Guitarist

Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977 A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ----

Noted guitarists:

Classical

:Manuel Barrueco :Julian Bream :Ben Bolt :Sandy Adams: :Matteo Carcassi :Mauro Giuliani :Sharon Isbin :Alexander Lagoya :Paco de Lucía :Godelieve Monden :Ida Presti :Angel Romero :Pepe Romero :Gaspar Sanz :John Schneider :Andrés Segovia :Fernando Sor :Francisco Tàrrega :John Williams :Narciso Yepes :Andrew York

Jazz

:Charlie Christian :Franco Cerri :Drew Denton :Bill Frisell :Jim Hall :Charlie Hunter :Stanley Jordan :Barney Kessel :John McLaughlin :Pat Metheny :Wes Montgomery :Joe Pass :Andreas Paolo Perger :Django Reinhardt :Marc Ribot :John Scofield :Andy Summers :Martin Taylor :Al Di Meola :Tony Macalpine

Folk and acoustic

:William Ackerman :Chet Atkins :Martin Carthy :Ry Cooder :Doyle Dykes :Dave Ellis :Gordon Giltrap :Michael Hedges :Bert Jansch :Leo Kottke :Adrian Legg :John Martyn :Ellen McIlwaine :Tony McManus :Al Perkins :John Renbourn :Art Paul Schlosser :James Taylor :Richard Thompson :Doc Watson :Stochelo Rosenberg :Nic Jones :Bob Dylan

Blues

:Blind Blake :Blind Lemon Jefferson :Muddy Waters :Howlin' Wolf :John Lee Hooker :Mississippi John Hurt :Elmore James :Robert Johnson :Leadbelly :Mance Lipscomb :T-Bone Walker :Taj Mahal :Brownie McGhee :Memphis Minnie :Charlie Patton :Robert Ross :Son House :Sister Rosetta Tharpe :Stevie Ray Vaughan :Jimmy Vaughan :Buddy Guy :B.B. King :Albert Collins :Steve The Colonel Cropper :Matt Guitar Murphy :Michael Bloomfield :Robert Cray :Otis Rush :Coco Montoya :Albert King :Freddie King :Chris Cain :Robben Ford :Eric Clapton :Guitar Slim :Lowell Fulson :Ry Cooder :Big Bill Broonzy :Luther Allison :Tampa Red :Kenny Wayne Shepherd :Jimmy Reed :Blind Willie McTell :Lonnie Mack :Little Milton :Sonny Landreth :Duane Allman :Keb' Mo' :Lonnie Johnson :Luther Guitar Junior Johnson :Jimi Hendrix :Guitar Slim :Rory Gallagher :Jesse Fuller :Hubert Sumlin :Bonnie Raitt :Johnny Winter :Bukka White :Mississippi Fred McDowell :Skip James :John Hammond, Jr. :Guitar Shorty :Josh White :J.B. Lenoir :Doyle Bramhall :Gary Moore :Little Jimmy King :Roy Buchanan

Rock/pop

:Duane Allman (Derek and the Dominos, The Allman Brothers Band) :Trey Anastasio (Phish) :Gem Archer (Oasis) :Chet Atkins :David Bates :Jeff Beck :Chuck Berry :Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple) :Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) :Charlie Christian :Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, Blind Faith) :Warren Cuccurullo (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, & Duran Duran) :Duane Eddy :John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) :David Evans aka The Edge (U2) :Noel Gallagher (Oasis) :David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) :Jerry Garcia (the Grateful Dead) :George Harrison (The Beatles) :Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) :Buddy Holly :Steve Howe :Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) :Tomas Kadzionis (Godlike27) :Phil Keaggy :Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits & Notting HillBillies) :Goktan Kural :Alex Lifeson (Rush) :Yngwie J. Malmsteen :Hank B. Marvin (The Shadows) :Johnny Marr :Brian May (Queen) :Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) :Barry Melton (Country Joe and the Fish, The Dinosaurs) :Midoru :Kim Mitchell :Steve Morse :Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers) :Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) :Les Paul :Joe Perry (Aerosmith) :Johnny Ramone (The Ramones) :Chris Rea :Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) :Michael Roe :Mick Ronson (played with David Bowie) :Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) :Carlos Santana :Joe Satriani :Neal Schon :James Honeyman-Scott (The Pretenders) :Brian Setzer (The Stray Cats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra) :Slash (Slash's Snakepit, Guns and Roses, & Velvet Revolver) :John Squire :Pete Townshend (The Who) :Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) :Steve Vai :Tom Verlaine (Television) :Frank Zappa (among other things, played with The Mothers of Invention) :Mattias "IA" Eklundh (Freak Kitchen) :Michael Angelo Batio :Jason Becker

Heavy metal

:Michael Amott (Arch Enemy) :Kirk Hammett (Metallica) :James Hetfield (Metallica) :Kerry King (Slayer) :Herman Li (DragonForce) :Yngwie Malmsteen (Solo Artist) :Jim Martin (Faith No More) :Tom Morello (Audioslave & Rage Against the Machine) :Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) :John Petrucci (Dream Theater) :Michael Romeo (Symphony X) :Chuck Schuldiner (Death, Control Denied) :Bill Steer (Carcass) :Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom) :Dimebag Darrell (Pantera, Damageplan) :Oscar Dronjak (Hammerfall) :Adam Jones (Tool) :Scott Ian (Anthrax) :Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth) :Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society) Category:Music occupations de:Gitarrist es:Guitarrista fr:Guitariste it:Chitarrista nl:Gitarist ja:ギタリスト sv:Gitarrist

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