List of lead guitarists
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The following is a list of significant lead guitarists, arranged in ascending alphabetical order of their last name.
- Craig Nicholls of The Vines
- Vin Accardi of Brand New
- Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band and Derek and the Dominos
- Doug Aldrich of Whitesnake and Dio
- Jan Akkerman of Focus and solo
- Trey Anastasio of Phish and solo
- Bryce Avary of The Rocket Summer
- Jeff Beck of The Yardbirds and solo
- Chuck Berry
- Dickey Betts of Allman Brothers Band and solo
- Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple and Rainbow
- Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac
- James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers
- Vivian Campbell of Dio, Whitesnake, and Def Leppard
- Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains
- John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Dinosaurs
- Eric Clapton of numerous bands and solo
- Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
- Albert Collins
- Allen Collins of Lynyrd Skynyrd and solo
- Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins
- Robert Cray
- Dick Dale
- Dimebag Darrell of Pantera
- Dave Davies of The Kinks
- Rick Derringer of The McCoys, the Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Bands, and solo
- K.K. Downing of Judas Priest
- Elliot Easton of The Cars
- The Edge of U2
- Tim Farriss of INXS
- Don Felder of The Eagles
- Dave Felton of Mushroomhead
- Jon Foreman of Switchfoot
- Ace Frehley of KISS
- Peter Frampton of Humble Pie and solo
- Marty Friedman of Megadeth
- Robert Fripp of King Crimson
- John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Noel Gallagher of Oasis
- Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead and several other bands
- Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold
- Janick Gers of Iron Maiden
- Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top
- David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
- Craig Goldy of Giuffria and Dio
- Gary Green of Gentle Giant
- Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac and solo
- Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead
- Steve Hackett of Genesis and solo
- Kirk Hammett of Metallica
- George Harrison of the Beatles
- Warren Haynes of the Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, and others
- Jimi Hendrix
- Gary Hoey
- Matt Hoopes of Relient K
- Steve Howe of Yes, Asia and others
- Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
- Matthias Jabs of Scorpions
- Eric Johnson
- Adam Jones of Tool
- Brian Jones first lead guitarist of The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jones of Foreigner and Spooky Tooth
- Alexander Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand
- Ed King of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Strawberry Alarm Clock
- Kerry King of Slayer
- Jeff Hanneman of Slayer
- Ben Kasica of Skillet
- Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna
- Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
- Paul Kossoff of Free
- Robby Krieger of The Doors
- Bruce Kulick of KISS
- Ronni Le Tekro of TNT (band)
- Andy LaRocque of King Diamond
- Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom
- Alvin Lee of Ten Years After
- Alex Lifeson of Rush
- George Lynch of Dokken and Lynch Mob
- Tim Mahoney of 311
- Daron Malakian of System of a Down
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Johnny Marr of The Smiths
- Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe
- Hideto Matsumoto of X Japan
- Brian May of Queen
- Mike McCready of Pearl Jam
- Joseph Millagan of Anberlin
- Tim Mills of Iced Earth
- Ronnie Montrose of Gamma and solo
- Gary Moore ex Thin Lizzy and solo
- Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
- Dave Murray of Iron Maiden
- André Olbrich of Blind Guardian
- Dave Mustaine of Megadeth
- Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction
- Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, The Firm, and solo
- Axel Rudi Pell
- Luther Perkins of Johnny Cash
- Joe Perry of Aerosmith and The Joe Perry Project
- John Petrucci of Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment
- Jade Puget of AFI
- Mick Ralphs of Bad Company and Mott the Hoople
- Randy Rhoads of Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne
- Robbie Robertson of The Band
- Francis Rossi of Status Quo
- Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Dave Sabo of Skid Row
- Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi
- Carlos Santana
- Joe Satriani
- Michael Schenker of Scorpions and UFO
- Keith Scott of Bryan Adams
- Brian Setzer of The Stray Cats
- Neal Schon of Journey
- Hank Shermann of Mercyful Fate
- Alex Skolnick of Testament, Trans Siberian Orchestra and solo
- Slash of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver
- Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden
- Robert Smith of The Cure
- Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer and Sister Ray
- Mick Taylor of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers later replaced Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones
- Kim Thayil of Soundgarden
- Mick Thompson of Slipknot
- Richard Thompson
- Johnny Thunders of New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers
- Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest
- Pete Townshend of The Who
- Robin Trower of Procol Harum and solo
- Derek Trucks of the Allman Brothers Band and others
- Steve Vai
- Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Joe Walsh of the James Gang, the Eagles and solo
- Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman of The Offspring
- Leslie West of Mountain
- Johnny Winter
- Ron Wood first of The Faces then replaced Mick Taylor of The Rolling Stones
- Zakk Wylde of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society
- Angus Young of AC/DC
- Frank Zappa
