Dies ist eine Liste bekannter Gitarristen, gruppiert nach Musikstil.
- Sergio Assad (*1952)
- Odair Assad (*1956)
- Achmed Noor Baluch (*1952)
- Manuel Barrueco (*1952)
- Remi Boucher (*1964)
- Leo Brouwer (*1939)
- Julian Bream (*1933)
- Klaus Brenninger (*1964)
- Frank Bungarten
- Matteo Carcassi (1781-1829)
- Abel Carlevaro (1918-2001)
- Thibault Cauvin
- Diangelo Cicilia (*1971)
- Napoléon Coste (1805-1883)
- Costas Cotsiolis (*1957)
- Ricardo Cobo
- Aniello Desiderio
- Graham Anthony Devine
- Marcin Dylla
- József Eötvös (*1962)
- Jan Erler
- Gabriele Johanna Fall [1]
- Robert Fraisl
- Matéj Freml
- Hugo Geller
- Mauro Giuliani
- João Teixeira Guimarães (1883-1947), genannt João Pernambuco
- Antigoni Goni
- Olaf van Gonnissen
- Eliot Fisk (*1954)
- Oscar Ghiglia (*1938)
- Wolfgang Grassegger (*1947)
- Walter Haberl (*1960)
- Hans-Werner Huppertz
- Sharon Isbin
- Helmut Jasbar (*1962)
- Dale Kavanagh
- Christoph Kirschbaum
- Martin Klinger (*1964)
- Michael Koch
- Norbert Kraft
- Ansgar Krause
- Dieter Kreidler
- Agustin Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944)
- Heike Matthiesen
- Kazufumi Matsunaga (*1956)
- Wolfgang Muthspiel (*1965)
- Alexis Muzurakis
- Michal Nagy
- Thomas Offermann
- Takashi Ogawa
- Jorgos Panetsos[2] (*1961)
- Alvaro Pierri (*1953)
- Susana Prieto
- Konrad Ragossnig (*1932)
- Jhibaro Rodriguez-Rodriguez (*1971)
- Angel Romero
- Pepe Romero (*1944)
- David Russell (*1953)
- Petr Saidl
- Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710)
- Karl Scheit (1909-1993)
- Joachim Schrader
- Martin Schwarz
- Andrés Segovia (1893-1987)
- Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
- Erika Strobl-Matsunaga (*1961)
- David Tanenbaum
- Iwan Tanzil
- Francisco Tárrega (1854-1909)
- Scott Tennant
- Michael Tröster
- Vedran Vujnovic (*1970)
- Martin Wesely
- Luise Walker (1910-1998)
- John Williams
- Kazuhito Yamashita (*1961)
- Narciso Yepes (1927-1997)
- Andrew York
- Brigitte Zacek
- Dagmar Zsapkova
- Jozef Zsapka (*1947)
- Dimitri Illarionov (*1979)[3]
- Eduardo Fernández
- Eef Albers
- John Abercrombie
- Howard Alden
- Laurindo Almeida
- Tuck Andress
- George Barnes
- Billy Bauer
- George Benson
- Peter Bernstein
- Kenny Burrell
- Charlie Byrd
- Dennis Budimir
- Philip Catherine
- Charlie Christian
- Eddie Condon
- Larry Coryell
- Al Di Meola
- Joe Diorio
- Herb Ellis
- Philipp van Endert
- Tal Farlow
- Robben Ford
- Bill Frisell
- Andreas Gaebel
- Mick Goodrick
- Grant Green
- Freddie Greene
- Jim Hall
- Stanley Jordan
- Helmut Kagerer
- Barney Kessel
- Volker Kriegel
- Bireli Lagrene
- Allan Holdsworth
- Steve Khan
- Pat Martino
- Pat Metheny
- John McLaughlin
- Wes Montgomery
- Joe Pass
- Michal Pavlicek (Prazsky Vyber)
- Baden Powell
- Chuck Rainey
- Karl Ratzer
- Django Reinhardt
- Emily Remler
- Marc Ribot
- Howard Roberts
- Michael Sagmeister
- John Scofield
- Johnny Smith
- Leni Stern
- Mike Stern
- Harri Stojka
- Andy Summers
- Martin Taylor
- Ralph Towner
- Lulu Weiss
- Mark Whitfield
- Fritz Wlaschek
- Attila Zoller
Folk und akustische Gitarre
- William Ackerman
- Chet Atkins
- Ulli Bögershausen
- Peter Bursch
- Johnny Cash
- Martin Carthy
- Tracy Chapman
- Larry Conklin
- Ry Cooder
- Sheryl Crow
- Alex DeGrassi
- Doyle Dykes
- Bob Dylan
- Peter Finger
- Gordon Giltrap
- Davy Graham
- Arlo Guthrie
- Michael Hedges
- Bert Jansch
- Jack Johnson
- Jens Kommnick
- Leo Kottke
- Werner Lämmerhirt
- Max Lässer
- John Martyn
- Tony McManus
- Franco Morone
- Al Perkins
- Heiko Plank
- Hari Prikasky
- David Qualey
- Paul Schlosser
- Jacques Stotzem
- James Taylor
- Richard Thompson
- Suzanne Vega
- Doc Watson
- Klaus Weiland
- Mason Williams
- Dave Matthews
- Luther Allison
- Bernard Allison
- Chuck Berry
- Blind Blake
- Albert Collins
- Johnny Copeland
- Steve „The Colonel“ Cropper
- Bo Diddley
- Robben Ford
- Rory Gallagher
- Buddy Guy
- Son House
- John Lee Hooker
- Mississippi John Hurt
- Elmore James
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Eric Johnson
- Robert Johnson
- B.B. King
- John Fogerty
- Leadbelly
- Alvin Lee (Ten Years After)
- Mance Lipscomb
- Keb' Mo'
- Matt „Guitar“ Murphy
- Brownie McGhee
- Taj Mahal
- John Mayall
- Memphis Minnie
- Scotty Moore
- Robert Ross
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- T-Bone Walker
- Muddy Waters
- Johnny Winter
- Howlin' Wolf
- Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
- Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
- Steve Albini (Shellac)
- Duane Allman (The Allman Brothers Band)
- Trey Anastasio
- Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
- Chet Atkins
- Jennifer Batten
- Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds)
- Brian Bell (Weezer)
- Matthew Bellamy (Muse)
- Chuck Berry
- Frank Black (Pixies)
- Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
- Mike Bloomfield
- Tommy Bolin
- Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit, Big Dumb Face, Black Light Burns)
- Michael Breitkopf (Die Toten Hosen)
- Roy Buchanan
- Lindsey Buckingham
- Randy California
- Carl Carlton (Carl Carlton and the Songdogs, Peter Maffay)
- Chris Cheney (The Living End)
- Charlie Christian
- John Cippolina (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
- Eric Clapton (Cream, The Yardbirds, Derek and the Dominos)
- Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
- Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Ian Crichton (Saga)
- Sheryl Crow
- Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)
- Stefan Danielak (Grobschnitt)
- Tom Delonge (Blink 182)
- Brad Delson (Linkin Park)
- Duane Eddy
- Mike Einziger (Incubus)
- El Hefe (NOFX)
- Mark Oliver Everett (Eels)
- Johnsson Eric
- Mark Farner
- Peter Frampton
- Robert Fripp
- John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Noel Gallagher (Oasis)
- Rory Gallagher
- Jerry Garcia
- Lowell George (Little Feat)
- Per Gessle (Roxette,Gyllene Tider)
- David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
- Ben Granfelt (Leningrad Cowboys), (Wishbone Ash), (Gringos Locos)
- Dan Estrin (Hoobastank)
- Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
- Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion)
- Sven Guse (NieWoLos)
- Steve Hackett (Genesis)
- George Harrison (The Beatles)
- Jeff Healey
- Jimi Hendrix
- Greg Hetson (Bad Religion)
- Dexter Holland (The Offspring)
- Buddy Holly
- Andreas „Kuddel“ von Holst (Die Toten Hosen)
- Steve Howe (Yes)
- Saul „Slash“ Hudson (Guns N' Roses)
- Chrissie Hynde
- Stephan Karl Moik (Emil Bulls)
- Phil Keaggy
- Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
- Robbie Krieger (The Doors)
- Helmut Krumminga (BAP)
- Goktan Kural
- Andrew Latimer (Camel)
- Alex Lifeson
- Chris Martin (Coldplay)
- John McGeoch
- John McLaughlin
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Muddy Manninen (Gringos Locos), (Wishbone Ash)
- Doug Martsch (Built to Spill)
- Hank B. Marvin (The Shadows)
- J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.)
- Brian May (Queen)
- Midoru
- Al Morse (Spock's Beard)
- Steve Morse
- Dave Navarro
- Mike Oldfield
- Michael Padget (Bullet for my Valentine)
- Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds)
- Les Paul
- Carl Perkins
- Joe Perry
- Nils Poschke (Not The Same)
- Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash), (Blue Law)
- Nigel Pulsford (ex-Bush)
- Chris Rea
- Rio Reiser (Ton Steine Scherben)
- Keith Richards (Rolling Stones)
- Omar Alfredo Rodriguez-Lopez (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
- Michael Roe
- Gavin Rossdale (Bush, Institute)
- Mick Ronson
- Mike Rutherford (Genesis)
- Christian "Chrissy" Schneider (Emil Bulls)
- Richie Sambora
- Carlos Santana
- Joe Satriani
- Vincent Schmidt (NieWoLos)
- James Honeyman Scott
- Brian Setzer
- Tony Sheridan
- Mike Smith (Limp Bizkit, Snot)
- Bruce Springsteen
- Steve Stevens
- Ronnie Le Tekrø
- Pete Townshend (The Who)
- Türk Travolta (The Wohlstandskinder)
- Mark Tremonti (Creed, Alter Bridge)
- Matthew Tuck (Bullet for my Valentine)
- Ted Turner (Wishbone Ash)
- Farin Urlaub/Jan Vetter (Die Ärzte)
- Marius Windt (NieWoLos)
- Kevin „Noodles“ Wassermann (The Offspring)
- Jack White (The White Stripes)
- Laurie Wisefield (Wishbone Ash)
- Angus Young (AC/DC)
- Malcom Young (AC/DC)
- Neil Young
- Frank Zappa
- Thomas Stolle (Silbermond)
- Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance)
- Pauli Rantasalmi (The Rasmus)
- John5 (Loser),( Ex-Marilyn Manson), (David Lee Roth), (Live für Rob Zombie)
- Buckethead (Buckethead(solo), ex-Guns´n´Roses, Praxis, Deli Creeps etc.)
- Ron Jarzombek (Spastic Ink, Watchtower)
- „Dimebag“ Darrell Lance Abbott (Pantera, Damageplan)
- Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme, Mourning Widows)
- Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Nailbomb, Soulfly)
- Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory,Brujeria)
- Eddie Fast Clarke (Motörhead)
- Dale Crover (Altamont)
- Maximilian Deffke (Vicious Circle)
- K.K. Downing (Judas Priest)
- Thomas Gören (Forgotten Heroes)
- Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
- Jeff Hanneman (Slayer)
- Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray, Ex-Helloween)
- James Hetfield (Metallica)
- Jules Hodgson (KMFDM)
- Scott Ian (Anthrax)
- Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
- Adam Jones (Tool)
- Kerry King (Slayer)
- Andreas Kisser (Sepultura)
- Jake E. Lee (Ozzy Osbourne)
- Herman Li (Dragonforce)
- Daron Malakian (System Of A Down)
- Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe)
- Jim Martin (Faith No More)
- Tom Morello (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine)
- Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
- Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
- Buzz „King Buzzo“ Osborne (The Melvins, Fantômas, Venomous Concept)
- John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
- Tim Piotraschke (Blackened White)
- Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)
- Matthias Röhr (Böhse Onkelz)
- James Root (Slipknot)
- James „Munky“ Shaffer (Korn)
- Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
- Victor Smolski (Rage)
- Vinnie Stigma (Agnostic Front)
- Dennis Stratton (Iron Maiden)
- Joe Stump ([4])
- Mick Thompson (Slipknot)
- Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest)
- Sam Totman (Dragonforce)
- Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake)
- Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
- Steve White (KMFDM)
- Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne)
- Craig Goldy (Dio, Giuffra)
- Matthew Tuck (Bullet for my Valentine)
- Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)