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Dies ist eine Liste bekannter Gitarristen, gruppiert nach Musikstil.
- Jan Akkerman (Focus)
- Steve Albini (Shellac)
- Duane Allman (The Allman Brothers Band)
- Trey Anastasio
- Gem Archer (Oasis)
- Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
- Chet Atkins
- Keith Scott (Bryan Adams)
- Jennifer Batten
- Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds)
- Brian Bell (Weezer)
- Matthew Bellamy (Muse)
- Chuck Berry
- Frank Black (Pixies)
- Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
- Mike Bloomfield
- Tommy Bolin
- Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit, Big Dumb Face)
- Dieter Bornschlegel (Dein Schatten), (Atlantis), (Guru Guru)
- Roy Buchanan
- Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
- Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
- Randy California
- Carl Carlton (Carl Carlton and the Songdogs, Peter Maffay)
- Chris Cheney (The Living End)
- John Cippolina (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
- Eric Clapton (Cream, The Yardbirds, Derek and the Dominos)
- Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
- Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Ry Cooder
- Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Ian Crichton (Saga)
- Sheryl Crow
- Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)
- Christian Datsun (The Datsuns)
- Tom Delonge (Blink 182)
- Brad Delson (Linkin Park)
- Duane Eddy
- Dirk Edelhoff
- David Evans aka The Edge (U2)
- Mike Einziger (Incubus)
- Dan Estrin (Hoobastank)
- Mark Oliver Everett (Eels)
- Mark Farner
- Peter Frampton (The Herd, Humble Pie)
- Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
- John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Noel Gallagher (Oasis)
- Rory Gallagher
- Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead
- Lowell George (Little Feat)
- Per Gessle (Roxette, Gyllene Tider)
- David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
- Ben Granfelt (Leningrad Cowboys), (Wishbone Ash, Gringos Locos)
- Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
- Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
- Steve Hackett (Genesis)
- Isaac Hanson (Hanson)
- George Harrison (The Beatles)
- Jeff Healey
- El Hefe (NOFX)
- Jimi Hendrix
- Susanna Hoffs
- Buddy Holly
- Joshua (Josh) Homme (Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age)
- Steve Howe (Yes)
- Billy Howerdel (A Perfect Circle)
- Roger Hodgson (Supertramp)
- Saul „Slash“ Hudson (Guns N' Roses)
- Chrissie Hynde
- Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance)
- James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle)
- John5 (Ex-Marilyn Manson, David Lee Roth)
- Eric Johnson
- Phil Keaggy
- Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
- Robby Krieger (The Doors)
- Chad Kroeger (Nickelback)
- Helmut Krumminga (BAP)
- Richard Z. Kruspe (Rammstein)
- Paul Landers (Rammstein)
- Sebastian Lange (Gitarrist) (In Extremo)
- Andrew Latimer (Camel)
- Alex Lifeson (Rush)
- Steve Lukather (Toto)
- Jeff Lynne
- Muddy Manninen (Gringos Locos, Wishbone Ash)
- Phil Manzanera (Quiet Sun, Roxy Music)
- Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
- Steve Marriott (Humble Pie)
- Chris Martin (Coldplay)
- Doug Martsch (Built to Spill)
- Hank B. Marvin (The Shadows)
- J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.)
- Brian May (Queen)
- John McGeoch
- Stephan Karl Moik (Emil Bulls)
- Al Morse (Spock's Beard)
- Steve Morse
- Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü)
- Dave Navarro
- Mike Oldfield
- Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds)
- Alan Parsons
- Les Paul
- Ryan Peake (Nickelback)
- Carl Perkins
- Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
- Vicki Peterson
- Debbi Peterson
- Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash, Blue Law)
- Nigel Pulsford (Ex-Bush)
- Pauli Rantasalmi (The Rasmus)
- Chris Rea
- Keith Richards (Rolling Stones)
- Omar Alfredo Rodriguez-Lopez (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
- Matthias Röhr (Böhse Onkelz)
- Bernd Römer (Karat)
- Mick Ronson
- Gavin Rossdale (Bush, Institute)
- Mike Rutherford (Genesis)
- Christian "Chrissy" Schneider (Emil Bulls)
- Richie Sambora
- Carlos Santana
- Joe Satriani
- James Honeyman Scott
- Brian Setzer
- Tony Sheridan
- Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)
- Mike Smith (Limp Bizkit, Snot)
- Chris Spedding
- Tony Spinner (Toto)
- Bruce Springsteen
- Steve Stevens
- David A. Stewart (Eurythmics)
- Thomas Stolle (Silbermond)
- Ronnie Le Tekrø
- Pete Townshend (The Who)
- Türk Travolta (The Wohlstandskinder)
- Mark Tremonti (Creed, Alter Bridge)
- Ted Turner (Wishbone Ash)
- Thilo Wendel (Midnight Rambler, Famous Five)
- Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs)
- Laurie Wisefield (Wishbone Ash)
- Roy Wood
- Angus Young (AC/DC)
- Malcom Young (AC/DC)
- Neil Young
- Frank Zappa
- hide (X-Japan)
- Jänz Dittschlag (Freunde der italienischen Oper)
- Pat Smear
- Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme, Mourning Widows)
- Buckethead (Buckethead/solo, u.a. Ex-Guns´n´Roses)
- Max Cavalera (Ex-Sepultura, Nailbomb, Soulfly)
- Dino Cazares (Ex-Fear Factory, Brujeria)
- Eddie Fast Clarke (Motörhead)
- Tony Clarkin (Magnum)
- Emppu Vuorinen (Nightwish)
- Dale Crover (Altamont)
- Dimebag Darrell (Pantera, Damageplan)
- Maximilian Deffke (Vicious Circle)
- K.K. Downing (Judas Priest)
- Paul Gilbert (Ex-Mr. Big, Racer X)
- Craig Goldy (Dio, Giuffra)
- Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
- Jeff Hanneman (Slayer)
- Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray, Ex-Helloween)
- James Hetfield (Metallica)
- Jules Hodgson (KMFDM)
- Scott Ian (Anthrax)
- Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
- Ron Jarzombek (Spastic Ink, Watchtower)
- Janick Gers (Iron Maiden)
- Adam Jones (Tool)
- Kerry King (Slayer)
- Andreas Kisser (Sepultura)
- Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)
- Jake E. Lee (Ozzy Osbourne)
- Herman Li (Dragonforce)
- Jani Liimatainen (Sonata Arctica)
- Daron Malakian (System Of A Down)
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe)
- Jim Martin (Faith No More)
- Tom Morello (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine)
- Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
- Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
- André Olbrich (Blind Guardian)
- Buzz „King Buzzo“ Osborne (The Melvins, Fantômas)
- John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
- Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)
- James Root (Slipknot)
- Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth)
- Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
- Victor Smolski (Rage)
- Vinnie Stigma (Agnostic Front)
- Dennis Stratton (Iron Maiden)
- Joe Stump
- Mick Thompson (Slipknot)
- Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest)
- Sam Totman (Dragonforce)
- Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake)
- Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
- Steve White (KMFDM)
- Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne)
- Roope Latvala (Children of Bodom)
- Jesper Strömblad (In Flames)
- Jon Nödtveidt (Dissection) (1975 - 2006)
