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Guitarist

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A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar.

=Noted guitarists:=

Table of contents
1 Classical
2 Jazz
3 Folk and Acoustic
4 Blues
5 Rock/Pop
6 Heavy Metal

Classical

Manuel Barrueco
Matteo Carcassi
Julian Bream
Sharon Isbin
Paco de Lucia
Andrés Segovia
Francisco Tàrrega
John Williams

Jazz

Charlie Christian
Jim Hall
Barney Kessel
Pat Metheny
Wes Montgomery
Joe Pass
Django Reinhardt
John Scofield
Andy Summers
Marc Ribot
Bill Frisell

Folk and Acoustic

William Ackerman
Chet Atkins
Martin Carthy
Ry Cooder
Doyle Dykes
Gordon Giltrap
Michael Hedges
Bert Jansch
Leo Kottke
John Martyn
Ellen McIlwaine
Tony McManus
Al Perkins
James Taylor
Richard Thompson
Doc Watson
Art Paul Schlosser
Dave Ellis

Blues

Blind Blake
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Muddy Waters
Howling Wolf
John Lee Hooker
Mississippi John Hurt
Brownie McGhee
Elmore James
Robert Johnson
Leadbelly
Mance Lipscomb
T-Bone Walker
Taj Mahal
Brownie McGhee
Memphis Minnie
Robert Ross
Son House
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Sonny Boy Williamson
Buddy Guy
B.B. King
Albert Collins
Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
Matt 'Guitar' Murphy

Rock/Pop

Duane Allman
Trey Anastasio
Chet Atkins
David Bates
Jeff Beck
Chuck Berry
Ritchie Blackmore
Lindsey Buckingham
Charlie Christian
Eric Clapton
Warren Cuccurullo (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, Duran Duran)
Duane Eddy
David Evans aka The Edge (U2)
David Gilmour
Jerry Garcia
Eddie van Halen
George Harrison
Jimi Hendrix ( The Jimi Hendrix Experience )
Buddy Holly
Steve Howe
Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)
Tomas Kadzionis (Godlike27)
Phil Keaggy
Mark Knopfler ( Dire Straits Notting HillBillies )
Goktan Kural
Alex Lifeson
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Brian May (Queen)
Midoru
Dave Navarro
Jimmy Page
Les Paul
Joe Perry
Chris Rea
Keith Richards
Michael Roe
Mick Ronson
Richie Sambora
Carlos Santana
Joe Satriani
James Honeyman Scott (The Pretenders)
Brian Setzer
Slash ( Slash's Snakepit + Guns and Roses )
Pete Townshend ( The Who )
Eddie Van Halen ( Van Halen )
Steve Vai
Frank Zappa
Hank B. Marvin (The Shadows)

Heavy Metal

Kirk Hammett ( Metallica )
James Hetfield ( Metallica )
Dave Mustaine ( Megadeth )
Kerry King ( Slayer )
Jim Martin ( Faith No More )
Tom_Morello ( AudioSlave + Rage Against the Machine )
Herman Li ( DragonForce )
Galder aka-Thomas Rune Andersen (Old man's child+Dimmu Borgir)