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A guitarist is a person who plays the guitar. A guitar is a type of musical instrument.

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[edit] Noted guitarists

[edit] Classical

[edit] Baroque (XVII and XVIII century)

  • François Campion (ca 1688-1748)
  • Antoine Carré
  • Francisco Corbetta (ca 1620-1681)
  • Nicolas Desrosiers
  • Giovanni Paolo Foscarini
  • Henri Grenerin
  • Giovanni Battista Granata
  • Francisco Guerau
  • Louis Jourdan de La Salle
  • Girolamo Montesardo
  • Santiago de Murcia
  • Gaspard Sanz (1640-1710)
  • Robert de Visée (ca 1658-1725)

[edit] XIX century

  • Dioniso Aguado (1784-1849)
  • Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
  • Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)
  • Napoléon Coste (1806-1883)
  • Zani de Ferranti (1801-1878)
  • José Ferrer (1835-1916)
  • François de Fossa
  • Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
  • Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856)
  • Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
  • Julio Regondi
  • Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
  • Francisco Tárrega

[edit] XX century

  • Agustín Barrios (Agustín Pió Barrios) (1885-1944)
  • Alexandre Lagoya (1929-1999)
  • Antonio Lauro (1917-1986)
  • Godelieve Monden
  • Ida Presti (1924-1967)
  • Regino Sainz de la Maza
  • Andrés Segovia (1893-1987)
  • José Thomas
  • Narciso Yepes (1927-1997)

[edit] Contemporary

  • Lily Afshar
  • Magnus Andersson (1955-)
  • Sérgio Assad
  • Manuel Barrueco (1952-)
  • Dusan Bogdanovic
  • Ben Bolt
  • Julian Bream (1933-)
  • Leo Brouwer (1939-)
  • Zoran Dukić (*1969)
  • Roland Dyens (1955-)
  • Eliot Fisk
  • Sharon Isbin
  • Jovan Jovicic
  • Carlo Marchione (1964-)
  • Jorge Morel (1931-)
  • Thomas Müller-Pering (1958)
  • Alberto Ponce (1935-)
  • Angel Romero
  • Pepe Romero
  • John Schneider
  • David Starobin
  • David Tanenbaum
  • Benjamin Verdery
  • John Williams
  • Kazuhito Yamashita
  • Andrew York

[edit] Promising talents

  • Marcin Dylla
  • Timo Korhonen
  • Goran Krivokapić
  • Dimitri Illarionov
  • Grégory Leclair
  • Aliéksey Vianna
  • Ana Vidović
  • Yang Xuefei

[edit] Flamenco

[edit] Jazz

  • Danny Barker
  • Charlie Christian
  • Franco Cerri
  • Eddie Condon
  • Drew Denton
  • Al Di Meola
  • Bill Frisell
  • Frank Gambale
  • Jim Hall
  • Scott Henderson
  • Allan Holdsworth
  • Charlie Hunter
  • Stanley Jordan
  • Enver Izmailov
  • Barney Kessel
  • Eddie Lang
  • Tony Macalpine
  • Pat Martino
  • John McLaughlin
  • Pat Metheny
  • Wes Montgomery
  • Joe Pass
  • Andreas Paolo Perger
  • Snoozer Quinn
  • Django Reinhardt
  • Marc Ribot
  • John Scofield
  • Mike Stern
  • Andy Summers
  • Martin Taylor
  • Szabó Gábor
  • Herb Ellis

[edit] Folk and acoustic

  • William Ackerman
  • Dan Ar Braz
  • Chet Atkins
  • Joan Baez
  • Martin Carthy
  • Ry Cooder
  • Jim Croce
  • John Denver
  • Ani DiFranco
  • Nick Drake
  • Doyle Dykes
  • Bob Dylan
  • Dave Ellis
  • John Fahey
  • Gordon Giltrap
  • Davey Graham
  • 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
  • Patrick Beverley
  • Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel)
  • James Taylor
  • Richard Thompson
  • Doc Watson
  • Hank Williams
  • Francois Luambo Makiadi "Franco"
  • Pierre Bensusan

[edit] 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

[edit] Rock/pop

[edit] Metal

  • Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)
  • Michael Amott (Arch Enemy)
  • Jason Becker (solo artist, Cacophony, David Lee Roth)
  • Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
  • Buckethead (solo artist, Guns N' Roses, Primus)
  • Bumblefoot (Ron Thal)
  • Dimebag Darrell (Pantera, Rebel Meets Rebel, Damageplan)
  • Chris DeGarmo (Queensrÿche)
  • K. K. Downing (Judas Priest)
  • Todd Duane (solo artist)
  • Marty Friedman (solo artist, 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 and Rage Against the Machine)
  • James Murphy (solo artist, Death, Disincarnate, Testament)
  • 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)
  • Joe Stump
  • Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses), (Velvet Revolver)
  • Katherine "The Great Kat" Thomas
  • 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
  • Benjamin Weinman (The Dillinger Escape Plan)

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