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Gitarristen gibt es wie Sand am Meer und im Falle einer Bandgründung ist dieser Posten zu 95% schneller besetzt als beispielsweise der des Bassisten. In der Masse der Gitarristen haben sich einige als besonders talentiert und erfolgreich herausgestellt. Hier nur eine kurze Liste an Virtuosen der Rockmusik, natürlich ohne Anspruch auf Objektivität und Vollständigkeit.
- Chet Atkins
- Randy Bachman (The Guess Who), (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
- Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
- Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds)
- Alex Beckmann (Four Directions)
- Brian Bell (Weezer)
- Matthew Bellamy (Muse)
- Chuck Berry
- Dickey Betts (The Allman Brothers Band)
- Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
- Wes Borland (Ex-Goat Slayer, Ex-Limp Bizkit, Big Dumb Face, Eat the Day, The Damning Well, Black Light Burns)
- Dieter Bornschlegel (Dein Schatten), (Atlantis), (Guru Guru)
- Jason Brown (The Lovers)
- Klaus Bruns (Four Directions)
- Peter S. Brugger (Sportfreunde Stiller)
- 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)
- Eric Clapton (Cream, The Yardbirds, Derek and the Dominos)
- Zal Cleminson (Sensational Alex Harvey Band), Nazareth (Band)
- Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
- Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Ry Cooder
- Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Ian Crichton (Saga)
- Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)
- Christian Datsun (The Datsuns)
- Tom Delonge (blink-182)
- Brad Delson (Linkin Park)
- Björn Dixgard (Mando Diao)
- Francis Dunnery (It Bites)
- Duane Eddy
- Dirk Edelhoff
- David Howell Evans aka The Edge (U2)
- Mike Einziger (Incubus)
- Dan Estrin (Hoobastank)
- Mark Farner
- Peter Frampton (The Herd, Humble Pie)
- Ace Frehley (Kiss, Frehley’s Comet)
- John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Noel Gallagher (Oasis)
- Rory Gallagher
- Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)
- Lowell George (Little Feat)
- Per Gessle (Roxette, Gyllene Tider)
- Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
- David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
- Christian Göwert (Lorian)
- Ben Granfelt (Leningrad Cowboys), (Wishbone Ash, Gringos Locos)
- Ivan Graziani
- Bastian Posniak (Sunsad)
- Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
- Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
- Steve Hackett (Genesis)
- George Harrison (The Beatles)
- Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues)
- Jeff Healey
- El Hefe (NOFX)
- Jimi Hendrix
- Giacomo Luciano Zucca
- Klaus Heuser (BAP)
- Dave Hill (Slade)
- 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)
- James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle)
- John5 (Rob Zombie), (Ex-Marilyn Manson)
- Phil Keaggy
- Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
- Robby Krieger (The Doors)
- Chad Kroeger (Nickelback)
- Helmut Krumminga (BAP)
- Paul Landers (Rammstein)
- Sebastian Lange (Gitarrist) (In Extremo)
- Andrew Latimer (Camel)
- John Lennon (The Beatles)
- 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)
- Nick McCabe (The Verve)
- John McGeoch
- Stephan Karl "Moik" (Emil Bulls)
- Brian Molko (Placebo)
- 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)
- Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash, Blue Law)
- Nigel Pulsford (Ex-Bush)
- Pauli Rantasalmi (The Rasmus)
- Chris Rea
- Keith Richards (Rolling Stones)
- Bernd Römer (Karat)
- Gavin Rossdale (Bush, Institute)
- Mike Rutherford (Genesis)
- Christian "Chrissy" Schneider (Emil Bulls)
- Richie Sambora
- Carlos Santana
- Joe Satriani
- James Honeyman Scott
- Keith Scott (Bryan Adams)
- Brian Setzer
- Tony Sheridan
- Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)
- Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Mike Smith (Limp Bizkit, Snot)
- Tony Spinner (Toto)
- Bruce Springsteen
- Steve Stevens (Billy Idol)
- David A. Stewart (Eurythmics)
- Andy Summers (The Police), (Kevin Coyne)
- Ray Toro (My Chemical Romance)
- Pete Townshend (The Who)
- Mark Tremonti (Creed, Alter Bridge)
- Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
- Ted Turner (Wishbone Ash)
- Paul Vincent (Freddie Mercury)
- Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs)
- Laurie Wisefield (Wishbone Ash)
- Ron Wood (The Rolling Stones)
- Angus Young (AC/DC)
- Malcom Young (AC/DC)
- Neil Young
- Frank Zappa
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