Great guitarists
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| Allman, Duane (b. 1946 d. 1971) | guitar, rock & roll guitar |
| Atkins, Chet [Chester Burton] (b. 1924) | guitar, rhthym guitar |
| Barnard, Junior [Lester] (b. 1920 d. 1951) | country music guitar |
| Baugh, Phil (b. 1937) | country music guitar |
| Beck, Jeff (b. 1944) | rock guitar |
| Berry, Chuck (b. 1926) | composer, lyricist |
| Blackwell, Scrapper [Francis Hillman] (b. 1903 d. 1962) | blues guitar, guitar |
| Blake, Blind Arthur (Arthur Phelps) (b. 1895 d. -1935) | songster, blues singer |
| Bloomfield, Mike (b. 1943 d. 1981) | blues singer, blues guitar |
| Bryant, Jimmy (b. 1925 d. 1980) | country music guitar, guitar |
| Burton, James (b. 1939) | conductor, country-rock pioneer |
| Byrd, Charlie [Charles L.] (b. 1925) | guitar |
| Carter, Maybelle Addington (b. 1909 d. 1978) | country music singer, guitar |
| Christian, Charlie (b. 1916 d. 1942) | guitar, jazz guitar |
| Clapton, Eric (b. 1945) | composer, guitar |
| Collins, Albert (b. 1932 d. 1993) | guitar, vocals |
| Coryell, Larry (b. 1943) | guitar, jazz and fusion guitarist |
| Cropper, Steve (b. 1941 a. 1961-1966) | guitar, rock guitar |
| Eddy, Duane (b. 1938) | rock & roll guitar |
| Ellis, Herb (b. 1921) | guitar |
| Farlow, Tal [Talmadge Holt] (b. 1921) | guitar, jazz guitar |
| Fuller, Blind Boy (b. 1909 d. 1941) | blues singer, vocals |
| Garland, Hank [Walter Louis] (b. 1930) | country music guitar, guitar |
| Hendrix, Jimi [James Marshall] (b. 1942 d. 1970) | guitar, rock singer |
| Hurt, Mississippi John [John Smith] (b. 1893 d. 1966) | blues singer |
| James, Elmore (b. 1918 d. 1963) | blues singer, vocals |
| Johnson, Lonnie (b. 1889 d. 1970) | banjo, guitar |
| Johnson, Robert (b. 1891 d. 1938) | blues singer, blues guitar |
| Johnson, Willie Lee (b. 1923) | guitar, piano |
| Kessel, Barney [Bernard] (b. 1923) | guitar, jazz guitar |
| King, Albert (b. 1923 d. 1992) | bluesman, guitar |
| King, B.B. (b. 1925) | blues singer, guitar |
| King, Freddie (b. 1934 d. 1976) | bluesman, vocals |
| Lang, Eddie (b. 1902 d. 1933) | jazz guitar |
| Lee, Albert (b. 1943) | rock guitar |
| Mack, Lonnie (b. 1941) | blues-rock guitarist, singer |
| Maphis, Joe [Otis W.] (b. 1921 d. 1986) | country music guitar |
| Martin, Grady [Thomas Grady] (b. 1929) | guitar, arranger |
| McDonough, Dick [Richard] (b. 1904 d. 1938) | banjo, guitar |
| McGee, Kirk (b. 1899 d. 1983) | banjo, country music fiddler |
| McGee, Sam (b. 1894 d. 1975) | country music guitar, guitar |
| Montgomery, Wes [John Leslie] (b. 1923 d. 1968) | guitar, jazz guitar |
| Moore, Oscar (Frederic) (b. 1912 d. 1981) | guitar, jazz guitar |
| Moore, Scotty [Winfield Scott] (b. 1927) | rock guitar |
| Muddy Waters (b. 1915 d. 1983) | blues singer, vocals |
| Nolen, Jimmy (b. 1934 d. 1983) | funk-rhythm guitarist, guitar |
| Page, Jimmy [James Patrick] (b. 1944) | guitar, rock guitar |
| Pass, Joe (b. 1929) | guitar, jazz guitar |
| Paul, Les (b. 1915) | guitar, jazz guitar |
| Perkins, Carl (Lee) (b. 1932) | guitar, singer |
| Raney, Jimmy [James Elbert] (b. 1927) | guitar |
| Reed, Jerry (b. 1937) | country music guitar, singer |
| Reinhardt, Django (b. 1910 d. 1953) | guitar, jazz guitar |
| Rodgers, Jimmie [James Charles] (b. 1897 d. 1933) | country music guitar, vocals |
| Rush, Otis (b. 1934) | blues singer, guitar |
| Shamblin, Eldon (b. 1916) | country music guitar |
| Travis, Merle (Robert) (b. 1917 d. 1983) | country music singer, guitar |
| Turner, Zeke (b. 1923) | country music guitar, guitar |
| Van Eps, George (Abel) (b. 1913) | guitar |
| Vaughan, Stevie Ray (b. 1954 d. 1990) | electric guitar, r&b guitarist |
| Walker, T-Bone (b. 1910 d. 1975) | guitar, singer |
| Watson, Doc (b. 1923) | country music singer, guitar |
| White, Clarence (b. 1944 d. 1973) | country music guitar |
| Wray, Link (b. 1935) | electric guitar pioneer |