List of Rickenbacker players

This is a list of musicians who are known to be regular players of Rickenbacker guitars and basses.

Guitarists

Adam Anderson of Hurts
Jim Babjak of The Smithereens
Kat Bjelland of Babes In Toyland
Kurt Ballou of Converge
Fred "Sonic" Smith of MC5 and Sonic's Rendezvous Band
Mike Thomas of The Novellos
Andy Bell of Ride and Oasis
Baruch Ben Yitzhak of Rockfour
Peter Buck of R.E.M.
Jeff Buckley
Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mark Crozer of The Jesus and Mary Chain
Seb Clarke of This Is Seb Clarke
Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo
Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens
Pete Doherty of The Libertines
Sherri DuPree of Eisley
Jake Tuck of This Is Seb Clarke
The Edge of U2
Les Fradkin of Beatlemania (musical)
Thomas Erak of the Fall of Troy
Jay Ferguson of Sloan
John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
Glenn Frey of The Eagles
Tom Gabel of Against Me!
Craig Gannon of The Smiths
Per Gessle of Roxette
Dave Gregory of XTC
Noel Gallagher of Oasis
Gary Green of Lovewood
George Harrison of The Beatles
Tony Hicks of The Hollies
Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles
James Honeyman-Scott of the Pretenders
Keith Hopwood of Herman's Hermits
Steve Howe of Yes
Kenny Howes
James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins
Daniel Johns of Silverchair
Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane
John Kay of Steppenwolf
Daniel Kessler of Interpol
Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend
Yegor Letov of Grazhdanskaya Oborona
John Lennon of The Beatles
Courtney Love of Hole
Roger McGuinn of The Byrds
Andy Marchel of Andy Marchel and the Cocaine rainbow
Johnny Marr of The Smiths
Gerry Marsden of Gerry & The Pacemakers
Chris Martin of Coldplay
Wendy Melvoin of Prince and The Revolution
Dave Meros of Spock's Beard
Simon Nelson of Milltown Brothers
Ed O'Brien^[1] of Radiohead
Carla Olson of The Textones
Christopher Owens of Girls (band)
Mike Pender of The Searchers
Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Sergio Pizzorno of Kasabian
Alfio Perino of Levitica
Guy Picciotto of Fugazi
Michael Rutherford of Genesis and Mike + The Mechanics
Tim Rogers of You Am I
Charlie Sexton of Arc Angels
Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio
Mike Skill of The Romantics
Elliott Smith
James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers
Rick Springfield
Toots Thielemans
Jeremy Starkey
Pete Townshend of The Who
Chris Urbanowicz^[2] of Editors
Carol van Dyk of Bettie Serveert
Pål Waaktaar of a-Ha
Dave Wakeling of The English Beat
Joe Walsh of The Eagles
Paul Weller of The Jam
Paul Westerberg of The Replacements
George Wharmby of The Systematics
Marty Willson-Piper of The Church
Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys
Dwight Yoakam
Thom Yorke^[3] of Radiohead
Robin Zander of Cheap Trick
Denny Laine of The Moody Blues
Troels Schmidt of Volmers Peberbeat & The Heaters

Bassists

Geddy Lee of Rush
John Entwistle of The Who
Chris Squire of Yes
Paul McCartney of The Beatles & Wings
Cormac Figgis (aka The Master Switch) of Paranoid Visions
Matt Asti of MGMT
Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order
Gaye Advert of The Adverts
Martin Eric Ain of Celtic Frost
Chris Baio of Vampire Weekend
Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr
Johnny Christ of Avenged Sevenfold
Guy Berryman of Coldplay
Zeta Bosio of Soda Stereo
Miles Billington of Andy Marchel and the Cocaine Rainbow
Syd Boyle of Shoes for December
Keith Brammer of Die Kreuzen
Cliff Burton of Metallica
Al Cisneros of Sleep and Om
Alan Davey^[4] of Hawkwind, Gunslinger and Pre-Med
Joey DeMaio of Manowar
Steve DiGiorgio of bands such as Sadus, Dark Hall & Testament
Dave Dreiwitz of Ween
Adam Steele of The Novellos
Carly Dulson of This Is Seb Clarke
Bruce Foxton of The Jam
Nikolai Fraiture of the Strokes
Simon Galup of The Cure
Roger Glover of Deep Purple
Hellmut Hattler of Kraan
Haruhara Haruko of FLCL (Haruko is a fictional character)
Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple
Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees
Alfio Perino of Levitica
Martin "Youth" Glover of Killing Joke
Martin Gordon of Sparks and Jet Jet (UK band)
Graham Gouldman of 10cc
Ryan Gullen of The Sheepdogs
Bob Hardy of Franz Ferdinand
Rick James
Tony James of Generation X
André 3000 of Outkast
Mike Brucato of The Boston Thieves
Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath
Eric Judy of Modest Mouse
Jesse F. Keeler of Death From Above 1979
Steve Kille of Dead Meadow
Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs
Marc Lazare of Rockfour
Russell Leetch^[5] of Editors
Lemmy of Motörhead
Brent Liles of Social Distortion and Agent Orange
Jenny Lee Lindberg of Warpaint
Philip Lynott of Thin Lizzy
Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols
Dave Meros of Spock's Beard
Mike Mesaros of The Smithereens
Mike Mills of R.E.M.
Gary "Mani" Mounfield of Primal Scream & ex-The Stone Roses
William Mysterious (born Alastair Donaldson) of The Rezillos
Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age
Jerry Only of The Misfits
Prescott Niles of The Knack
Ian Peres of Wolfmother
Tracy Pew of The Birthday Party
Scott Pilgrim of Sex Bob-Omb* Scott Pilgrim is a fictional character.
Steve Priest of Sweet
Peter Quaife of The Kinks
Scott Reeder of Kyuss
Thom Rouse of Deep Release
Michael Rutherford of Genesis
Timothy B Schmit of The Eagles
Kira Roessler of Black Flag and Dos
Chris Ross of Wolfmother
Heini Säisä of Indica
Paul Simonon of The Clash
Tommy Stinson of The Replacements
Mark Stoermer of The Killers
Ruben Andersen of LissieBerry
Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear
John Taylor of Duran Duran
Fred Turner of Bachman–Turner Overdrive
Roger Waters of Pink Floyd
Kieren Webster of The View
Josephine Wiggs of The Breeders
Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers
Christopher Wolstenholme of Muse
Allen Woody of Gov't Mule and The Allman Brothers Band
Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones
Jesse F. Keeler of Death From Above 1979
John Deacon of Queen
Troy Sanders of Mastodon
George Lynch of Quasar/Extreme Danger (Glasgow)
Davey Pierce of of Montreal
Ros Murray of Electrelane
Paul D'amour of [[Tool] undertow and other album's before...]

References

Darren Orengia of The Tradesmen