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- This article is about musicians. Guitarist is also the name of a British guitar magazine [1] (http://www.guitarist.co.uk).
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Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar.
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Noted guitarists
Classical
- Sandy Adams
- Magnus Andersson
- Manuel Barrueco
- Dusan Bogdanovic
- Julian Bream
- Ben Bolt
- Matteo Carcassi
- Mauro Giuliani
- Sharon Isbin
- Jovan Jovicic
- Timo Korhonen
- Alexander Lagoya
- Grégory Leclair
- Paco de Lucía
- Ananiah McCarrell
- Godelieve Monden
- Alberto Ponce
- Ida Presti
- Angel Romero
- Pepe Romero
- Gaspar Sanz
- John Schneider
- Andrés Segovia
- Fernando Sor
- Francisco Tàrrega
- John Williams
- Yang Xuefei
- Narciso Yepes
- Andrew York
Jazz
- Charlie Christian
- Franco Cerri
- Drew Denton
- Al Di Meola
- Bill Frisell
- Frank Gambale
- Jim Hall
- Scott Henderson
- Allan Holdsworth
- Charlie Hunter
- Stanley Jordan
- Barney Kessel
- Tony Macalpine
- Pat Martino
- John McLaughlin
- Pat Metheny
- Wes Montgomery
- Joe Pass
- Andreas Paolo Perger
- Django Reinhardt
- Marc Ribot
- John Scofield
- Mike Stern
- Andy Summers
- Martin Taylor
- Szabó Gábor
- Herb Ellis
Folk and acoustic
- William Ackerman
- Chet Atkins
- Joan Baez
- Martin Carthy
- Ry Cooder
- Jim Croce
- John Denver
- Ani DiFranco
- Nick Drake
- Doyle Dykes
- Bob Dylan
- Dave Ellis
- Gordon Giltrap
- Michael Hedges
- Bert Jansch
- Nic Jones
- Leo Kottke
- Adrian Legg
- John Martyn
- Ellen McIlwaine
- Tony McManus
- Joni Mitchell
- Tom Paxton
- Al Perkins
- John Renbourn
- Stochelo Rosenberg
- Art Paul Schlosser
- Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel)
- James Taylor
- Richard Thompson
- Doc Watson
- Hank Williams
- Francois Luambo Makiadi "Franco"
Blues
- Luther Allison
- Duane Allman
- Blind Blake
- Michael Bloomfield
- Doyle Bramhall
- Big Bill Broonzy
- Roy Buchanan
- Chris Cain
- Eric Clapton
- Albert Collins
- Ry Cooder
- Robert Cray
- Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
- Robben Ford
- Jesse Fuller
- Lowell Fulson
- Rory Gallagher
- Guitar Shorty
- Guitar Slim
- Buddy Guy
- John Hammond, Jr.
- Jimi Hendrix
- John Lee Hooker
- Son House
- Mississippi John Hurt
- Elmore James
- Skip James
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Lonnie Johnson
- Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson
- Robert Johnson
- Albert King
- B.B. King
- Freddie King
- Little Jimmy King
- Sonny Landreth
- Leadbelly
- J.B. Lenoir
- Mance Lipscomb
- Lonnie Mack
- Taj Mahal
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Brownie McGhee
- Blind Willie McTell
- Little Milton
- Memphis Minnie
- Coco Montoya
- Gary Moore
- Keb' Mo'
- Matt 'Guitar' Murphy
- Charlie Patton
- Bonnie Raitt
- Tampa Red
- Jimmy Reed
- Robert Ross
- Otis Rush
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Hubert Sumlin
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Jimmy Vaughan
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Joe Louis Walker
- T-Bone Walker
- Muddy Waters
- Bukka White
- Josh White
- Johnny Winter
- Howlin' Wolf
Rock/pop
- Duane Allman (Derek and the Dominos, The Allman Brothers Band)
- Trey Anastasio (Phish)
- Michael Angelo Batio
- Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
- Chet Atkins
- Perry Bamonte
- David Bates
- Jeff Beck
- Adrian Belew (Frank Zappa, King Crimson, The Bears)
- Chuck Berry
- Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
- Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
- Charlie Christian
- Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, Blind Faith)
- Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
- Warren Cuccurullo (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, & Duran Duran)
- Dick Dale
- Bo Diddley
- Duane Eddy
- Mattias "IA" Eklundh (Freak Kitchen)
- David Evans aka The Edge (U2)
- Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
- John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Noel Gallagher (Oasis)
- Jerry Garcia (the Grateful Dead)
- David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
- Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big)
- George Harrison (The Beatles)
- Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
- Buddy Holly
- Steve Howe (Yes)
- Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)
- Tomas Kadzionis (Godlike27)
- Phil Keaggy
- Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits & Notting HillBillies)
- Goktan Kural (Hazerfan)
- Shawn Lane
- Alex Lifeson (Rush)
- Hank B. Marvin (The Shadows)
- Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
- Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe)
- Brian May (Queen)
- Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
- Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)
- Barry Melton (Country Joe and the Fish, The Dinosaurs)
- Midoru
- Kim Mitchell
- Vinnie Moore
- Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine)
- Steve Morse
- Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Ted Nugent
- Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
- Les Paul
- Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
- Tom Petty (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
- Elvis Presley
- Prince
- Johnny Ramone (The Ramones)
- Chris Rea
- Sheldon Reynolds (Earth, Wind, & Fire; Solo artist)
- Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
- Michael Roe
- Michael Monarch (Steppenwolf)
- Mick Ronson (played with David Bowie)
- Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
- Carlos Santana
- Joe Satriani
- Neal Schon (Journey )
- James Honeyman-Scott (The Pretenders)
- Brian Setzer (The Stray Cats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra)
- Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel)
- Slash (Slash's Snakepit, Guns and Roses, & Velvet Revolver)
- Robert Smith
- Billy Squier
- John Squire
- Izzy Stradlin (Guns and Roses)
- Andy Summers (The Police)
- Porl Thompson
- Pete Townshend (The Who)
- Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, & Whitesnake)
- Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
- Tom Verlaine (Television)
- Jack White (The White Stripes)
- Nancy Wilson (Heart)
- Angus Young (AC/DC)
- Malcolm Young (AC/DC)
- Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse, CSN&Y, The Esquires, The Stray Gators)
- Frank Zappa (among other things, played with The Mothers of Invention)
- Blues Saraceno
- John Mayer
Metal
- Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)
- Michael Amott (Arch Enemy)
- Jason Becker (Solo Arist, Cacophony, David Lee Roth)
- Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
- Buckethead (Solo Arist, Guns 'n Roses, Primus)
- Dimebag Darrell (Pantera, Rebel Meets Rebel, Damageplan)
- Chris DeGarmo (Queensrÿche)
- K. K. Downing (Judas Priest)
- Todd Duane (Solo Artist)
- Marty Friedman (Solo Arist, Cacophony, Megadeth)
- Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
- James Hetfield (Metallica)
- Kenny Hickey (Type O Negative)
- Scott Ian (Anthrax)
- Chris Impellitteri (Solo Artist)
- Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
- Matthias Jabs (Scorpions)
- Adam Jones (Tool)
- Kerry King (Slayer)
- Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)
- Herman Li (DragonForce)
- George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob)
- Yngwie Malmsteen (Solo Artist, Alcatrazz, Steeler)
- Jim Martin (Faith No More)
- Borislav Mitic (Solo Artist)
- Tom Morello (Audioslave & Rage Against the Machine)
- Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
- Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
- John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
- Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)
- Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
- Michael Schenker (Solo Artist, UFO)
- Rudolph Schenker (Scorpions)
- Chuck Schuldiner (Death, Control Denied)
- Slash (Guns N' Roses), (Slash's Snakepit), (Velvet Revolver)
- Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
- Bill Steer (Carcass)
- Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
- Joe Stump
- Katherine "The Great Kat" Thomas
- Ron Thal aka Bumblefoot
- Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest)
- Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake)
- Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
- Rich Ward (Stuck Mojo), (Sick Speed), (Fozzy), {The Duke)
- Michael Wilton (Queensrÿche)
- Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne)
- Dweezil Zappa
External links
- http://www.guitaristheaven.com (http://www.guitaristheaven.com/) A site for guitar fanatics. Includes lessons, interviews, transcriptions, reviews, DVD reviews, wallpapers, picks gallery and an impressive list of guitar heroes.
- http://www.cyberfret.com (http://www.cyberfret.com) Another web page with tips and tricks
- Jazz Guitar Online (http://www.jazzguitar.be/jazzguitar_licks.html) Signature licks
- http://www.harmony-central.com Guitar reviews of countless manufacturers
- Dimebag Darrell Tribute Site (http://www.dimebagdarrell.co.uk/) News, photos and video of Dimebag Darrell
- Guitar Chords Online (http://www.guitarchordsmagic.com/)da:Guitarist
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