Artists A–Z

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B.B. King

Solo artistRiley B. King★ Featured

The King of the Blues and his Lucille.

3 eras · 4 pieces
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Billie Joe Armstrong

Green Day · The Longshot · Foxboro Hot Tubs★ Featured

Green Day's pop-punk frontman.

2 eras · 11 pieces
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Billy Gibbons

ZZ Top · Moving Sidewalks★ Featured

ZZ Top's Texas boogie tone.

2 eras · 5 pieces
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Billy Strings

Solo artistWilliam Apostol★ Featured

Flatpicking through pedals.

2 eras · 19 pieces
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Bob Weir

Bob Weir & Wolf Bros · Dead & Company · Grateful DeadRobert Hall Weir★ Featured

The Grateful Dead's rhythm-guitar architect, from ES-335s and Ibanez customs to stereo Fat Jimmy rigs and an AC30-in-a-box at the Sphere.

6 eras · 28 pieces
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Bootsy Collins

Bootsy's Rubber Band · Parliament-Funkadelic · James BrownWilliam Earl Collins

P-Funk's star-bass showman.

1 era · 1 pieces
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Brad Paisley

Solo artist★ Featured

Country's Tele-wielding hot-picker.

2 eras · 14 pieces
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Brad Whitford

Aerosmith

Aerosmith guitarist.

2 eras · 11 pieces
bass

Brandon Aaronson

Jesus Culture

Jesus Culture bassist.

1 era · 2 pieces
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Brendan Bayliss

Umphrey's McGee★ Featured

Umphrey's McGee co-founder: PRS single-cuts into Oldfield and Mesa amps.

2 eras · 10 pieces
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Brent Mason

Alan Jackson · George Strait · Shania Twain

Nashville's most-recorded session guitarist.

1 era · 1 pieces
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Brian Baker

Bad Religion · Minor Threat · Dag Nasty

Bad Religion's Les Paul Junior roar.

1 era · 2 pieces
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Brian May

Queen · Smile★ Featured

Queen's homemade-guitar orchestrator.

2 eras · 7 pieces
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Brian Setzer

Stray Cats · Brian Setzer Orchestra

Stray Cats' Gretsch rockabilly king.

1 era · 1 pieces
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Buddy Guy

Solo artist · Junior Wells

Chicago blues legend.

1 era · 1 pieces

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Carlos O'Connell

Fontaines D.C.

Fontaines D.C. guitarist.

1 era · 4 pieces
guitar

Carlos Santana

Santana★ Featured

Singing sustain.

3 eras · 7 pieces
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Carol Kaye

The Wrecking Crew · The Beach Boys★ Featured

Wrecking Crew session bass legend.

1 era · 4 pieces
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Chet Atkins

Solo artist★ Featured

'Mr. Guitar': fingerstyle pioneer, RCA producer and Gretsch's signature artist.

1 era · 4 pieces
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Chris Houser

The Werks★ Featured

The Werks' guitarist: Godin xtSA into a custom Mesa Mark V with a switcher-driven board.

1 era · 11 pieces
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Chris Shiflett

Foo Fighters · No Use for a Name · Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Foo Fighters' Tele Deluxe rocker.

1 era · 8 pieces
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Chris Stapleton

Solo artist · The SteelDrivers★ Featured

Country-soul singer-songwriter who plays a Jazzmaster through small Fender Princetons.

1 era · 5 pieces
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Chris Wolstenholme

Muse

Muse bassist.

1 era · 2 pieces
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Christian Lembach

Whores.

Whores' sludge noise.

1 era · 6 pieces
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Chuck Berry

Solo artist

Father of rock & roll guitar.

1 era · 1 pieces
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Claudio Sanchez

Coheed and Cambria · The Prize Fighter Inferno

Coheed and Cambria frontman.

1 era · 5 pieces
bass

Cliff Burton

Metallica · TraumaClifford Burton★ Featured

Wah-bass and distortion.

2 eras · 8 pieces
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Cole Novak

Gateway Worship

Gateway Worship guitarist.

1 era · 9 pieces
guitar

Conor Curley

Fontaines D.C.

Fontaines D.C. guitarist.

1 era · 6 pieces
bass

Conor Deegan III

Fontaines D.C.

Fontaines D.C. bassist.

1 era · 4 pieces
guitar

Cory Wong

Vulfpeck · The Fearless Flyers★ Featured

Position-4 rhythm machine.

2 eras · 15 pieces
bass

Craig Burletic

Tyler Childers & the Food Stamps

Tyler Childers' bassist.

1 era · 5 pieces

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J Mascis

Dinosaur Jr. · WitchJoseph Donald Mascis

Dinosaur Jr.'s fuzz-and-Jazzmaster hero.

1 era · 1 pieces
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Jace Fay

Thrive Worship

Thrive Worship guitarist.

1 era · 8 pieces
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Jack White

Solo artist · The White Stripes · The RaconteursJohn Anthony Gillis★ Featured

Whammy, fuzz and Pano Verbs.

1 era · 7 pieces
bass

Jaco Pastorius

Weather Report · Joni MitchellJohn Francis "Jaco" Pastorius III★ Featured

Bass of Doom and Acoustic 360.

2 eras · 5 pieces
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Jake Cinninger

Umphrey's McGee★ Featured

Umphrey's McGee's shredder: G&Ls and a 25-year-old switcher board.

2 eras · 12 pieces
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James Hetfield

Metallica★ Featured

Metallica's downpicking rhythm engine.

6 eras · 24 pieces
bass

James Jamerson

The Funk Brothers (Motown)★ Featured

Motown's P-Bass foundation.

2 eras · 5 pieces
guitar

Jason Isbell

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit · Drive-By Truckers

Americana with Dumble muscle.

1 era · 8 pieces
guitar

Jason White

Green Day · Pinhead Gunpowder · The Network

Green Day's touring guitarist.

1 era · 6 pieces
guitar

Jeff Beck

Solo artist · The Yardbirds · Jeff Beck Group★ Featured

Whammy-bar expressionist.

1 era · 5 pieces
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Jeffrey Kunde

Jesus Culture

Jesus Culture guitarist.

1 era · 3 pieces
guitar

Jerry Cantrell

Alice in Chains★ Featured

Wah and G&L/Gibson grind.

2 eras · 9 pieces
guitar

Jerry Garcia

Grateful Dead · Jerry Garcia Band · Legion of MaryJerome "Jerry" Garcia★ Featured

Doug Irwin customs and a famously clean, articulate Twin-powered tone.

5 eras · 30 pieces
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Jimi Hendrix

The Jimi Hendrix Experience · Band of GypsysJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix★ Featured

Strats, Marshalls, fuzz, Octavia, Uni-Vibe and wah.

5 eras · 23 pieces
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Jimmy Herring

Widespread Panic · Jimmy Herring & the 5 of 7 · Aquarium Rescue Unit★ Featured

Widespread Panic's virtuoso: custom PRS into a wet/dry rig.

1 era · 9 pieces
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Jimmy Page

Led Zeppelin · The Yardbirds · The FirmJames Patrick "Jimmy" Page★ Featured

Les Pauls and Marshalls; the Telecaster on Led Zeppelin I.

2 eras · 11 pieces
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Joe Bonamassa

Solo artist · Black Country Communion · Beth Hart★ Featured

Vintage grail guitars and tweeds.

2 eras · 14 pieces
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Joe Perry

Aerosmith · Hollywood Vampires · The Joe Perry Project★ Featured

Aerosmith lead guitarist.

2 eras · 9 pieces
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Joe Satriani

Solo artist · Chickenfoot · G3★ Featured

Instrumental rock guitar hero.

2 eras · 10 pieces
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Joe Strummer

The Clash · Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros · The 101ersJohn Graham Mellor★ Featured

The Clash's Telecaster frontman.

1 era · 3 pieces
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Joe Trohman

Fall Out Boy · The Damned Things

Fall Out Boy's digital-rig convert.

1 era · 2 pieces
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Joey Signa

Elevation Worship

Elevation Worship electric guitarist.

1 era · 14 pieces
guitar

John Baizley

Baroness

Baroness sludge with color.

1 era · 7 pieces
bass

John Entwistle

The Who

The Who's thunderous bassist.

1 era · 1 pieces
guitar

John Frusciante

Red Hot Chili Peppers★ Featured

Vintage Strats, Marshalls and Moogerfoogers.

1 era · 9 pieces
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John Kadlecik

Dark Star Orchestra · Furthur★ Featured

Dark Star Orchestra/Furthur guitarist with a Garcia-style preamp-and-power rig.

1 era · 10 pieces
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John Mayer

Solo artist · Dead & Company · John Mayer Trio★ Featured

Strat-and-Dumble blues tone with pop polish.

9 eras · 67 pieces
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John Petrucci

Dream Theater · Liquid Tension Experiment

Dream Theater's prog-metal virtuoso.

1 era · 1 pieces
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Johnny Marr

The Smiths · Modest Mouse · The CribsJohn Martin Maher★ Featured

The Smiths' jangle architect.

1 era · 5 pieces
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Jonny Buckland

Coldplay

Coldplay's lead guitarist: chiming Teles, Jazzmasters and Rickenbacker 12-strings drenched in delay and reverb.

4 eras · 24 pieces
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Jordan Holt

Kari Jobe

Kari Jobe's guitarist.

1 era · 18 pieces
guitar

Julian Lage

Solo artist★ Featured

Tele-style tone with a jazz vocabulary.

3 eras · 9 pieces
bass

Justin Chancellor

Tool · Peach★ Featured

Tool's Wal-powered rumble.

1 era · 10 pieces

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Marcus King

The Marcus King Band★ Featured

Gibson and modded Marshall.

2 eras · 15 pieces
bass

Marcus Miller

Solo artist · Miles Davis · Luther Vandross

Slap-bass jazz-funk icon.

1 era · 1 pieces
bass

Mark Ibold

Pavement · Free Kitten · Sonic Youth

Pavement bassist.

1 era · 2 pieces
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Mark Knopfler

Dire Straits★ Featured

Fingerstyle Strats and Les Pauls.

8 eras · 53 pieces
guitar

Mark Morton

Lamb of God

Lamb of God groove-metal crunch.

1 era · 7 pieces
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Mark Speer

Khruangbin

Khruangbin's global-groove Strat.

1 era · 8 pieces
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Mark Tremonti

Alter Bridge · Creed · Tremonti★ Featured

Creed/Alter Bridge PRS riff writer.

4 eras · 15 pieces
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Marty Stuart

Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives · Lester Flatt · Johnny Cash

Clarence White's B-Bender Tele.

1 era · 6 pieces
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Mateus Asato

Solo artist · Bruno Mars · Tori Kelly

Melodic neo-soul with signature Suhrs.

1 era · 1 pieces
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Matt Bellamy

Muse★ Featured

Muse's Manson-wielding frontman.

1 era · 6 pieces
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Michael Phelps

Gateway Worship

Gateway Worship guitarist.

1 era · 7 pieces
guitar

Michael Pope

Bethel Music

Bethel Music guitarist.

1 era · 8 pieces
guitar

Michael Schenker

Michael Schenker Group · UFO · Scorpions

Flying V hard-rock lead.

1 era · 1 pieces
guitar

Mick Jones

The Clash · Big Audio Dynamite · Carbon/Silicon★ Featured

The Clash lead guitarist.

1 era · 8 pieces
guitar

Mihali

TwiddleMihali Savoulidis★ Featured

Twiddle's frontman: hollow DGN Kalos guitars into a stereo-modded '74 Twin.

2 eras · 15 pieces
guitar

Mike Campbell

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers · The Dirty Knobs · Mudcrutch★ Featured

Tom Petty's Heartbreakers guitarist.

4 eras · 17 pieces
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Mike Dimkich

Bad Religion · The Cult · Channel 3

Bad Religion's Junior-and-JMP guitarist.

1 era · 3 pieces
bass

Mike Dirnt

Green DayMichael Pritchard★ Featured

Green Day's P-bass punch.

1 era · 2 pieces
bass

Mike Gordon

Phish★ Featured

Modulus, Languedoc basses and envelope fun.

4 eras · 21 pieces
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Mike McCready

Pearl Jam · Mad Season

Pearl Jam lead guitarist.

1 era · 1 pieces
guitar

Mike Stern

Solo artist · Miles Davis · Blood, Sweat & Tears

Fusion guitarist.

1 era · 2 pieces
bass

MonoNeon

Solo artist · Prince · Ne-YoDywane Thomas Jr.

Upside-down avant-funk.

1 era · 3 pieces

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Sadler Vaden

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit · Drivin N Cryin

400 Unit co-guitarist.

1 era · 7 pieces
bass

Sam Rady

Maverick City Music

Maverick City Music bassist.

1 era · 8 pieces
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Scott Kannberg (Spiral Stairs)

Pavement · Preston School of Industry

Pavement guitarist.

1 era · 5 pieces
guitar

Scott Murawski

Max Creek★ Featured

Max Creek's guitarist since 1972.

2 eras · 5 pieces
guitar

Seth Lee Jones

Solo artist

Tulsa luthier and slide player.

1 era · 6 pieces
bass

Shae Wooten

Elevation Worship

Elevation Worship bassist.

1 era · 7 pieces
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Slash

Guns N' Roses · Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators · Velvet RevolverSaul Hudson★ Featured

Les Paul into Marshall.

2 eras · 11 pieces
guitar

St. Vincent

Solo artist · The Polyphonic SpreeAnnie Clark

Her own Music Man.

1 era · 1 pieces
guitar

Steel Beans

Solo artistJeremy DeBardi

One-man-band guitar + drums.

1 era · 6 pieces
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Stephen Egerton

Descendents · All

Descendents' downstroke machine.

1 era · 3 pieces
guitar

Stephen Malkmus

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks · Pavement · Silver Jews

Pavement's slacker-genius.

1 era · 5 pieces
guitar

Steve Cropper

Booker T. & the M.G.'s · The Blues Brothers

Stax house guitarist (Booker T. & the M.G.'s).

1 era · 1 pieces
bass

Steve Harris

Iron Maiden · British Lion

Iron Maiden's galloping bassist.

1 era · 1 pieces
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Steve Howe

Yes · Asia★ Featured

Yes guitarist.

1 era · 4 pieces
guitar

Steve Jones

Sex Pistols★ Featured

Sex Pistols guitarist.

1 era · 3 pieces
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Steve Kimock

Steve Kimock Band · Zero · KVHW★ Featured

Tone-obsessed improviser: a broken-in 50-watt Dumble and Tone Tubby speakers.

1 era · 6 pieces
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Steve Vai

Solo artist · Frank Zappa · David Lee Roth★ Featured

Ibanez JEM and endless whammy.

2 eras · 7 pieces
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Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double TroubleStephen "Stevie Ray" Vaughan★ Featured

Number One, heavy strings and Vibroverbs.

5 eras · 32 pieces

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The Edge

U2David Evans★ Featured

Dotted-eighth delays, Explorers and AC30s.

4 eras · 21 pieces
bass

Thundercat

Solo artist · Suicidal Tendencies · Kendrick LamarStephen Bruner

Six-string Ibanez.

1 era · 1 pieces
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Thurston Moore

Sonic Youth★ Featured

Sonic Youth noise guitarist.

1 era · 3 pieces
bass

Tim Commerford

Rage Against the Machine · Audioslave · Prophets of Rage★ Featured

Rage Against the Machine bassist.

1 era · 3 pieces
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Tim Pierce

Bon Jovi · Rick Springfield

L.A. session veteran.

1 era · 8 pieces
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Toby Friesen

Jeremy Camp

Guitarist for Jeremy Camp.

1 era · 7 pieces
guitar

Tom Bukovac

Session player

Nashville first-call session ace.

1 era · 10 pieces
guitar

Tom DeLonge

Angels & Airwaves · Blink-182 · Box Car Racer★ Featured

Blink-182 guitarist.

1 era · 3 pieces
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Tom Hamilton

Joe Russo's Almost Dead · Ghost Light · American Babies★ Featured

Joe Russo's Almost Dead / Ghost Light: a delay-centric board into Fender amps.

2 eras · 13 pieces
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Tom Morello

Solo artist · Rage Against the Machine · Audioslave★ Featured

Same settings since the '90s.

2 eras · 10 pieces
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Tony Iommi

Black Sabbath · Heaven & Hell★ Featured

Black Sabbath's architect of heavy metal.

2 eras · 10 pieces
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Tosin Abasi

Animals as Leaders★ Featured

Extended-range thump.

1 era · 2 pieces
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Travis Stever

Coheed and Cambria

Coheed and Cambria guitarist.

1 era · 3 pieces
bass

Trevor Weekz

Goose★ Featured

Goose's bassist: an Elrick five-string into an Alembic F-1X and Bag End power.

3 eras · 14 pieces
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Trey Anastasio

Phish · Trey Anastasio Band · OysterheadErnest "Trey" Anastasio III★ Featured

Languedoc hollowbodies, stacked Tube Screamers and Bob Bradshaw's racks, from the Mesa Boogie years to the Dumble era.

12 eras · 220 pieces
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Tyler Childers

Tyler Childers & the Food Stamps

Kentucky songwriter.

1 era · 3 pieces