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Ace Frehley

KISS · Frehley's Comet

KISS lead guitarist.

1 era · 1 pieces guitar

Alex Lifeson

Rush

Rush guitarist.

8 eras · 43 pieces guitar

Angus Young

AC/DC

AC/DC's schoolboy-suited SG riff machine.

3 eras · 7 pieces guitar

Billie Joe Armstrong

Green Day · The Longshot · Foxboro Hot Tubs

Green Day's pop-punk frontman.

2 eras · 11 pieces guitar

Billy Gibbons

ZZ Top · Moving Sidewalks

ZZ Top's Texas boogie tone.

2 eras · 5 pieces guitar

Bob Weir

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

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 guitar

Brad Whitford

Aerosmith

Aerosmith guitarist.

2 eras · 11 pieces guitar

Brendan Bayliss

Umphrey's McGee

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

2 eras · 10 pieces guitar

Brian May

Queen · Smile

Queen's homemade-guitar orchestrator.

2 eras · 7 pieces guitar

Brian Setzer

Stray Cats · Brian Setzer Orchestra

Stray Cats' Gretsch rockabilly king.

1 era · 1 pieces guitar

Chris Houser

The Werks

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

1 era · 11 pieces guitar

Chris Shiflett

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

Foo Fighters' Tele Deluxe rocker.

1 era · 8 pieces bass

Chris Wolstenholme

Muse

Muse bassist.

1 era · 2 pieces guitar

Chuck Berry

Solo artist

Father of rock & roll guitar.

1 era · 1 pieces guitar

Danny Gatton

Solo artist · Redneck Jazz Explosion · Roger Miller

'The Telemaster': hot-rodded '53 Tele, rockabilly, jazz and country chops at once.

2 eras · 6 pieces guitar

Dave Grohl

Foo Fighters · Nirvana · Them Crooked Vultures

Foo Fighters frontman (and Nirvana drummer).

1 era · 10 pieces guitar

Dave Navarro

Jane's Addiction · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Jane's Addiction guitarist.

1 era · 5 pieces guitar

David Gilmour

Pink Floyd

The Black Strat, fuzz and Hiwatt headroom.

2 eras · 10 pieces guitar

Derek Trucks

Tedeschi Trucks Band · The Allman Brothers Band · The Derek Trucks Band

SG, slide, and an amp — no pedals in the way.

1 era · 4 pieces guitar

Dickey Betts

The Allman Brothers Band · Great Southern

Allman Brothers co-lead.

1 era · 3 pieces guitar

Duane Allman

The Allman Brothers Band · Derek and the Dominos · Hour Glass

Allman Brothers slide pioneer.

2 eras · 6 pieces bass

Duff McKagan

Guns N' Roses · Velvet Revolver · LoadedMichael Andrew McKagan

Guns N' Roses bassist.

1 era · 5 pieces guitar

Ed O'Brien

Radiohead

Radiohead's ambient-guitar specialist.

1 era · 5 pieces guitar

Eddie Van Halen

Van HalenEdward Van Halen

The brown sound.

3 eras · 8 pieces guitar

Eric Clapton

Solo artist · Cream · Derek and the Dominos

From Beano Les Paul to Blackie.

10 eras · 44 pieces guitar

Eric Johnson

Solo artist

Four-amp, three-tone architecture.

1 era · 11 pieces guitar

Gary Clark Jr.

Solo artist

Casino fuzz and Fender tweed.

1 era · 2 pieces guitar

Gary Moore

Solo artist · Thin Lizzy · Skid Row (Ireland)

Les Paul blues-rock powerhouse.

1 era · 2 pieces guitar

George Harrison

The Beatles · Traveling Wilburys

The Beatles' lead guitarist.

3 eras · 11 pieces guitar

Jack White

Solo artist · The White Stripes · The RaconteursJohn Anthony Gillis

Whammy, fuzz and Pano Verbs.

1 era · 7 pieces guitar

Jake Cinninger

Umphrey's McGee

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

2 eras · 12 pieces guitar

James Burton

Elvis Presley's TCB Band · Ricky Nelson · The Shindogs

Chicken-pickin' Telecaster pioneer: Ricky Nelson, Merle Haggard sessions and Elvis Presley's TCB Band.

3 eras · 4 pieces guitar

Jason Isbell

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit · Drive-By Truckers

Americana with Dumble muscle.

1 era · 8 pieces guitar

Jeff Beck

Solo artist · The Yardbirds · Jeff Beck Group

Whammy-bar expressionist.

1 era · 5 pieces guitar

Jerry Garcia

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

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

5 eras · 30 pieces guitar

Jimi Hendrix

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

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

5 eras · 23 pieces guitar

Jimmy Herring

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

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

1 era · 9 pieces guitar

Jimmy Page

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

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

2 eras · 11 pieces guitar

Joe Perry

Aerosmith · Hollywood Vampires · The Joe Perry Project

Aerosmith lead guitarist.

2 eras · 9 pieces guitar

Joe Satriani

Solo artist · Chickenfoot · G3

Instrumental rock guitar hero.

2 eras · 10 pieces guitar

Joe Trohman

Fall Out Boy · The Damned Things

Fall Out Boy's digital-rig convert.

1 era · 2 pieces bass

John Entwistle

The Who

The Who's thunderous bassist.

1 era · 1 pieces guitar

John Frusciante

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Vintage Strats, Marshalls and Moogerfoogers.

1 era · 9 pieces guitar

John Kadlecik

Dark Star Orchestra · Furthur

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

1 era · 10 pieces guitar

Johnny Marr

The Smiths · Modest Mouse · The CribsJohn Martin Maher

The Smiths' jangle architect.

1 era · 5 pieces guitar

Jonny Buckland

Coldplay

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

4 eras · 24 pieces guitar

Keith Richards

The Rolling Stones · X-Pensive Winos

The Rolling Stones' open-G riff king.

5 eras · 15 pieces guitar

Kurt Cobain

Nirvana

Nirvana's offset-guitar grunge voice.

3 eras · 13 pieces guitar

Marcus King

The Marcus King Band

Gibson and modded Marshall.

2 eras · 15 pieces guitar

Mark Knopfler

Dire Straits

Fingerstyle Strats and Les Pauls.

8 eras · 53 pieces guitar

Mark Tremonti

Alter Bridge · Creed · Tremonti

Creed/Alter Bridge PRS riff writer.

4 eras · 15 pieces guitar

Matt Bellamy

Muse

Muse's Manson-wielding frontman.

1 era · 6 pieces guitar

Michael Schenker

Michael Schenker Group · UFO · Scorpions

Flying V hard-rock lead.

1 era · 1 pieces guitar

Mihali

TwiddleMihali Savoulidis

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

Tom Petty's Heartbreakers guitarist.

4 eras · 17 pieces guitar

Mike McCready

Pearl Jam · Mad Season

Pearl Jam lead guitarist.

1 era · 1 pieces bass

Nate Mendel

Foo Fighters · Sunny Day Real Estate

Foo Fighters bassist.

1 era · 1 pieces guitar

Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds · Oasis

Oasis songwriter and guitarist.

2 eras · 14 pieces bass

Oteil Burbridge

Dead & Company · The Allman Brothers Band · Aquarium Rescue Unit

Six-string groove master of Aquarium Rescue Unit, the Allman Brothers and Dead & Company.

2 eras · 9 pieces guitar

Paul Gilbert

Solo artist · Mr. Big · Racer X

Mr. Big/Racer X shred guitarist.

1 era · 1 pieces bass

Paul McCartney

Solo artist · The Beatles · Wings

The Beatles' melodic bassist.

3 eras · 10 pieces guitar

Pete Townshend

The Who

The Who's windmilling power-chord pioneer.

3 eras · 12 pieces bass

Pete Wentz

Fall Out BoyPeter Wentz III

Fall Out Boy bassist.

1 era · 2 pieces guitar

Peter Anspach

Goose

Goose guitarist/keyboardist: a Suhr Asato into a '64 Custom Deluxe Reverb.

1 era · 10 pieces guitar

Peter Frampton

Solo artist · Humble Pie · The Herd

Talk-box rock star.

1 era · 4 pieces bass

Phil Lesh

Grateful Dead · Phil Lesh and Friends · Furthur

Lead-bass pioneer: Alembic quad-pickup basses through McIntosh power and the Wall of Sound, later Modulus sixes.

5 eras · 28 pieces guitar

Prince

Solo artist · The Revolution · New Power GenerationPrince Rogers Nelson

The Cloud guitar.

3 eras · 8 pieces guitar

Randy Rhoads

Ozzy Osbourne · Quiet Riot

Ozzy's neoclassical lead guitarist.

2 eras · 9 pieces guitar

Rich Robinson

The Black Crowes · The Magpie Salute

Black Crowes rhythm architect.

1 era · 8 pieces guitar

Richie Kotzen

Solo artist · The Winery Dogs · Mr. Big

Legato blues-rock guitarist.

1 era · 5 pieces guitar

Rick Mitarotonda

Goose

Goose frontman: PRS Hollowbody II into Mesa Express combos and a wall of Strymons; DeLuis Empress from 2023.

2 eras · 13 pieces guitar

Ritchie Blackmore

Blackmore's Night · Rainbow · Deep Purple

Deep Purple/Rainbow Strat legend.

2 eras · 7 pieces guitar

Rory Gallagher

Solo artist · Taste

Worn-Strat Irish blues-rock legend.

1 era · 3 pieces guitar

Sadler Vaden

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit · Drivin N Cryin

400 Unit co-guitarist.

1 era · 7 pieces guitar

Scott Murawski

Max Creek

Max Creek's guitarist since 1972.

2 eras · 5 pieces guitar

Slash

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

Les Paul into Marshall.

2 eras · 11 pieces guitar

Steve Kimock

Steve Kimock Band · Zero · KVHW

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

1 era · 6 pieces guitar

Steve Vai

Solo artist · Frank Zappa · David Lee Roth

Ibanez JEM and endless whammy.

2 eras · 7 pieces guitar

The Edge

U2David Evans

Dotted-eighth delays, Explorers and AC30s.

4 eras · 21 pieces bass

Tim Commerford

Rage Against the Machine · Audioslave · Prophets of Rage

Rage Against the Machine bassist.

1 era · 3 pieces guitar

Tom Hamilton

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

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

2 eras · 13 pieces guitar

Tom Morello

Solo artist · Rage Against the Machine · Audioslave

Same settings since the '90s.

2 eras · 10 pieces guitar

Tony Iommi

Black Sabbath · Heaven & Hell

Black Sabbath's architect of heavy metal.

2 eras · 10 pieces bass

Trevor Weekz

Goose

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

3 eras · 14 pieces guitar

Trey Anastasio

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

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

12 eras · 220 pieces guitar

Warren Haynes

Gov't Mule · The Allman Brothers Band

Les Pauls, Firebirds and a Soldano.

1 era · 7 pieces