List of guitarists by genre
This is a list of notable guitarists, organized by genre.
American Primitive
Blues
Early blues
- Robert Johnson
- Big Bill Broonzy
- Arthur "Blind" Blake
- Tampa Red
- Charley Patton
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Bukka White
- Skip James
- Blind Boy Fuller
- Son House
Prewar blues
Blues from the 1960s to present
- John Mayer
- Etta Baker
- Jeff Beck
- Eric Clapton
- Rory Gallagher
- Jimi Hendrix
- Jimmy Page
- Duane Allman
- Luther Allison
- Mike Bloomfield
- Joe Bonamassa
- David Bromberg
- Roy Buchanan
- Albert Collins
- Ry Cooder
- Robert Cray
- Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
- Bo Diddley
- Ronnie Earl
- Robben Ford
- Jesse Fuller
- Lowell Fulson
- Guitar Slim
- Buddy Guy
- GP Hall
- Chuck Hammer
- John Lee Hooker
- Son House
- Mississippi John Hurt
- Tony Iommi
- Elmore James
- Skip James
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Lonnie Johnson
- Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson
- Jorma Kaukonen
- Albert King
- B. B. King
- Freddie King
- Sonny Landreth
- J. B. Lenoir
- Mance Lipscomb
- Lonnie Mack
- Taj Mahal
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Brownie McGhee
- Blind Willie McTell
- Little Milton
- Memphis Minnie
- Gary Moore
- Keb' Mo'
- Big Bill Morganfield
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy
- Steven Goodwin
- Pappo
- Charlie Patton
- Bonnie Raitt
- Tampa Red
- Jimmy Reed
- Kelly Richey
- Duke Robillard
- Robert Ross
- Otis Rush
- Todd Sharpville
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Jimmy Thackery
- Jimmy Scott
- Hubert Sumlin
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Walter Trout
- Derek Trucks
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Yavuz Çetin
- Jimmie Vaughan
- Joe Louis Walker
- T-Bone Walker
- Muddy Waters
- Bukka White
- Jack White
- Josh White
- Johnny Winter
- Howlin' Wolf
Country and Gospel
- Chet Atkins
- Junior Brown
- Glenn Campbell
- Thumbs Carlisle
- Maybelle Carter
- Roy Clark
- Buddy Emmons
- Lester Flatt
- Danny Gatton
- John Hartford
- Joe Maphis
- Grady Martin
- Roger Miller
- Buck Owens
- Les Paul
- Jerry Reed
- Roy Rogers
- Mel Tillis
- Merle Travis
- Doc Watson
- Speedy West
- Hank Williams
Classical
Main article: List of classical guitarists
Experimental
- Derek Bailey
- Blixa Bargeld
- Syd Barret
- Jeff Beck
- Glenn Branca
- Peter Buck
- Eugene Chadborne
- Rhys Chatham
- Nels Cline
- Loren Mazzacane Connors
- Robert Fripp
- Bill Frisell
- Fred Frith
- Kim Gordon
- Keiji Haino
- GP Hall
- Christian Hejnal
- Scott Henderson
- Josh Homme
- Henry Kaiser
- Yuri Landman
- Thurston Moore
- KK Null
- Mike Oldfield
- Paul Panhuysen
- Lee Ranaldo
- Lou Reed
- Marc Ribot
- Omar Rodríguez-López
- Keith Rowe
- Jim O'Rourke
- Elliott Sharp
- Gary Smith
Flamenco
Further information: Flamenco guitar
- Vicente Amigo
- Charo
- Moraíto Chico
- Miguel de la Bastide
- Oscar Herrero: composer, teacher and musician
- Paco de Lucía (1947-)
- Luis Maravilla
- Juan Martín
- Carlos Montoya
- Ramón Montoya (1880-1949)
- Gerardo Núñez (1961-)
- Paco Peña (1942-)
- Manitas de Plata
- Niño Ricardo
- Sabicas (1912-1990)
- Juan Serrano (1934–)
- Paco Serrano (1964–)
- Manolo Sanlúcar
- Tomate, father of Tomatito
- Tomatito (1958-)
Fingerstyle (Contemporary)
Folk (Pop)
- Joan Baez
- David Bromberg
- Ry Cooder
- Jim Croce
- John Denver
- Ani DiFranco
- Nick Drake
- Bob Dylan
- Arlo Guthrie
- Jewel
- Jorma Kaukonen
- Ellen McIlwaine
- Joni Mitchell
- Tom Paxton
- Shawn Phillips
- Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel)
- Paul Stookey
- James Taylor
- Happy Traum
- Mason Williams
- Peter Yarrow
Folk (Traditional)
- Joan Baez
- Norman Blake
- Creed Bratton
- Dan Ar Braz
- Peter Buck
- Martin Carthy
- Allen Collins
- Elizabeth Cotton
- Rev. Gary Davis
- Tommy Emmanuel
- Leslie Fish
- Gordon Giltrap
- Davey Graham
- Dallas Green
- David Grier
- Stefan Grossman
- Woody Guthrie
- GP Hall
- Nick Harper
- Roy Harper
- Nic Jones
- Jack Lawrence
- François Luambo Makiadi "Franco"
- John Martyn
- Tony McManus
- Paul McSherry
- Al Perkins
- Stochelo Rosenberg
- Tony Rice
- Pete Seeger
- Dick Siegel
- Elliott Smith
- Ivan Smirnov
- Richard Thompson
- Leon Wesley Walls
- Don Ross
- Happy Traum
- Jason Wilber
- Peter Yarrow
Jazz
Main article: List of jazz guitarists
Latin-American music
- Manuel Barrueco (Cuban)
- Leo Brouwer (Cuban)
- Luiz Bonfá (Brazilian)
- Abel Carlevaro (Uruguayan)
- Oscar Castro-Neves (Brazilian)
- Alirio Díaz (Venezuelan)
- Egberto Gismonti (Brazilian)
- Guinga (Brazilian)
- João Gilberto (Brazilian)
- Antonio Lauro (Venezuelan)
- Gentil Montaña (Colombian)
- Carlos Pérez (Chilean)
- Baden Powell de Aquino (Brazilian)
- Rodrigo Riera (Venezuelan)
- Antony Santos (Dominican)
- Super Uba (Dominican)
- Toquinho (Brazilian)
- Luis Vargas
- Atahualpa Yupanqui (Argentine)
- Rafael Rabello (Brazilian)
- Paulinho Nogueira (Brazilian)
- Sebastião Tapajós (Brazilian)
- Yamandu Costa (Brazilian)
Metal
Main article: List of heavy metal guitarists
Ragtime
- Duck Baker
- Tom Ball
- Arthur "Blind" Blake
- Rev. Gary Davis
- Peter Finger
- Tom Gilfellon
- Stefan Grossman
- Jorma Kaukonen
- David Laibman
- Woody Mann
- Tony Marcus
- Blind Willie McTell
- Dale Miller
- Larry Sandberg
- Eric Schoenberg
- Happy Traum
- Ton van Bergeyk
- Craig Ventresco
- Blind Willie Walker
- Sylvester Weaver
- Leo Winkamp, Jr.