This list of guitarists includes notable musicians, known principally for their guitar playing, for whom there is an article in Wikipedia. Those who are known mainly as bass guitarists are listed separately at List of bass guitarists.
A
Johnny A. Tora Dahle Aagård Tosin Abasi (Animals as Leaders) Abbath (ex-Immortal, ex-I, Abbath) "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (Pantera) Drew Abbott John Abercrombie Aaron "El Hefe" Abeyta (NOFX) Mick Abrahams (Jethro Tull) William Ackerman Bryan Adams Stuart Adamson (The Skids, Big Country, The Raphaels) Marcus Adoro (Eraserheads) Dionisio Aguado y García Salman Ahmad Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth, Storm Corrosion) Fredrik Åkesson (Opeth) Jan Akkerman (Focus) Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) Nate Albert (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Kickovers) Steve Albini (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac) Art Alexakis (Everclear) Michael Algar (Toy Dolls) Carson Allen Kris Allen Paul Allender (Cradle of Filth) Keith Allison (Paul Revere & the Raiders) Duane Allman (The Allman Brothers Band) Laurindo Almeida Carlos Alomar (David Bowie) Vicente Amigo Michael Amott (Arch Enemy) Christopher Amott (ex-Arch Enemy, Armageddon) Trey Anastasio (Phish) Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) Muriel Anderson Magnus Andersson Nicke Andersson (Hellacopters, Supershit 666) André 3000 (Outkast) Jake Andrews Celeina Ann (Carole & Tuesday) Faraz Anwar (Mizraab) Julián Arcas Gem Archer (Heavy Stereo, Oasis) Joan Armatrading Armik Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder, Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network) Tim Armstrong (Operation Ivy, Rancid, Transplants) Joseph Arthur Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (Oasis) Jeff Arwadi (Altera Enigma, Kekal) Carl Asercion Daniel Ash (Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets) DJ Ashba (BulletBoys, Beautiful Creatures, Sixx:A.M.) Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon) Ron Asheton (The Stooges) Gwyn Ashton John Ashton (The Psychedelic Furs) Sérgio Assad Gustavo Assis-Brasil Chet Atkins Paul Atkinson (The Zombies) Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake)
B
Jim Babjak (The Smithereens) Ayub Bachchu (Love Runs Blind) Matt Bachand (Shadows Fall) Randy Bachman (Bachman–Turner Overdrive, The Guess Who) Derek Bailey Dave Bainbridge (Iona) Ian Bairnson (Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, Kate Bush) Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion) Mickey Baker Dave Baksh (Sum 41, Brown Brigade) David Ball (Soft Cell) Bruce Bouillet (Racer X) Terry Balsamo (Evanescence) Perry Bamonte (The Cure) Devendra Banhart Benji Madden (Good Charlotte) Paul Banks (Interpol) Peter Banks (Yes) Carl Barât (The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things) Barbecue Bob Warren Barfield Don Barnes (38 Special) Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) Paul Barrere (Little Feat) Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) Agustín Barrios Nicholas Barron Steve Bartek (Oingo Boingo) Desireé Bassett Joshua Bassett Michael Angelo Batio (Nitro) Jennifer Batten Roland Bautista (Earth, Wind & Fire) Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers) Brendan Bayliss (Umphrey's McGee) Eric Bazilian (The Hooters) Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake) Corey Beaulieu (Trivium) Beck Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice) Joe Beck Justin Beck (Glassjaw) Joe Becker Jason Becker (Cacophony, David Lee Roth) Walter Becker (Steely Dan) Peter Beckett (Player) Johanna Beisteiner Adrian Belew (King Crimson, The Bears; Talking Heads, David Bowie, Frank Zappa) Drake Bell Brian Bell (Weezer, Space Twins, The Relationship) Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy) J.J. Belle Matt Bellamy (Muse) Dustin Belt (Heffron Drive) Roni Benise Bob Bennett Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) Brendan Benson (The Raconteurs) George Benson Miki Berenyi (Lush) Peter Bernstein Chuck Berry Gene Bertoncini Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) Dickey Betts (The Allman Brothers Band) Randall Bewley (Pylon) Bo Bice Big Tom Kat Bjelland (Babes in Toyland) Anders Björler (At the Gates, The Haunted) Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved) Clint Black Jack Black (Tenacious D) Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night) Tony Blair Zach Blair (Hagfish, Gwar, Only Crime, Rise Against) Blind Blake Norman Blake Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) Ron Block (Alison Krauss) Conny Bloom (Hanoi Rocks) Mike Bloomfield Bob Bogle (The Ventures) John Bohlinger (musician) Marc Bolan (T.Rex) Tommy Bolin (Deep Purple) Joe Bonamassa Bono (U2) Nicke Borg (Backyard Babies) Adrian Borland (The Sound) Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit) Mark Boston (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band) Jean-Paul Bourelly James Bourne (Son of Dork) Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan) Robert Bowlin James Bowman (Against Me!) Mick Box (Uriah Heep) James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers) Paul Brady Michelle Branch (The Wreckers) Srđan Branković (Alogia) Vito Bratta (White Lion) Creed Bratton (The Grass Roots) Jacques Brautbar (Phantom Planet) Julian Bream Lenny Breau Thomas Bredahl (Volbeat) Thom Bresh Paul Brett Mike Brewer John Brewster (The Angels)'s Lincoln Brewster Vic Briggs (Eric Burdon & The Animals) Terry Britten Chris Broderick (Megadeth) Dave Brock (Hawkwind) Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse, Ugly Casanova) David Bromberg Devin Bronson (Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson) Michael Brook Garth Brooks Kix Brooks (Brooks & Dunn) Meredith Brooks Big Bill Broonzy Bobby Broom Ethan Brosh Eric Brosius (Tribe) Drew Brown (OneRepublic) Mike Brown Jackson Browne (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) Bob Brozman Norman Brown Oli Brown (RavenEye) Michael Bruce (Alice Cooper) Jimmy Bruno Mark Bryan (Hootie & the Blowfish) Amalie Bruun (Myrkur) Wally Bryson (Raspberries) Roy Buchanan Peter Buck (R.E.M.) Buckethead (Guns N' Roses, Praxis, Deli Creeps, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains) Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) Jonny Buckland (Coldplay) Jeff Buckley Ely Buendia (Eraserheads, Pupil) Jimmy Buffett Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) Ben Burnley (Breaking Benjamin) Christian Burns (BBMak) Jake Burns (Stiff Little Fingers) Vinny Burns (Ten) R. L. Burnside Kenny Burrell James Burton (Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley, John Denver) Kristian Bush (Sugarland) Bernard Butler (Suede, The Tears) John Butler (John Butler Trio) Jonathan Butler Damon Buxton Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper) Roddy "Radiation" Byers (The Specials) Charlie Byrd David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Rico Blanco (Rivermaya)
C
Fito Cabrales (Platero y Tú, Fito & Fitipaldis) Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind) Chris Caffery (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) Charlotte Caffey (The Go-Go's) Paul Caiafa (The Misfits, Kryst the Conqueror, Gorgeous Frankenstein) Colbie Caillat Al Caiola JJ Cale Randy California (Spirit) Jo Callis (The Rezillos, The Human League) Greg Camp (Smash Mouth) Jeremy Camp Glen Campbell Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) Phil Campbell (Motörhead) Royce Campbell Vivian Campbell (Dio, Whitesnake, Def Leppard) Mike Campese Jim Campilongo Rob Cantor (Tally Hall) Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) Joey Cape (Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Bad Astronaut) Captain Sensible (The Damned) Matteo Carcassi Larry Carlton Jesse Carmichael (Kara's Flowers) Sabrina Carpenter Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) Pete Carr Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional, Further Seems Forever) Kim Carroll John Valentine Carruthers (Siouxsie and the Banshees) Maybelle Carter (Carter Family) Ferdinando CarulliMario Torta, "Carulli, Ferdinando (M[aria?] Meinrado Francesco Pascale Rosario)", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). Neko Case (The New Pornographers) Al Casey (jazz guitarist) Al Casey (rock guitarist) Johnny Cash Nick Catanese (Black Label Society) Philip Catherine Stephen Caudel Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Nailbomb) Dino Cazares (Fear Factory, Divine Heresy) Danny Cedrone (Bill Haley & His Comets) Gustavo Cerati (Soda Stereo) Franco Cerri Nic Cester (Jet) Yavuz Çetin Eugene Chadbourne António Chainho Bill Champlin (Sons of Champlin) Eason Chan Jaycee Chan Jerry Chang Gary Chapman Manny Charlton (Nazareth) Charo David Chastain (Chastain) Rhys Chatham Chris Cheney (The Living End) Andrew Cheshire Phil Chevron (The Pogues) Moraíto Chico II Michael Guy Chislett (The Academy Is..., Hillsong United) Jay Chou John Christ (Danzig) Charlie Christian (Benny Goodman) Stephen Christian (Anberlin) Popa Chubby Don Ciccone (Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Critters) Martin Cilia (The Atlantics) Jake Cinninger (Umphrey's McGee) John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service) Liam Clancy (The Clancy Brothers, Makem and Clancy) Eric Clapton (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos) Angus Clark (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) Gary Clark Jr. Mike Clark (Suicidal Tendencies) Roy Clark Steve Clark (Def Leppard) "Fast" Eddie Clarke (Motörhead) Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses, Rock Star Supernova) Frank Claussen (Theatre of Tragedy) Zal Cleminson (Sensational Alex Harvey Band) Nels Cline (Wilco) Henry Cluney (Stiff Little Fingers) Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) Eddie Cochran Stephen Cochran Bruce Cockburn Leonard Cohen Sam Cohen Jesse Colburn (Avril Lavigne) Deborah Coleman Johnny Colla (Huey Lewis and the News) Phil Collen (Def Leppard) Ned Collette Chris Collingwood (Fountains of Wayne) Albert Collins Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Paul Collins (The Beat) Paul Colman (Newsboys, Paul Colman Trio) Gary Lee Conner (Screaming Trees) John Connolly (Sevendust) Bill Connors Nico Constantine (Madfly, Comes with the Fall) Steve Conte (New York Dolls), (Eric Burdon) Ry Cooder (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, The Seeds) Jesse Cook Kyle Cook (Matchbox Twenty, The New Left) Mike Cooley (musician) (Drive-by Truckers) Rusty Cooley (Dominion, Outworld) Gaz Coombes (Supergrass) John Corabi (Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe, Union) Francesco Corbetta Easton Corbin Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins) Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) Gene Cornish (The Rascals, Fotomaker) Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers) Jim Corr (The Corrs) Larry Coryell Miranda Cosgrove Yamandu Costa Napoléon Coste Sean Costello Elizabeth Cotten Jeff Cotton (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band) Andy Cox (The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals) Laura Cox Graham Coxon (Blur) Jonathan Coulton Steve Cradock Andrew Craighan (My Dying Bride) Philo Cramer (Fear) Dan Crary Robert Cray Marshall Crenshaw Jim Croce Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) Jason Cropper (Weezer) Steve "The Colonel" Cropper (The Mar-Keys, Booker T. & the M.G.'s) David Crosby (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Byrds) Robbin Crosby (Ratt) Sheryl Crow Allison Crowe András Csáki Cui Jian Josh Cunningham (The Waifs) Rivers Cuomo (Weezer, Avant Garde, Homie) Shannon Curfman John Curulewski (Styx) Billy Ray Cyrus Miley Cyrus Trace Cyrus
D
Britt Daniel (Spoon, Divine Fits) Dante DeCaro (Hot Hot Heat, Johnny and the Moon) Denis D'Amour (Voivod) Donnie Dacus Marcel Dadi Dick Dale Brody Dalle (The Distillers) Sean Danielsen (Smile Empty Soul, World Fire Brigade) Jol Dantzig (Wilson Pickett, Shaw Blades, Jim Carroll) Glenn Danzig (Danzig) Dave Davies (The Kinks) Ray Davies (The Kinks) Brad Davis (musician) Reverend Gary Davis Rod Davis (The Quarrymen) Jesse Ed Davis Keeley Davis (Denali, Engine Down) Maura Davis (Denali) Mike Dawes Christopher Dean Mahyar Dean (Angband) Nicolas de Angelis Chris de Burgh Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti Chris DeGarmo (Queensrÿche) Vance DeGeneres (Cowboy Mouth) Reina del Cid Dean DeLeo (Talk Show, Stone Temple Pilots) Tom DeLonge (Blink-182, Box Car Racer, Angels & Airwaves) Warren DeMartini (Ratt) Brad Delp (Boston) Brad Delson (Linkin Park) Paul Dempsey (Something for Kate) Tommy Denander (Michael Jackson, Paul Stanley, Alice Cooper, Ricky Martin, Toto) Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard, Tomahawk, Firewater) Tom Denney (A Day To Remember) John Denver Johnny Depp Amir Derakh (Orgy, Julien-K, Rough Cutt) Mike Derks (Gwar) Rick Derringer (The McCoys, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter) Jason De Ron (Altera Enigma, Paramaecium) C.C. DeVille (Poison) Mat Devine (Kill Hannah) Tommy DeVito (The Four Seasons) Roberto Diana Dennis "Denny" Dias, Steely Dan Alirio Díaz