List of Gretsch players
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This is a list of players of Gretsch guitars or drums;
[edit] Guitarists
- Bo Diddley
- Bono – U2
- Big John Bates
- Brian Connolly – Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Atomic 7
- Billy Duffy - The Cult
- Billie Joe Armstrong - Green Day
- Brian Molko – Placebo
- Bryan Adams
- Charlie Burchill - Simple Minds
- Regina Spektor – Regina Spektor
- Mark Arm – Mudhoney
- Tim Armstrong – Rancid, Operation Ivy
- Ron Asheton – The Stooges
- Matthew Ashman - Adam & The Ants, Bow Wow Wow
- Chet Atkins
- Mike Campbell – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Nic Cester – Jet
- Chris Cheney – The Living End
- Michael Guy Chislett – Hillsong United, The Academy is, Butch Walker
- Chris Cornell – Soundgarden, solo artist, Audioslave
- David Crosby – The Byrds, CSNY
- Jack Hues – Wang Chung, The-Quartet
- Pete Doherty – Libertines, Babyshambles
- Mariano Roger Domínguez - Babasónicos
- Duane Eddy – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- The Edge – U2
- Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
- John Entwistle – The Who
- Duke Erikson – Garbage
- Neil Finn – Crowded House
- John Frusciante – Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ataxia, solo artist
- Peter Furler – Newsboys
- Cliff Gallup – Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps
- Billy Gibbons – ZZ Top
- Martin L. Gore – Depeche Mode
- Dave Grohl – Scream, Nirvana, Foo Fighters
- George Harrison – The Beatles
- Dan Hawkins – The Darkness
- David Gilmour – Pink Floyd
- Hugh Harris – The Kooks
- Brett Hestla – Virgos Merlot, Dark New Day
- Reverend Horton Heat
- Joshua Homme – Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Eagles of Death Metal
- HYDE – L'Arc~en~Ciel, solo artist
- Chris Isaak
- Rory Gallagher
- Brian Jones – The Rolling Stones
- Conrad Keely – …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- Dave Keuning – The Killers
- David Lee – Th' Legendary Shack Shakers
- Sondre Lerche
- Johnny Marr – The Smiths, Modest Mouse
- Steve Marriott - Small Faces
- Christian Martucci - Dee Dee Ramone, Black President
- Mike McCready - Pearl Jam [1]
- Gino Meregillano - Guana Batz
- Leo Moran – The Saw Doctors
- Cameron Muncey – Jet
- Kim Nekroman – Horrorpops
- Michael Nesmith – The Monkees
- Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro
- Kele Okereke – Bloc Party
- Roy Orbison
- Reid Paley – Reid Paley Trio
- Joe Perry – Aerosmith
- Tom Petty
- Marco Pirroni – Adam and The Ants, Sinéad O'Connor, The Wolfmen
- Jimmy Pop – Bloodhound Gang
- Sara Quin – Tegan and Sara
- Lou Reed – Velvet Underground
- William Reid – The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Django Reinhardt
- Rich Robinson – The Black Crowes
- Ryan Ross – Panic! at the Disco
- Berry Sakharof
- Keith Scott
- Blake Sennett – The Elected
- Brian Setzer – Stray Cats
- Chris Shiflett – No Use for a Name, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Foo Fighters, Jackson United
- Tim Skold – Marilyn Manson
- Slash – Velvet Revolver, Guns N' Roses
- Pat Smear – The Germs, Nirvana, Foo Fighters
- Robert Smith – The Cure
- John Squire – The Stone Roses
- Stephen Stills – Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
- Andrew Stockdale – Wolfmother
- Izzy Stradlin – Guns N' Roses
- Sylvain Sylvain – New York Dolls
- Peter Tork – The Monkees
- Pete Townshend – The Who
- KT Tunstall
- George Van Eps
- Joe Walsh – The Eagles, James Gang
- Tim Wheeler – Ash
- Deryck Whibley – Sum 41
- Jack White – The Raconteurs – The White Stripes
- Malcolm Young – AC/DC
- Lil Wayne
- Neil Young – Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
- Chiba Yusuke – Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
- Billy Zoom – X (U.S. band)
- Nick 13 – Tiger Army
- Farin Urlaub – Die Ärzte until 1989
- Mark Hollis – Talk Talk
- Ben Ottewell – Gomez
[edit] Drummers
- Louie Bellson
- Cindy Blackman – Lenny Kravitz, Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson, Don Pullen and many more
- Rob Bourdon – Linkin Park
- Chris Cester – Jet
- Vinnie Colaiuta – Zappa, Joni Mitchell, Sting, many more
- Phil Collins – Genesis, solo artist
- Micky Dolenz – The Monkees
- Steve Ferrone – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Sam Fogarino – Interpol
- Paul Goldberg – session drummer
- Sebastien Grainger – Death from Above 1979
- Taylor Hawkins – Foo Fighters
- Russel Hobbs – Gorillaz
- Nick Hodgson – Kaiser Chiefs
- Scott Johnson – Gin Blossoms
- Elvin Jones – John Coltrane
- Harvey Mason
- Mitch Mitchell – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Warren Oakes – Against Me!
- Debbi Peterson – The Bangles
- Max Roach
- Christian Vander (musician) – Magma
- Charlie Watts – The Rolling Stones
- Brad Wilk – Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave
- Damon Wilson – Busted, Matt Willis
Alec Chambers - Cylander Head, Hinge, Independent
