thumb|350px|Fotocollage van beroemde gitaristen Dit is een lijst van gitaristen, geordend naar muziekstijl.
(Zie de link onderaan voor de complete lijst.)
Bekende gitaristen per genre 27x27px|Bewerk Deze lijst is incompleet. Aanvullingen en/of verbeteringen van onvolkomenheden zijn welkom. Gitaristen worden eenmalig genoemd in het voor hem of haar meest toepasselijke genre.
Basgitaar
Artiest * / † jaar Band(s) Land 1978- Coldplay 1980- Children of Bodom 1943-2014 Cream 1962-1986 Metallica 1955-2008 Herman Brood and His Wild Romance 1984- Avenged Sevenfold 1963- Primus 1960- U2 1943-1999 The Band 1951- Queen 1954- Manowar 1972- Green Day (v) 1963- 1955- Fourplay, Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani, Phil Collins, Toto 1944-2002 The Who 1977- Linkin Park 1962- Red Hot Chili Peppers 1946- Golden Earring 1946- 10cc, Wax 1956- Iron Maiden 1966- Nightwish, Tarot, Northern Kings, Delain 1996- 5SOS (5 Seconds Of Summer) 1972- Blink-182, +44 1951- Deep Purple, Trapeze 1949- Dire Straits 1953- Generation X, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Sisters of Mercy 1946- Led Zeppelin (v) 1935- Sessiemuzikant van The Wrecking Crew 1965- The Offspring 1945-2015 Hawkwind; Motörhead 1958- Level 42 1947-2016 King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1946-1997 Small Faces, Faces 1953- Rush 1946- King Crimson, Yes, Peter Gabriel 1942- The Beatles, Wings 1945- Fleetwood Mac 1967- Dream Theater 1975- Lordi 1963- Metallica 1977- Therion 1951-1987 Weather Report 1955-2015 Toto 1971- Rammstein 1950- Genesis 1947- Eagles 1955- The Clash 1947- Phil Collins, James Taylor, Toto, The Section 1969- BLØF 1951-2022 Bon Jovi 1951- The Police 1948-2015 Yes, Squackett 1964- Metallica 1948- Doe Maar 1943- Pink Floyd 1951-2010 Hall & Oates, SNL Band 1978- Muse 1936- The Rolling Stones
Blues Artiest * / † jaar Band(s) Land 1900–1974 1896–1934 1939–1988 1938–2013 1945– Cream, The Yardbirds, Derek and the Dominos 1932–1993 1896–1972 1951– Yellowjackets 1982– 1907–1941 1948–1995 Taste 1946– Cuby + Blizzards 1936– 1917–2001 1902–1988 1892–1966 1887–1929 1911–1938 1923–1992 1925–2015 1885–1949 1944–2013 Ten Years After 1895–1976 1957-2026 Rob Orlemans & Half Past Midnight 1979– 1942– 1951– John Mayall's Bluesbreakers 1954–1990 Double Trouble, Serious Trouble 1910–1975 1915–1983 1977– Black Country Communion 1944–2014
Experimenteel Artiest * / † jaar Band(s) Land 1930-2005 1969- 1949- Henry Cow 1958- Sonic Youth 1953- 1956- Sonic Youth 1940- M.I.M.E.O. 1975- The White Stripes
Flamenco
Folk en akoestisch Artiest * / † jaar Band(s) Land 1924-2001 1947- The Tumbleweeds 1954- 1939- (v) 1949- 1947- 1941- 1955- 1953- 1945- 1954- 1948- 1949-2008 1945- 1962- 1989- 1953-1997 (v) 1951- 1949?-2015 1943- 1945- 1945-1981 Bob Marley & The Wailers 1948-2009 1965- 1953-2006 1933- 1950-2017 1937-2000 1944-2015 1950- 1948- 1948- 1953- 1923-2012 1940-2026
Fusion Artiest * / † jaar Band(s) Land 1946- Brainbox, Focus 1944- The Yardbirds 1948- 1943-2017 o.a. McLaughlin-DeLucia-Coryell 1954- Return to Forever 1959- 1969- 1954- 1946-2017 Soft Machine, Tony Willams Lifetime, Gong, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bill Bruford, U.K., Chad Wackerman 1957- Toto 1952- 1953- 1971- The Aristocrats 1940-1993 The Mothers of Invention
Jazz Artiest * / † jaar Band(s) Land 1943- 1942- 1916-1942 1956- 1951- 1967- 1930-2013 1944- 1942- 1954- 1925-1968 1965- 1929-1994 1959- 1972- 1951-
Zigeunerjazz Artiest * / † jaar Band(s) Land Basily Gipsy Band 1910-1953 1980- 1968- Rosenberg Trio 1979- 1978- Paulus Schäfer Gipsy Band
Klassiek Artiest * / † jaar Band(s) Land (v) (v) 1966- (v) 1976- 1964- 1933- 1954- 1939- componist 1792-1853 componist 1975- 1975- 1955- ±1965 1921-1996 (v) 1964- 1932-2017 gitarist 1961- (v) 1956- 1983- 1968- (tweeling: Peter en Zoltán Katona) 1956- 1956- 1929-1999 1961- barokgitaar, luit, mandoline e.d. 1878-1938 1953- 1885-1944 vooral componist 1964- 1959- 1958- ±1682-±1732 componist 1963 gitarist en arrangeur 1945- 1944- 1893-1987 arrangeur 1957- 1930-2007 (v) 1961- 1852-1909 vooral componist 1941- 1957- componist 1977- 1927-1997 arrangeur
Metal Artiest * / † jaar Band(s) Land 1965- Morbid Angel (v) 1957- Jeff Beck Group, Michael Jackson 1958- Picture 1945- Deep Purple; Rainbow; Blackmore's Night 1951-1976 Deep Purple; Zephyr 1949-2011 Motörhead 1950-2018 Motörhead; Fastway 1961- ADO 1966-2004 Pantera, Damageplan 1951- Judas Priest 1951-2025 Kiss 1962- Megadeth 1981- Avenged Sevenfold 1957- Iron Maiden 1966- Mr. Big, Racer X 1977- Mastercastle, Necrodeath 1962- Metallica 1963- Metallica 1960- NoMeansNo 1975- Papa Roach 1963- Anthrax 1948- Black Sabbath 1972- Therion 1976- Within Temptation 1975-2021 Wednesday 13 1964- Slayer 1967- Rammstein, Emigrate 1979- Children of Bodom 1964- Rammstein 1970- Children of Bodom 1976- DragonForce 1980- Sonata Arctica 1965- Manowar 1960- Ayreon, Vengeance, Stream of Passion 1975- System of a Down 1963 Rising Force 1961- Faith No More 1976- CKY 1964- Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave 1956- Iron Maiden 1956- Y&T 1961- Megadeth 1971- Therion 1979- Bullet for My Valentine 1964- Testament 1951- Saxon 1959- Saxon 1968- Iced Earth 1976- Manowar 1955- Scorpions, UFO 1967-2001 Death, Control Denied 1968- Testament, Alex Skolnick Trio 1957- Iron Maiden 1991- Delain, Vengeance 1963- Anthrax 1952- Kiss 1986- Alice Cooper 1996- Lordi 2001- Galneryus Bumblefoot (Ron Thal) 1969- Sons of Apollo, Guns N' Roses, Art of Anarchy, Whom Gods Destroy, Asia 1947- Judas Priest 1973- Slipknot 1980- DragonForce 1980- Bullet for My Valentine 1981- Avenged Sevenfold 1978- Nightwish 1971- Fisher 1975- Within Temptation 1967- Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society 1955- AC/DC 1953-2017 AC/DC 1974- Kamelot
Pop, rock Artiest * / † jaar Band(s) Land 1938- Soft Machine; Gong 1946-1971 The Allman Brothers Band; The Hourglass 1964- 1972- Green Day 1944-2013 Soft Machine 1980- Sum 41 1947-2013 Yes, Flash 1946- Jethro Tull 1946-2006 Pink Floyd 1946- The Lemon Pipers 1956- Nitro 1950-2017 Steely Dan 1949- Frank Zappa; King Crimson, Talking Heads David Bowie 1978- Muse 1970- Chic 1976-2017 Linkin Park 1954- Vandenberg, Whitesnake, Vandenberg's Moonkings, Teaser 1926-2017 1966- Extreme, Population 1 1977- Coldplay 1966-1997 1977- Zornik 1951-1997 2011 - heden 5SOS 1967-1994 Nirvana 1981- Snow Patrol 1967- The Smashing Pumpkins; Zwan 1969- Blur 1961- ADO 1961-2000 Social Distortion 1975- Blink-182 ; Angels & Airwaves; Box Car Racer 1977- Linkin Park 1970- The Breeders; Guided by Voices 1947- Eagles 1948-2016 Eagles 1946- King Crimson; Giles, Giles & Fripp 1970- Red Hot Chili Peppers 1967- Oasis 1942-1995 Grateful Dead 1945-1979 Little Feat 1965- Guided by Voices 1946- Pink Floyd 1977- Mastercastle, Necrodeath 1952- 1971- Radiohead Tower of Power 1950- Genesis 1943-2001 The Beatles ; Traveling Wilburys 1960- Gov't Mule en Allman Brothers Band 2011 - heden 5SOS 1942-1970 The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Gypsys 1957- BAP 1951- 1936-1959 The Crickets 1965- The Offspring 1973- Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss 1956-1982 The Pretenders 1947- Yes, Asia (v) 1951- The Pretenders 1968- 1974- BLØF 1971- 1948-2001 Can 1951- 1981- The Kelly Family 1949- Dire Straits; The Notting Hillbillies 1948-2025 Golden Earring 1948-2024 MC5 1950-2025 Herman Brood; The Radios 1968- Primus 1940-1980 The Beatles; Plastic Ono Band 1953- Rush 1976- Snow Patrol 1957- Dizzy Man's Band; Groove Express; Barry Hay; Page 1944- Kaledoscope, El Rayo X 1979- Good Charlotte 1963- Rising Force 1965- The Smiths 1951-2023- Paice, Ashton & Lord; Whitesnake 1981- Good Charlotte 1941- The Shadows 1961- B'z 1947- Queen 1977- 1960- Sting 1972- Placebo 1952-2011 Thin Lizzy 1984- 1954- Deep Purple 1967- 1962- Social Distortion 1963- The Offspring 1965- Europe 1968-1996 Sublime 1974- Placebo 1944- The Yardbirds; Led Zeppelin 1948-2016 Status Quo 1915-2009 1967- Dream Theater 1959- Machiavel 1958-2016 1942-2004 1977- MEST 1951-2025 1956-1982 1943- The Rolling Stones 1943-2023 The Band 1946-1993 1949- Status Quo 1950- Neu!; Harmonia 1950- Genesis; Mike and the Mechanics 1959- Bon Jovi 1947- Santana 1956- Chickenfoot 1954- Journey, Santana 1959- Stray Cats 1977- Linkin Park 1967- 1965- Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver 1966/1967 Guided by Voices 1952- Sweet d'Buster 1952- Hall & Oates, SNL Band, Bob Dylan 1981- Editors 1949- E Street Band 1959- Billy Idol 1942- The Police 1981- 1949- John Mayall's Bluesbreakers; The Rolling Stones 1961- U2 1974- Sum 41; Gob 1984- The Horrors 1949- 1936-2011 Tielman Brothers 1945- The Who 1951-2021 Univers Zero; Present 1960- Frank Zappa; David Lee Roth; Whitesnake 1954- Vandenberg; Whitesnake 1955-2020 Van Halen 1952- Kiss 1947- Eagles 1980- Sum 41 1944-1973 The Kentucky Colonels; The Byrds 1943- Crazy Horse 1947- The Rolling Stones 1929-2005 1968- Radiohead 1945- Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (v) 1987-
Zie ook Bassist Gitarist
Externe link Top 100 van 2003 op RollingStone.com
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