagrra)
T
- Ty Tabor (King's X)
- Martin Taylor
- Mick Taylor (The Rolling Stones)
- Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
- Matt Thiessen (Relient K, Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes)
- Mick Thompson (Slipknot)
- Porl Thompson (The Cure)
- George Thorogood
- Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention)
- Johnny Thunders (The Heartbreakers)
- Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest)
- Paul Tobias/Paul Huge (Guns N' Roses)
- Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius)
- Tora (alice nine.)
- Ray Toro (My Chemical Romance)
- Sam Totman (Dragonforce)
- Ralph Towner (Oregon)
- Mark Lee Townsend (dc Talk)
- Pete Townshend (The Who)
- Joseph Trohman (Fall Out Boy)
- Robin Trower (Procol Harum, Robin Trower Band)
- Nigel Tufnel (Spinal Tap)
- Corin Tucker (Heavens to Betsy, Sleater-Kinney)
- Luca Turilli (Rhapsody of Fire)
- Dan Tyminski (Alison Krauss, Lonesome River Band, O Brother Where Art Thou?)
U
V
- Vito Bratta (White Lion)
- Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, Whitesnake, solo)
- Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Ritchie Valens
- Nick Valensi (The Strokes)
- Hilton Valentine (The Animals)
- Zacky Vengeance (Avenged Sevenfold)
- Tom Verlaine (Television)
- Vinnie Vincent (KISS)
W
- Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (a-ha)
- Patrick Walden (Babyshambles, Fluid and the White Sport)
- Gordon Waller (Peter and Gordon)
- Joe Walsh (James Gang, The Eagles)
- Muddy Waters
- Doc Watson
- Gentry Webb (The Cooters)
- Paul Weller (The Jam, The Style Council, solo)
- Howard Werth (Audience)
- Clarence White (The Byrds, Kentucky Colonels)
- Deryck Whibley (Sum 41)
- Jack White (The White Stripes), (Raconteurs)
- Jason White (Green Day)
- Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's)
- John Williams
- Pete Willis (Def Leppard)
- Marty Willson-Piper (The Church)
- Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys)
- Michael Wilton (Queensrÿche)
- Johnny Winter
- Howlin' Wolf
- Ron Wood (The Small Faces, The Rolling Stones)
- Tom Wright (Slipstream)
- Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society)
- Brian Welch (Korn)
Y