List of guitarists by genre
This is a list of notable guitarists, organized by genre.
American primitive
Blues
Early 20th century blues (pre WWII - 1950s)
- Arthur "Blind" Blake
- Big Bill Broonzy
- Blind Boy Fuller
- Son House
- Skip James
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Robert Johnson
- Eddie Jones (Guitar Slim)
- Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly)
- Charley Patton
- Skip James
- Tampa Red
- Bukka White
Blues from the 1960s to present
- Luther Allison
- Duane Allman
- Etta Baker
- Jeff Beck
- Mike Bloomfield
- Joe Bonamassa
- David Bromberg
- Roy Buchanan
- Eric Clapton
- Albert Collins
- Ry Cooder
- Robert Cray
- Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
- Bo Diddley
- Ronnie Earl
- Robben Ford
- Jesse Fuller
- Lowell Fulson
- Rory Gallagher
- Peter Green
- Buddy Guy
- GP Hall
- Chuck Hammer
- Jimi Hendrix
- Warren Haynes
- John Lee Hooker
- Mississippi John Hurt
- Tony Iommi
- Elmore James
- Skip James
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Lonnie Johnson
- Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson
- Jorma Kaukonen
- Albert King
- B. B. King
- Freddie King
- Sonny Landreth
- J. B. Lenoir
- Mance Lipscomb
- Lonnie Mack
- Taj Mahal
- John Mayer
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Brownie McGhee
- Blind Willie McTell
- Little Milton
- Memphis Minnie
- Gary Moore
- Keb' Mo'
- Big Bill Morganfield
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy
- Jimmy Page
- Pappo
- Charlie Patton
- Bonnie Raitt
- Tampa Red
- Jimmy Reed
- Kelly Richey
- Duke Robillard
- Robert Ross
- Otis Rush
- Todd Sharpville
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Jimmy Thackery
- Jimmy Scott
- Hubert Sumlin
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Walter Trout
- Derek Trucks
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Yavuz Çetin
- Jimmie Vaughan
- Joe Louis Walker
- T-Bone Walker
- Muddy Waters
- Gerry Joe Weise
- Bukka White
- Jack White
- Josh White
- Johnny Winter
- Howlin' Wolf
Experimental
- Derek Bailey
- Blixa Bargeld
- Syd Barret
- Jeff Beck
- Glenn Branca
- Peter Buck
- Rhys Chatham
- Nels Cline
- Loren Mazzacane Connors
- Robert Fripp
- Bill Frisell
- Fred Frith
- Kim Gordon
- Keiji Haino
- GP Hall
- Chuck Hammer
- Christian Hejnal
- Scott Henderson
- Josh Homme
- Henry Kaiser
- Yuri Landman
- Thurston Moore
- KK Null
- Mike Oldfield
- Paul Panhuysen
- Lee Ranaldo
- Lou Reed
- Marc Ribot
- Omar Rodríguez-López
- Keith Rowe
- Jim O'Rourke
- Elliott Sharp
- Gary Smith
Flamenco
- Vicente Amigo
- Charo
- Moraíto Chico
- Miguel de la Bastide
- Oscar Herrero: composer, teacher and musician
- Paco de Lucía (1947-2014)
- Luis Maravilla
- Juan Martín
- Carlos Montoya
- Ramón Montoya (1880-1949)
- Gerardo Núñez (1961-)
- Paco Peña (1942-)
- Manitas de Plata
- Niño Ricardo
- Sabicas (1912-1990)
- Juan Serrano (born 1934)
- Paco Serrano (born 1964)
- Manolo Sanlúcar
- Tomatito (born 1958)
Fingerstyle (contemporary)
Folk (pop)
Folk (traditional)
- Joan Baez
- Norman Blake
- Creed Bratton
- Dan Ar Braz
- Peter Buck
- Martin Carthy
- Allen Collins
- Elizabeth Cotton
- Rev. Gary Davis
- Tommy Emmanuel
- Leslie Fish
- Gordon Giltrap
- Davey Graham
- Dallas Green
- David Grier
- Stefan Grossman
- Woody Guthrie
- GP Hall
- Nick Harper
- Roy Harper
- Nic Jones
- Jack Lawrence
- François Luambo Makiadi "Franco"
- John Martyn
- Tony McManus
- Paul McSherry
- Al Perkins
- Stochelo Rosenberg
- Tony Rice
- Pete Seeger
- Dick Siegel
- Elliott Smith
- Ivan Smirnov
- Richard Thompson
- Leon Wesley Walls
- Don Ross
- Happy Traum
- Jason Wilber
- Peter Yarrow
Latin-American music
- Manuel Barrueco (Cuban)
- Leo Brouwer (Cuban)
- Luiz Bonfá (Brazilian)
- Abel Carlevaro (Uruguayan)
- Oscar Castro-Neves (Brazilian)
- Alirio Díaz (Venezuelan)
- Egberto Gismonti (Brazilian)
- Guinga (Brazilian)
- João Gilberto (Brazilian)
- Antonio Carlos Jobim (bossa nova)
- Antonio Lauro (Venezuelan)
- Gentil Montaña (Colombian)
- Baden Powell de Aquino (Brazilian)
- Rodrigo Riera (Venezuelan)
- Antony Santos (Dominican)
- Super Uba (Dominican)
- Toquinho (Brazilian)
- Luis Vargas (Dominican)
- Atahualpa Yupanqui (Argentine)
- Rafael Rabello (Brazilian)
- Paulinho Nogueira (Brazilian)
- Sebastião Tapajós (Brazilian)
- Yamandu Costa (Brazilian)
- Agustin Barrios (Paraguayan)
- Astor Piazzolla (Argentine)
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