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List of guitarists

This list of guitarists includes notable musicians, known principally for their guitar playing, for whom there is an article in Wikipedia. Those who are known mainly as bass guitarists are listed separately at List of bass guitarists.

A

 * Johnny A.
 * Tora Dahle Aagård
 * Tosin Abasi (Animals as Leaders)
 * Abbath Doom Occulta (ex-Immortal, ex-I, Abbath)
 * "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (Pantera)
 * Drew Abbott
 * John Abercrombie
 * Aaron "El Hefe" Abeyta (NOFX)
 * Mick Abrahams (Jethro Tull)
 * William Ackerman
 * Bryan Adams
 * Stuart Adamson (The Skids, Big Country, The Raphaels)
 * Marcus Adoro (Eraserheads)
 * Dionisio Aguado
 * Salman Ahmad
 * Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth, Storm Corrosion)
 * Fredrik Åkesson (Opeth)
 * Jan Akkerman (Focus)
 * Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz)
 * Nate Albert (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Kickovers)
 * Steve Albini (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac)
 * Art Alexakis (Everclear)
 * Michael Algar (Toy Dolls)
 * Carson Allen
 * Kris Allen
 * Paul Allender (Cradle of Filth)
 * Keith Allison (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
 * Duane Allman (The Allman Brothers Band)
 * Laurindo Almeida
 * Carlos Alomar (David Bowie)
 * Vicente Amigo
 * Michael Amott (Arch Enemy)
 * Christopher Amott (ex-Arch Enemy, Armageddon)
 * Trey Anastasio (Phish)
 * Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
 * Muriel Anderson
 * Magnus Andersson
 * Nicke Andersson (Hellacopters, Supershit 666)
 * André 3000 (Outkast)
 * Jake Andrews
 * Celeina Ann (Carole & Tuesday)
 * Faraz Anwar (Mizraab)
 * Gem Archer (Heavy Stereo, Oasis)
 * Jamie Arentzen (American Hi-Fi)
 * Joan Armatrading
 * Armik
 * Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder, Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network)
 * Tim Armstrong (Operation Ivy, Rancid, Transplants)
 * Joseph Arthur
 * Paul Arthurs (Oasis)
 * Jeff Arwadi (Altera Enigma, Kekal)
 * Carl Asercion
 * Daniel Ash (Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets)
 * DJ Ashba (BulletBoys, Beautiful Creatures, Sixx:A.M.)
 * Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon)
 * Ron Asheton (The Stooges)
 * Gwyn Ashton
 * John Ashton (The Psychedelic Furs)
 * Sérgio Assad
 * Gustavo Assis-Brasil
 * Chet Atkins
 * Paul Atkinson (The Zombies)
 * Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys)
 * Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake)

B

 * Jim Babjak (The Smithereens)
 * Ayub Bachchu (Love Runs Blind)
 * Matt Bachand (Shadows Fall)
 * Randy Bachman (Bachman–Turner Overdrive, The Guess Who)
 * Derek Bailey
 * Dave Bainbridge (Iona)
 * Ian Bairnson (Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, Kate Bush)
 * Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion)
 * Mickey Baker
 * Dave Baksh (Sum 41, Brown Brigade)
 * David Ball (Soft Cell)
 * Mike Derks (GWAR)
 * Bruce Bouillet (Racer X)
 * Terry Balsamo (Evanescence)
 * Perry Bamonte (The Cure)
 * Devendra Banhart
 * Benji Madden (Good Charlotte)
 * Paul Banks (Interpol)
 * Peter Banks (Yes)
 * Carl Barât (The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things)
 * Barbecue Bob
 * Warren Barfield
 * Don Barnes (38 Special)
 * Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
 * Paul Barrere (Little Feat)
 * Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)
 * Agustín Barrios
 * Nicholas Barron
 * Steve Bartek (Oingo Boingo)
 * Desireé Bassett
 * Joshua Bassett
 * Michael Angelo Batio (Nitro)
 * Jennifer Batten
 * Roland Bautista (Earth, Wind & Fire)
 * Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers)
 * Brendan Bayliss (Umphrey's McGee)
 * Eric Bazilian (The Hooters)
 * Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake)
 * Michael Bearpark (Darkroom, No-Man)
 * Corey Beaulieu (Trivium)
 * Beck
 * Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice)
 * Joe Beck
 * Justin Beck (Glassjaw)
 * Joe Becker
 * Jason Becker (Cacophony, David Lee Roth)
 * Walter Becker (Steely Dan)
 * Peter Beckett (Player)
 * Johanna Beisteiner
 * Adrian Belew (King Crimson, The Bears; Talking Heads, David Bowie, Frank Zappa)
 * Drake Bell
 * Brian Bell (Weezer, Space Twins, The Relationship)
 * Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy)
 * J.J. Belle
 * Matt Bellamy (Muse)
 * Dustin Belt (Heffron Drive)
 * Roni Benise
 * Bob Bennett
 * Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)
 * Brendan Benson (The Raconteurs)
 * George Benson
 * Miki Berenyi (Lush)
 * Peter Bernstein
 * Chuck Berry
 * Guy Berryman (Coldplay)
 * Gene Bertoncini
 * Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
 * Dickey Betts (The Allman Brothers Band)
 * Randall Bewley (Pylon)
 * Bo Bice
 * Big Tom
 * Kat Bjelland (Babes in Toyland)
 * Anders Björler (At the Gates, The Haunted)
 * Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved)
 * Clint Black
 * Jack Black (Tenacious D)
 * Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night)
 * Tony Blair
 * Zach Blair (Hagfish, GWAR, Only Crime, Rise Against)
 * Blind Blake
 * Norman Blake
 * Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub)
 * Ron Block (Alison Krauss)
 * Conny Bloom (Hanoi Rocks)
 * Mike Bloomfield
 * Bob Bogle (The Ventures)
 * John Bohlinger (musician)
 * Marc Bolan (T.Rex)
 * Tommy Bolin (Deep Purple)
 * Joe Bonamassa
 * Bono (U2)
 * Nicke Borg (Backyard Babies)
 * Adrian Borland (The Sound)
 * Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit)
 * Mark Boston (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band)
 * Jean-Paul Bourelly
 * James Bourne (Son of Dork)
 * Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan)
 * Robert Bowlin
 * James Bowman (Against Me!)
 * Mick Box (Uriah Heep)
 * James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers)
 * Michelle Branch (The Wreckers)
 * Srđan Branković (Alogia)
 * Vito Bratta (White Lion)
 * Creed Bratton (The Grass Roots)
 * Jacques Brautbar (Phantom Planet)
 * Julian Bream
 * Lenny Breau
 * Thomas Bredahl (Volbeat)
 * Thom Bresh
 * Paul Brett
 * Mike Brewer
 * John Brewster (The Angels)'s
 * Lincoln Brewster
 * Vic Briggs (Eric Burdon & The Animals)
 * Terry Britten
 * Chris Broderick (Megadeth)
 * Dave Brock (Hawkwind)
 * Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse, Ugly Casanova)
 * David Bromberg
 * Devin Bronson (Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson)
 * Michael Brook
 * Garth Brooks
 * Kix Brooks (Brooks & Dunn)
 * Meredith Brooks
 * Big Bill Broonzy
 * Bobby Broom
 * Ethan Brosh
 * Eric Brosius (Tribe)
 * Drew Brown (OneRepublic)
 * Mike Brown
 * Jackson Browne (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
 * Bob Brozman
 * Norman Brown
 * Oli Brown (RavenEye)
 * Michael Bruce (Alice Cooper)
 * Jimmy Bruno
 * Mark Bryan (Hootie & the Blowfish)
 * Amalie Bruun (Myrkur)
 * Wally Bryson (Raspberries)
 * Roy Buchanan
 * Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
 * Buckethead (Guns N' Roses, Praxis, Deli Creeps, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains)
 * Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
 * Jonny Buckland (Coldplay)
 * Jeff Buckley
 * Ely Buendia (Eraserheads, Pupil)
 * Jimmy Buffett
 * Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds)
 * Ben Burnley (Breaking Benjamin)
 * Christian Burns (BBMak)
 * Jake Burns (Stiff Little Fingers)
 * Vinny Burns (Ten)
 * R. L. Burnside
 * Kenny Burrell
 * James Burton (Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley, John Denver)
 * Kristian Bush (Sugarland)
 * Bernard Butler (Suede, The Tears)
 * John Butler (John Butler Trio)
 * Jonathan Butler
 * Damon Buxton
 * Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper)
 * Roddy "Radiation" Byers (The Specials)
 * Charlie Byrd
 * David Byrne (Talking Heads)

 * Rico Blanco (Rivermaya)

C

 * Fito Cabrales (Platero y Tú, Fito & Fitipaldis)
 * Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind)
 * Chris Caffery (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
 * Charlotte Caffey (The Go-Go's)
 * Paul Caiafa (The Misfits, Kryst the Conqueror, Gorgeous Frankenstein)
 * Colbie Caillat
 * Al Caiola
 * J. J. Cale
 * Randy California (Spirit)
 * Jo Callis (The Rezillos, The Human League)
 * Greg Camp (Smash Mouth)
 * Jeremy Camp
 * Glen Campbell
 * Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
 * Phil Campbell (Motörhead)
 * Royce Campbell
 * Vivian Campbell (Dio, Whitesnake, Def Leppard)
 * Mike Campese
 * Jim Campilongo
 * Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
 * Joey Cape (Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Bad Astronaut)
 * Captain Sensible (The Damned)
 * Matteo Carcassi
 * Larry Carlton
 * Jesse Carmichael (Kara's Flowers)
 * Sabrina Carpenter
 * Stephen Carpenter (Deftones)
 * Pete Carr
 * Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional, Further Seems Forever)
 * Kim Carroll
 * John Valentine Carruthers (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
 * Maybelle Carter (Carter Family)
 * Ferdinando Carulli
 * Neko Case (The New Pornographers)
 * Al Casey (jazz guitarist)
 * Al Casey (rock guitarist)
 * Johnny Cash
 * Nick Catanese (Black Label Society)
 * Philip Catherine
 * Stephen Caudel
 * Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Nailbomb)
 * Dino Cazares (Fear Factory, Divine Heresy)
 * Danny Cedrone (Bill Haley & His Comets)
 * Gustavo Cerati (Soda Stereo)
 * Franco Cerri
 * Nic Cester (Jet)
 * Yavuz Çetin
 * Eugene Chadbourne
 * António Chainho
 * Bill Champlin (Sons of Champlin)
 * Eason Chan
 * Jaycee Chan
 * Jerry Chang
 * Gary Chapman
 * Manny Charlton (Nazareth)
 * Charo
 * David Chastain (Chastain)
 * Rhys Chatham
 * Chris Cheney (The Living End)
 * Andrew Cheshire
 * Phil Chevron (The Pogues)
 * Moraito Chico
 * Michael Guy Chislett (The Academy Is..., Hillsong United)
 * Jay Chou
 * John Christ (Danzig)
 * Charlie Christian (Benny Goodman)
 * Stephen Christian (Anberlin)
 * Popa Chubby
 * Don Ciccone (Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Critters)
 * Martin Cilia (The Atlantics)
 * Jake Cinninger (Umphrey's McGee)
 * John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
 * Liam Clancy (The Clancy Brothers, Makem and Clancy)
 * Eric Clapton (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos)
 * Angus Clark (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
 * Gary Clark Jr.
 * Mike Clark (Suicidal Tendencies)
 * Roy Clark
 * Steve Clark (Def Leppard)
 * "Fast" Eddie Clarke (Motörhead)
 * Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses, Rock Star Supernova)
 * Frank Claussen (Theatre of Tragedy)
 * Zal Cleminson (Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
 * Henry Cluney (Stiff Little Fingers)
 * Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
 * Eddie Cochran
 * Stephen Cochran
 * Bruce Cockburn
 * Leonard Cohen
 * Sam Cohen
 * Jesse Colburn (Avril Lavigne)
 * Deborah Coleman
 * Johnny Colla (Huey Lewis and the News)
 * Phil Collen (Def Leppard)
 * Ned Collette
 * Chris Collingwood (Fountains of Wayne)
 * Albert Collins
 * Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
 * Paul Collins (The Beat)
 * Paul Colman (Newsboys, Paul Colman Trio)
 * Gary Lee Conner (Screaming Trees)
 * John Connolly (Sevendust)
 * Bill Connors
 * Nico Constantine (Madfly, Comes with the Fall)
 * Steve Conte (New York Dolls), (Eric Burdon)
 * Ry Cooder (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, The Seeds)
 * Jamie Cook (Arctic Monkeys)
 * Jesse Cook
 * Kyle Cook (Matchbox Twenty, The New Left)
 * Mike Cooley (musician) (Drive-by Truckers)
 * Rusty Cooley (Dominion, Outworld)
 * Gaz Coombes (Supergrass)
 * John Corabi (Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe, Union)
 * Francesco Corbetta
 * Easton Corbin
 * Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)
 * Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
 * Gene Cornish (The Rascals, Fotomaker)
 * Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers)
 * Jim Corr (The Corrs)
 * Larry Coryell
 * Miranda Cosgrove
 * Yamandu Costa
 * Napoléon Coste
 * Sean Costello
 * Elizabeth Cotten
 * Jeff Cotton (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band)
 * Andy Cox (The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals)
 * Laura Cox
 * Graham Coxon (Blur)
 * Jonathan Coulton
 * Steve Cradock
 * Andrew Craighan (My Dying Bride)
 * Philo Cramer (Fear)
 * Dan Crary
 * Robert Cray
 * Marshall Crenshaw
 * Jim Croce
 * Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon)
 * Jason Cropper (Weezer)
 * Steve "The Colonel" Cropper (The Mar-Keys, Booker T. & the M.G.'s)
 * David Crosby (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Byrds)
 * Robbin Crosby (Ratt)
 * Sheryl Crow
 * Allison Crowe
 * András Csáki
 * Josh Cunningham (The Waifs)
 * Rivers Cuomo (Weezer, Avant Garde, Homie)
 * Shannon Curfman
 * John Curulewski (Styx)
 * Billy Ray Cyrus
 * Miley Cyrus
 * Trace Cyrus

D

 * Britt Daniel (Spoon, Divine Fits)
 * Dante DeCaro (Hot Hot Heat, Johnny and the Moon)
 * Denis D'Amour (Voivod)
 * Donnie Dacus
 * Marcel Dadi
 * Dick Dale
 * Brody Dalle (The Distillers)
 * Sean Danielsen (Smile Empty Soul, World Fire Brigade)
 * Jol Dantzig (Wilson Pickett, Shaw Blades, Jim Carroll)
 * Glenn Danzig (Danzig)
 * Dave Davies (The Kinks)
 * Ray Davies (The Kinks)
 * Brad Davis (musician)
 * Reverend Gary Davis
 * Rod Davis (The Quarrymen)
 * Jesse Ed Davis
 * Keeley Davis (Denali, Engine Down)
 * Maura Davis (Denali)
 * Mike Dawes
 * Christopher Dean
 * Mahyar Dean (Angband)
 * Nicolas de Angelis
 * Chris de Burgh
 * Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti
 * Chris DeGarmo (Queensrÿche)
 * Vance DeGeneres (Cowboy Mouth)
 * Reina del Cid
 * Dean DeLeo (Talk Show, Stone Temple Pilots)
 * Tom DeLonge (Blink-182, Box Car Racer, Angels & Airwaves)
 * Warren DeMartini (Ratt)
 * Brad Delp (Boston)
 * Brad Delson (Linkin Park)
 * Paul Dempsey (Something for Kate)
 * Tommy Denander (Michael Jackson, Paul Stanley, Alice Cooper, Ricky Martin, Toto)
 * Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard, Tomahawk, Firewater)
 * Tom Denney (A Day To Remember)
 * John Denver
 * Johnny Depp
 * Amir Derakh (Orgy, Julien-K, Rough Cutt)
 * Rick Derringer (The McCoys, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter)
 * Jason De Ron (Altera Enigma, Paramaecium)
 * C.C. DeVille (Poison)
 * Mat Devine (Kill Hannah)
 * Tommy DeVito (The Four Seasons)
 * Roberto Diana
 * Dennis "Denny" Dias, Steely Dan
 * Alirio Díaz
 * Diblo Dibala
 * Bo Diddley
 * Dido
 * Ani DiFranco
 * Steve Diggle (Buzzcocks)
 * Al Di Meola (Return to Forever, Go)
 * Pete Doherty (The Libertines, Babyshambles)
 * Peter Dolving (Mary Beats Jane, The Haunted)
 * Dan Donegan (Disturbed)
 * Donovan
 * Edsel Dope (Dope)
 * Paul Dorrington
 * Paul Doucette (Matchbox Twenty)
 * Captain Kirk Douglas (The Roots)
 * Jerry Douglas
 * K. K. Downing (Judas Priest)
 * Dr. Know (Bad Brains)
 * Nick Drake
 * Pete Drake
 * Dregen (Backyard Babies, The Hellacopters)
 * Bruce Driscoll (Blondfire, Brookville)
 * Glen Drover (Megadeth, King Diamond, Eidolon)
 * Steven Drozd (The Flaming Lips)
 * Ian D'Sa (Billy Talent)
 * Chris Duarte
 * Les Dudek
 * Billy Duffy (The Cult)
 * Jan Dumée (Focus, On the Rocks)
 * Tom Dumont (No Doubt, Invincible Overlord)
 * Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
 * Andy Dunlop (Travis)
 * Ronnie Dunn (Brooks & Dunn)
 * Kyle Bobby Dunn
 * Francis Dunnery (It Bites)
 * Jesse James Dupree (Jackyl)
 * Sherri DuPree (Eisley)
 * William DuVall (Neon Christ, Madfly, Comes with the Fall, Alice in Chains)
 * Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage)
 * Roland Dyens
 * Doyle Dykes
 * Bob Dylan
 * Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers)
 * Jerry Donahue
 * Fletcher Dragge (Pennywise)

E

 * Ronnie Earl
 * Steve Earle
 * Elliot Easton (The Cars, The New Cars)
 * Duane Eddy
 * The Edge (U2)
 * Dave Edmunds
 * Kathleen Edwards
 * Nokie Edwards (The Ventures)
 * Richey Edwards (Manic Street Preachers)
 * Kian Egan (Westlife)
 * Stephen Egerton (Descendents)
 * Eduardo Egüez
 * Hucky Eichelmann
 * Mike Einziger (Incubus)
 * Tripp Eisen (Static-X, Dope, Murderdolls)
 * Mattias Eklundh (Freak Kitchen)
 * Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo)
 * Lindsay Ell
 * Dolan Ellis
 * Herb Ellis
 * John Ellis (The Stranglers)
 * Tommy Emmanuel
 * Rik Emmett (Triumph), (Solo)
 * John Engelbert (Johnossi)
 * Eric Erlandson (Hole)
 * Sully Erna (Godsmack)
 * Omar Espinosa (Escape the Fate, LoveHateHero)
 * Esteban
 * Kevin Eubanks
 * Ben Eunson
 * Euronymous (Mayhem)
 * Dennis Eveland
 * Jason Everman (Nirvana, Soundgarden)
 * George Ezra

F

 * John Fahey
 * Bruce Fairweather (Mother Love Bone, Green River)
 * Nick Falcon (The Young Werewolves)
 * Todd Fancey (The New Pornographers)
 * Bernard Fanning (Powderfinger)
 * Tal Farlow
 * Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad)
 * John Farrar (The Shadows)
 * Andrew Farriss (INXS)
 * Tim Farriss (INXS)
 * Josh Farro (Paramore)
 * Eric Faulkner (Bay City Rollers)
 * Newton Faulkner
 * Don Felder (Eagles)
 * José Feliciano
 * Jay Ferguson (Sloan)
 * Jeremy "Jinxx" Ferguson (Black Veil Brides)
 * Jim Ferguson
 * Dean Fertita Queens of the Stone Age, The Waxwings The Dead Weather
 * Roger C. Field
 * Scott Fields
 * Zach Filkins (OneRepublic)
 * Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails, Guns N' Roses)
 * Jon Finn (Jon Finn Group)
 * Michael Lee Firkins
 * Jörg Fischer (Accept)
 * Bradley Fish
 * Samantha Fish
 * Roger Fisher (Heart)
 * Eliot Fisk
 * Warren Fitzgerald (Oingo Boingo, The Vandals)
 * John Flansburgh (They Might Be Giants)
 * Lester Flatt (Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys, Foggy Mountain Boys, Nashville Grass)
 * Flattus Maximus (GWAR)
 * Tom Fletcher (McFly)
 * Brandon Flowers (The Killers)
 * Robb Flynn (Machine Head)
 * William Foden
 * John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
 * Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
 * Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five)
 * Sue Foley
 * Jerome Fontamillas (Switchfoot)
 * Lita Ford (The Runaways)
 * Marc Ford (The Black Crowes)
 * Robben Ford
 * Chris Foreman (Madness)
 * Jon Foreman (Switchfoot)
 * Richard Fortus (The Psychedelic Furs, Love Spit Love, Guns N' Roses)
 * François de Fossa
 * Rick Foster
 * Alex Fox
 * Oz Fox (Stryper, SinDizzy)
 * Les Fradkin (Beatlemania (musical))
 * Peter Frampton (Humble Pie, The Herd)
 * Black Francis (Pixies)
 * Lars Frederiksen (Rancid, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards)
 * Ace Frehley (KISS)
 * Jay Jay French (Twisted Sister)
 * Glenn Frey (Eagles)
 * Matthew Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces)
 * Marty Friedman (Megadeth, Cacophony)
 * Bill Frisell
 * Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
 * Fred Frith (Henry Cow, Art Bears)
 * Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream)
 * Uri Frost (Katamine)
 * John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 * Koichi Fukuda (Static-X)
 * Bobby Fuller (The Bobby Fuller Four)
 * Jim Fuller (The Surfaris)
 * Justin Furstenfeld (Blue October, The Last Wish)
 * Nelly Furtado
 * Magne Furuholmen (a-ha)

G

 * Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
 * Declan Galbraith
 * Eric Gale
 * Eric Gales
 * Noel Gallagher (Oasis)
 * Rory Gallagher
 * Shane Gallagher (+44)
 * Cliff Gallup
 * Frank Gambale
 * Tim Gane (Stereolab)
 * Sunil Ganguly
 * Charly García (Sui Generis, Porsuigieco, La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros, Serú Girán)
 * Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)
 * Ricardo Garcia
 * Roopam Garg
 * Len Garry (The Quarrymen)
 * Chuck Garvey (moe.)
 * Kyle Gass (Tenacious D)
 * Diego del Gastor
 * Synyster Gates (Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth)
 * Danny Gatton
 * Dick Gaughan
 * Eelco Gelling (Cuby + Blizzards, Golden Earring)
 * Björn Gelotte (In Flames)
 * Joseph Genaro (The Dead Milkmen)
 * Vicki Genfan
 * Antony Genn (The Mescaleros, The Hours)
 * Dave Genn (Matthew Good Band)
 * Lowell George (The Mothers of Invention, Little Feat)
 * Rocky George (Suicidal Tendencies)
 * Janick Gers (Iron Maiden)
 * Per Gessle (Gyllene Tider, Roxette)
 * Andy Gibb
 * Barry Gibb (Bee Gees)
 * Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees)
 * Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, ¡All-Time Quarterback!)
 * Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
 * Gilberto Gil
 * Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X)
 * João Gilberto
 * Nick Gilder (Sweeney Todd)
 * Brad Gillis (Night Ranger)
 * David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
 * Vince Gill (Pure Prairie League)
 * Gordon Giltrap
 * Greg Ginn (Black Flag)
 * Chad I Ginsburg (CKY)
 * Mauro Giuliani
 * George Gobel
 * Nicolas Godin (Air)
 * Mircea Gogoncea
 * Lynval Golding (The Specials)
 * Sander Gommans (After Forever)
 * Pier Gonella (Mastercastle–Necrodeath)
 * Adam Gontier (Three Days Grace)
 * Dave Gonzalez (The Paladins, Hacienda Brothers)
 * José González
 * Pedro Javier González
 * Myles Goodwyn (April Wine)
 * Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt)
 * Martin Gore (Depeche Mode)
 * Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy)
 * Grisha Goryachev
 * Chris Goss (Masters of Reality)
 * Stone Gossard (Green River, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Pearl Jam)
 * Manuel Göttsching (Ash Ra Tempel)
 * Johnny Goudie (Goudie)
 * Ellie Goulding
 * Barry Goudreau (Boston)
 * Guthrie Govan
 * Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!)
 * Gerhard Graf-Martinez
 * Davey Graham
 * Amy Grant
 * James Grant (Love and Money)
 * Rocky Gray (Soul Embraced)
 * Jay Graydon
 * Doug Grean
 * Boris Grebenshchikov (Aquarium)
 * Dallas Green (Alexisonfire, City and Colour)
 * Freddie Green (Count Basie)
 * Gary Green (Gentle Giant)
 * Grant Green
 * Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac)
 * Ted Greene
 * Norman Greenbaum
 * Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet)
 * Brian Greenway (April Wine, Mashmakhan)
 * Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
 * Dave Gregory (XTC)
 * David Grier
 * Eric Griffin (Murderdolls, Genitorturers, Faster Pussycat, Wednesday 13)
 * Ryan Griffiths (The Vines)
 * Carl Johan Grimmark (Narnia, Rob Rock, Saviour Machine, Beautiful Sin)
 * Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana)
 * Stefan Grossman
 * Luther Grosvenor (Spooky Tooth)
 * Todd Grubbs
 * Lalo Guerrero
 * Guinga
 * Michael Gulezian
 * Trey Gunn (King Crimson), (David Sylvian)
 * Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns, Guns N' Roses, Brides of Destruction)
 * Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion, Error)
 * James Gurley (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
 * Michael Gurley (Dada)
 * Gus G (Firewind)
 * Buddy Guy

H

 * Steve Hackett (Genesis, GTR, Squackett)
 * Amir John Haddad
 * Sammy Hagar (Van Halen, Chickenfoot, The Circle)
 * Ivar Haglund
 * Bill Haley (Bill Haley and His Comets)
 * GP Hall
 * Jim Hall
 * Kristen Hall (Sugarland)
 * Mary Halvorson
 * Mike Hamilton (Kenny Loggins, Peter Kater, Jay Ferguson)
 * Page Hamilton (Helmet)
 * Shannon Hamm (Death, Control Denied)
 * Chuck Hammer (Lou Reed, David Bowie, Guitarchitecture)
 * Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
 * Peter Hammill (Van der Graaf Generator)
 * Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes)
 * Michael Hampton (Funkadelic)
 * Jeff Hanneman (Slayer)
 * Brian Haner Sr.
 * Andrew Hansen
 * Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray)
 * Fareed Haque (Garaj Mahal)
 * Bob Hardy (Franz Ferdinand)
 * Bill Harkleroad (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band)
 * Jessica Harp (The Wreckers)
 * Ben Harper
 * Nick Harper
 * Roy Harper
 * Dhani Harrison (thenewno2)
 * George Harrison (The Beatles)
 * Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)
 * Mark Hart (Supertramp, Crowded House)
 * Bob Hartman (Petra)
 * Les Harvey (Stone the Crows)
 * PJ Harvey
 * Pye Hastings (Caravan)
 * Charlotte Hatherley (Ash)
 * Ian Haug (Powderfinger)
 * Dan Hawkins (The Darkness)
 * Justin Hawkins (The Darkness)
 * Nick Hawkins (Big Audio Dynamite II)
 * Colin Hay (Men at Work)
 * Hiroyuki Hayashi (Polysics)
 * Peter Hayes (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
 * Warren Haynes (The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule)
 * Dave Haywood (Lady Antebellum)
 * Eddie Hazel (Funkadelic)
 * Pete Haycock (Climax Blues Band)
 * Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues)
 * Matt Heafy (Trivium)
 * Jeff Healey
 * Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies, Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle)
 * Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath
 * Charles Hedger (Cradle of Filth)
 * Michael Hedges
 * Christian Hejnal (Scarling.)
 * Scott Henderson (Tribal Tech, Vital Tech Tones)
 * Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Gypsys, Gypsy Sun and Rainbows)
 * Masato Hayakawa (Coldrain)
 * Don Henley (Eagles)
 * Ken Hensley
 * Richard Henshall (Haken)
 * James Hetfield (Metallica)
 * Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks, Bad Religion)
 * Nick Hexum (311)
 * MJ Hibbett
 * Tony Hicks
 * hide (X Japan)
 * Johnny Hiland
 * Steve Hillage
 * Tyler Hilton
 * Brent Hinds (Mastodon)
 * Robert "Bucket" Hingley (The Toasters)
 * Tom Hingley (Too Much Texas, Inspiral Carpets)
 * Paul Hinojos (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
 * Taka Hirose (Feeder)
 * Joel Hoekstra (Night Ranger, Whitesnake, Rock of Ages (musical))
 * Roger Hodgson (Supertramp)
 * Gary Hoey
 * Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles)
 * Wolf Hoffmann (Accept)
 * Noel Hogan (The Cranberries)
 * Randy Holden
 * Allan Holdsworth (U.K.)
 * Dexter Holland (The Offspring)
 * Justin Holland
 * Buddy Holly
 * Joshua Homme (Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age)
 * James Honeyman-Scott (The Pretenders)
 * Matt Hoopes (Relient K)
 * Mary Hopkin
 * Doug Hopkins (Gin Blossoms)
 * Lightnin' Hopkins
 * Mark Hoppus (Blink-182, +44)
 * Keith Hopwood (Herman's Hermits)
 * Rita Hosking
 * Tomoyasu Hotei (Boøwy)
 * Jimmy Hotz
 * Son House
 * Michael Houser (Widespread Panic)
 * Greg Howe
 * Steve Howe (Tomorrow, Yes, GTR, Asia)
 * Billy Howerdel (A Perfect Circle)
 * Keith Howland (Chicago)
 * Dann Huff
 * Jesse Hughes (Eagles of Death Metal)
 * Steve Hunter (Alice Cooper, Peter Gabriel)
 * Mississippi John Hurt
 * Wayne Hussey (The Mission, The Sisters of Mercy)
 * Eric Hutchinson
 * Mick Hucknall (Simply Red)
 * Eugene Hütz (Gogol Bordello)
 * Hyde (L'Arc-en-Ciel, VAMPS)
 * Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)

I

 * Scott Ian (Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death)
 * Billy Idol
 * Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance)
 * James Iha (The Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle)
 * Ihsahn (Emperor, Thou Shalt Suffer, Peccatum, Hardingrock)
 * Chris Impellitteri (Impellitteri)
 * Frank Infante (Blondie)
 * Elliot Ingber (The Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band)
 * Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
 * Roberto Iniesta (Extremoduro)
 * Inoran (Luna Sea, Fake?, Tourbillon)
 * Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell)
 * Donnie Iris
 * Chris Isaak
 * Sharon Isbin
 * Arve Isdal (Enslaved)
 * Ichiro Ito (Every Little Thing)
 * Maja Ivarsson (The Sounds)
 * Anders Iwers (Ceremonial Oath, In Flames, Cemetary, Lacuna Coil)

J

 * Matthias Jabs (Scorpions)
 * Ramon Jacinto
 * Alan Jackson
 * Paul Jackson Jr.
 * Stevie Jackson (Belle and Sebastian)
 * Tito Jackson (The Jackson 5)
 * Brian James (The Damned)
 * Elmore James
 * Skip James
 * Spencer James (The Searchers)
 * Tony James (Carbon/Silicon)
 * Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon)
 * James Williamson
 * Jandek
 * Bert Jansch
 * Al Jardine (The Beach Boys)
 * Ron Jarzombek
 * Wyclef Jean
 * Blind Lemon Jefferson
 * Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind)
 * JerryC
 * Joan Jett (The Runaways, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts)
 * Antônio Carlos Jobim
 * Heri Joensen (Týr)
 * Alain Johannes (Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age)
 * John 5 (Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie)
 * Daniel Johns (Silverchair)
 * Carlos Johnson
 * Eric Johnson
 * Jack Johnson
 * Jimmy Johnson (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section)
 * Kelly Johnson (Girlschool)
 * Mike Johnson (Thinking Plague)
 * Robert Johnson
 * Vic Johnson (The BusBoys, Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas, The Circle)
 * Wayne Johnson (The Manhattan Transfer)
 * Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood)
 * Blind Willie Johnson
 * Tom Johnston (The Doobie Brothers)
 * Davey Johnstone (Elton John)
 * Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation)
 * Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas (Jonas Brothers)
 * Adam Jones (Tool)
 * Buddy Jones
 * Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones)
 * Daniel Jones (Savage Garden)
 * Danny Jones (McFly)
 * Kelly Jones (Stereophonics)
 * Mick Jones (Foreigner)
 * Mick Jones (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, Carbon/Silicon)
 * Rod Jones (Idlewild)
 * Stacy Jones (American Hi-Fi)
 * Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)
 * Stanley Jordan
 * Joey Jordison (Murderdolls)
 * Ben Jorgensen (Armor for Sleep)
 * John Jorgenson
 * Juanes
 * Roman Jugg (The Damned)
 * Sungha Jung
 * Tyler Joseph (Twenty One Pilots)

K

 * Ledward Kaapana
 * Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand)
 * Andre "Virus" Karkos (Dope, Device)
 * Billy Karren (Bikini Kill)
 * Dr Nico Kasanda
 * Terry Kath (Chicago)
 * Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane)
 * Ryo Kawasaki
 * John Kay (Steppenwolf)
 * Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group)
 * Phil Keaggy
 * Toby Keith
 * Bill Kelliher (Mastodon)
 * Dave Kelly (musician)
 * Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
 * Ken Kitamura (L'Arc-en-Ciel)
 * Big Kenny (Big & Rich)
 * Mike Kennerty (The All American Rejects)
 * Barney Kessel
 * Daniel Kessler (Interpol)
 * Dave Keuning (The Killers)
 * Ryan Key (Yellowcard)
 * Herbert Khaury (Tiny Tim)
 * Jewel Kilcher
 * Cheyenne Kimball (Gloriana)
 * Albert King
 * B. B. King
 * Ben King (The Yardbirds)
 * Dave King (Flogging Molly)
 * Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
 * Freddie King
 * Justin King
 * Kaki King
 * Kerry King (Slayer)
 * Donald Kinsey (Bob Marley and the Wailers, Peter Tosh)
 * Bill Kirchen (Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen)
 * Pat Kirtley
 * Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend)
 * Kôji Kiriki (Malice Mizer, Eve of Destiny)
 * Jon Klein (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
 * Frank Klepacki (I AM, Home Cookin'
 * Forrest Kline (hellogoodbye)
 * Josh Klinghoffer (The Bicycle Thief, John Frusciante, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 * Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish, The Littlest Man Band)
 * Earl Klugh
 * Larry Knechtel
 * David Knopfler
 * Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
 * Jeff Kollman (Bombastic Meatbats)
 * George Kooymans (Golden Earring)
 * Peter Koppes (The Church)
 * Alexis Korner
 * Pasi Koskinen (St. Mucus, Ajattara, To Separate the Flesh from the Bones)
 * Paul Kostabi (White Zombie)
 * Leo Kottke
 * Richie Kotzen
 * Rocky Kramer
 * Wayne Kramer (MC5)
 * Norbert Krief (Trust)
 * Robby Krieger (The Doors)
 * Chad Kroeger (Nickelback)
 * Richard Kruspe (Rammstein)
 * Andrei Krylov
 * Jan Kuehnemund (Vixen)
 * Damian Kulash (OK Go)
 * Bruce Kulick (Kiss)
 * Irina Kulikova
 * Dave Kushner (Wasted Youth, Infectious Grooves, Zilch, Velvet Revolver)
 * Paul Kossoff (Free)

L

 * Jesse Lacey (Brand New)
 * Patrick Lachman (Halford, Damageplan)
 * Julian Lage
 * Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)
 * Denny Laine (Paul McCartney, Wings, The Moody Blues, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Colin Blunstone)
 * Greg Lake (King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
 * Ler LaLonde (Primus)
 * Shawn Lane, (Black Oak Arkansas)
 * Miranda Lambert
 * Paul Landers (Rammstein)
 * Yuri Landman
 * Michael Landau
 * Jonny Lang
 * Tito Larriva (The Plugz, Cruzados, Tito & Tarantula)
 * Marit Larsen
 * Andrew Latimer (Camel)
 * Roope Latvala (Children of Bodom)
 * Hugh Laurie (Fry and Laurie)
 * Antonio Lauro
 * Adam Lazzara (Taking Back Sunday)
 * Bernie Leadon (Eagles)
 * Fin Leavell (The Summer Obsession, Nightswim, Against All Authority)
 * John LeCompt (Evanescence)
 * Albert Lee
 * Alex Lee (Placebo)
 * Alvin Lee (Ten Years After)
 * Jake E. Lee
 * Shane Lee (Six & Out)
 * Thomas Leeb
 * Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age, A Perfect Circle)
 * Sébastien Lefebvre (Simple Plan)
 * Adrian Legg
 * John Lennon (The Beatles)
 * Julian Lennon
 * Sean Lennon
 * Stefano Lentini
 * Deke Leonard (Man (band))
 * Lettie
 * Jared Leto (Thirty Seconds to Mars)
 * Adam Levine (Maroon 5, Kara's Flowers)
 * Vaden Todd Lewis (Toadies)
 * Aaron Lewis (Staind)
 * Bob Lewis (Devo)
 * Herman Li (DragonForce)
 * Ottmar Liebert
 * Alex Lifeson (Rush)
 * Jani Liimatainen (Cain's Offering, Sonata Arctica)
 * John Lilley (The Hooters)
 * Charley Lincoln
 * Hal Lindes (Dire Straits)
 * David Lindley
 * Peter Lindgren (Opeth)
 * Linde Lindström (HIM)
 * Buzzy Linhart
 * Jeff Linsky
 * Sead Lipovača (Divlje jagode)
 * Kerry Livgren (Kansas)
 * Duncan Lloyd (Maxïmo Park)
 * Lazer Lloyd
 * Richard Lloyd (Television)
 * Sophie Lloyd (Machine Gun Kelly)
 * Robert Lockwood Jr.
 * Chuck Loeb
 * Lisa Loeb
 * Pete Loeffler (Chevelle)
 * Nils Lofgren (E Street Band)
 * Karl Logan (Manowar)
 * Kenny Loggins
 * John Lombardo (10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary)
 * Jeff Loomis (Nevermore, Sanctuary)
 * Dang Ngoc Long
 * Joe Long (The Four Seasons)
 * Sami Lopakka (Sentenced)
 * Courtney Love (Hole)
 * Demi Lovato
 * Clint Lowery (Sevendust, Dark New Day)
 * Scott Lucas (Local H)
 * Paco de Lucía
 * Steve Lukather (Toto)
 * Jean-Baptiste Lully
 * George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob (band))
 * Jeff Lynne (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys)
 * Jimmy Lyon (Eddie Money, The Greg Kihn Band)
 * Bob Log III

M

 * Tony MacAlpine
 * Alick Macheso
 * Lonnie Mack
 * Brian "Too Loud" MacLeod (Chilliwack, Headpins)
 * Doug Macleod
 * Wade MacNeil (Alexisonfire)
 * Benji Madden (Good Charlotte)
 * Madonna
 * Jari Mäenpää (Wintersun, Ensiferum)
 * Taj Mahal (musician)
 * Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace)
 * Wolf Mail
 * Daron Malakian (System of a Down, Scars on Broadway)
 * Stephen Malkmus (Pavement)
 * Gui Mallon
 * Yngwie Malmsteen
 * Russell Malone
 * Mana Mana (Moi dix Mois, Malice Mizer)
 * Matteo Mancuso
 * Harvey Mandel (Canned Heat)
 * James Mankey (Concrete Blonde)
 * Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music)
 * Kee Marcello (Easy Action, Europe, Kee Marcello's K2)
 * Carlo Marchione
 * Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush)
 * Steve Marker (Garbage)
 * Bob Marley (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
 * Del Marquis (Scissor Sisters)
 * Johnny Marr (The Smiths, Modest Mouse)
 * Steve Marriott (Small Faces, Humble Pie)
 * Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe)
 * Bernie Marsden (UFO (band), Whitesnake)
 * Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
 * James Marsters
 * Billy Martin (Good Charlotte)
 * Chris Martin (Coldplay)
 * Jeff Martin (The Tea Party)
 * Jim Martin (Faith No More)
 * Pat Martino
 * Dave Martone
 * John Martyn
 * Hank Marvin (The Shadows)
 * J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.)
 * James Maslow
 * Brent Mason
 * Dave Mason
 * Lucio Matarazzo
 * Tak Matsumoto (B'z)
 * Dave Matthews (Dave Matthews Band)
 * Lee Mavers (The La's)
 * Brian May (Queen)
 * John Mayer
 * Sonny Mayo (Snot, Hed PE, Amen, Sevendust)
 * Steve Mazur (Our Lady Peace)
 * Nick McCabe (The Verve)
 * Ian McCallum (Stiff Little Fingers)
 * John McCarthy
 * Nick McCarthy (Franz Ferdinand)
 * Paul McCartney (The Beatles), (Wings)
 * Chris McCaughan (The Lawrence Arms)
 * George McConnell (Beanland, Kudzu Kings, Widespread Panic)
 * Andy McCoy (Hanoi Rocks)
 * Hugh McCracken
 * Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
 * Danny McCulloch (The Animals)
 * Jimmy McCulloch (Wings, Thunderclap Newman, Stone the Crows, Small Faces, The Dukes)
 * Henry McCullough (Éire Apparent, the Grease Band, Spooky Tooth, Wings)
 * Jennette McCurdy
 * Richie McDonald
 * Mississippi Fred McDowell
 * Eric McFadden (Eric Burdon)
 * John McFee (The Doobie Brothers, Southern Pacific)
 * John McGeoch (Magazine, Visage, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, The Armoury Show)
 * Tim McGraw
 * Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)
 * Tim McIlrath (Rise Against)
 * James McIlroy (Cradle of Filth)
 * Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver, Neurotic Outsiders)
 * Al McKay (Earth, Wind & Fire)
 * John McKay (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
 * Andy McKee
 * Sarah McLachlan
 * John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
 * Troy McLawhorn (Dark New Day, Evanescence)
 * Tony McManus
 * El McMeen
 * John McNally (The Searchers)
 * Tony McPhee (The Groundhogs)
 * Michelle Meldrum (Phantom Blue, Meldrum)
 * Colin Meloy (The Decemberists)
 * Katie Melua
 * Eric Melvin (NOFX)
 * Wendy Melvoin
 * Shawn Mendes
 * Johann Kaspar Mertz
 * Italo Meschi
 * Memphis Minnie
 * Eddie Mesa
 * Naser Mestarihi
 * Pat Metheny (Pat Metheny Group)
 * Jesse Michaels (Operation Ivy, Common Rider)
 * Alyson Michalka (78violet)
 * Amanda Michalka (78violet)
 * Darren Middleton (Powderfinger)
 * Qaasim Middleton (Nat & Alex Wolff)
 * Radomir Mihailović (Smak)
 * Tomo Miličević (Thirty Seconds to Mars)
 * Amy Millan (Stars)
 * Deron Miller (CKY)
 * Dominic Miller (Phil Collins)
 * Jerry Miller (Moby Grape)
 * Marcus Miller
 * Roger Miller (Mission of Burma)
 * Steve Miller (Steve Miller Band)
 * Nuno Mindelis
 * Ben Mink
 * Federico Miranda (Gandhi)
 * Roman Miroshnichenko
 * Tom Misch
 * Joni Mitchell
 * Kim Mitchell
 * Miyavi (Skin)
 * Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil)
 * Brian Molko (Placebo)
 * MonaLisa Twins
 * Michael Monarch (Steppenwolf)
 * Erik Mongrain
 * Wes Montgomery
 * Carlos Montoya
 * Ronnie Montrose (Montrose, Gamma)
 * Ben Moody (Evanescence)
 * Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy, Skid Row)
 * Nathan Moore (Surprise Me Mr. Davis, ThaMuseMeant)
 * Scotty Moore
 * Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
 * Vinnie Moore (UFO), (Vicious Rumors)
 * Craig Morgan
 * Shaun Morgan (Seether)
 * Rafael Moreira
 * Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, The Nightwatchman)
 * Marc Moreland (Wall of Voodoo, The Skulls)
 * Chino Moreno (Deftones)
 * Ruthie Morris (Magnapop)
 * Sterling Morrison (The Velvet Underground)
 * Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Kansas, Deep Purple)
 * Howard Moss
 * Jason Moss (Cherry Poppin' Daddies)
 * Bob Mothersbaugh (Devo)
 * Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü)
 * Xavier Moyano
 * Jason Mraz
 * Alonso Mudarra
 * Maury Muehleisen
 * Cameron Muncey (Jet)
 * Billy Mure
 * James Murphy (Death, Testament)
 * Matt "Guitar" Murphy
 * Dave Mustaine (Megadeth, Metallica)
 * Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
 * Brad Myers
 * Zach Myers (Shinedown)
 * Gary Myrick (Havana 3am)

N

 * Jimmy Nail
 * Miyu Nagase (Zone)
 * Randy Napoleon
 * Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
 * Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel, Camp Freddy)
 * Joe Negri
 * Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro, Marmaduke Duke)
 * Ricky Nelson
 * Willie Nelson
 * Michael Nesmith (The Monkees)
 * Mike Ness (Social Distortion)
 * Ira Newborn
 * Carl Newman (The New Pornographers)
 * Grant Nicholas (Feeder)
 * Craig Nicholls (The Vines)
 * Warren Nicholson
 * Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick)
 * Willie Nile
 * John Nolan (Straylight Run, Taking Back Sunday)
 * Noodle (Gorillaz)
 * Noodles (The Offspring)
 * Paul Noonan (Bell X1)
 * Aaron North (The Icarus Line, Nine Inch Nails)
 * John Norum (Europe, Dokken)
 * Bradley Nowell (Sublime)
 * Ted Nugent (The Amboy Dukes, Damn Yankees)

O

 * Ed O'Brien (Radiohead)
 * Mark O'Connor
 * Richard Oakes (Suede)
 * John Oates (Hall & Oates)
 * Ric Ocasek (The Cars)
 * Frank Ocean
 * Erkan Oğur
 * Eddie Ojeda (Twisted Sister)
 * Kele Okereke (Bloc Party)
 * André Olbrich (Blind Guardian)
 * Mike Oldfield
 * Criss Oliva (Savatage)
 * Stefan Olsdal (Placebo)
 * Ami Onuki (Puffy AmiYumi)
 * Jason Orange (Take That)
 * Roy Orbison
 * Orianthi
 * Marc Orrell (Dropkick Murphys)
 * Jim O'Rourke
 * Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears)
 * Buzz Osborne (Melvins, Venomous Concept)
 * Emily Osment
 * Steve Ouimette
 * Ryo Owatari (Do As Infinity, Missile Innovation)

P

 * Niccolò Paganini
 * Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm)
 * Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies, The Vanity Project)
 * Clive Painter (Broken Dog, The 99 Call, Tram (band), The Real Tuesday Weld)
 * Brad Paisley
 * Orianthi Panagaris
 * Jett Pangan (The Dawn)
 * Paulinho Nogueira
 * Richard Palmer (Supertramp)
 * Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
 * Jeff Parker (Tortoise)
 * Charlie Parra del Riego
 * Russ Parrish (Steel Panther)
 * Andy Partridge (XTC)
 * Joe Pass
 * Pata (X Japan)
 * Ralph Patt
 * Pappo
 * Les Paul
 * Tom Paxton
 * Ryan Peake (Nickelback)
 * Jeff Pearce (Hearts of Space, William Ackerman)
 * Paco Peña
 * Mike Pender (The Searchers)
 * Kirk Pengilly (INXS)
 * Patrick Pentland (Sloan)
 * Raymond "East Bay Ray" Pepperell (Dead Kennedys)
 * Heitor Teixeira Pereira (Simply Red)
 * Franky Perez (Scars on Broadway)
 * Andreas Paolo Perger
 * Carl Perkins
 * Luther Perkins (The Tennessee Three)
 * Christina Perri
 * Joe Perry (Aerosmith, The Joe Perry Project)
 * Katy Perry
 * Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes)
 * Eric Peterson (Testament)
 * Vicki Peterson (The Bangles)
 * Gregori Chad Petree (Shiny Toy Guns)
 * John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
 * Tom Petty (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys)
 * Dave Peverett (Foghat)
 * Liz Phair
 * River Phoenix (Aleka's Attic)
 * Jonny Phillips (musician) (Oriole)
 * Anthony Phillips (Genesis)
 * Yannis Philippakis (Foals)
 * Yosi Piamenta (Yosi Piamenta)
 * Frank Pilato
 * Dave Pino (Andrew W.K., Waltham (band), Damone (band), Powerman 5000)
 * Al Pitrelli (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Asia, Megadeth)
 * Jake Pitts (Black Veil Brides)
 * Bucky Pizzarelli
 * Serge Pizzorno (Kasabian)
 * Joel Plaskett (Thrush Hermit, Joel Plaskett Emergency)
 * Dean Pleasants (Suicidal Tendencies)
 * Morris Pleasure (Sideman)
 * Plini
 * Chris Poland (Megadeth)
 * Nick Pollock (Alice N' Chains, My Sister's Machine)
 * Alberto Ponce
 * Iggy Pop
 * Ana Popović
 * Jody Porter (Fountains of Wayne)
 * Michael Poulsen (Dominus, Volbeat)
 * Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash)
 * Baden Powell
 * Chet Powers (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
 * Kid Congo Powers (The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
 * Michael Powers
 * Dougie Poynter (McFly)
 * Sam Prekop (The Sea and Cake)
 * Elvis Presley
 * Igor Presnyakov (Iggypres)
 * Prince
 * Jade Puget (Redemption 87, AFI)
 * Martin Pugh (Steamhammer, Armageddon, 7th Order)
 * Gian Pyres (Cradle of Filth)

Q

 * Robert Quine (Lou Reed)

R

 * Raphael Rabello
 * Ronald Radford
 * Eddie Rabbitt
 * Trevor Rabin (Yes)
 * Gerry Rafferty
 * Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin
 * Bonnie Raitt
 * Mick Ralphs (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
 * Eros Ramazzotti
 * Johnny Ramone (Ramones)
 * Federico Ramos
 * Larry Ramos (The Association)
 * Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
 * Elliott Randall
 * Jimmy Raney
 * Søren Rasted (Aqua)
 * Marion Raven
 * Chris Rea
 * Ray Reach
 * Jaret Reddick (Bowling for Soup)
 * Dusty Redmon
 * Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground)
 * Preston Reed
 * Vernon Reid (Living Colour)
 * William Reid (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
 * Vini Reilly (The Durutti Column)
 * Django Reinhardt
 * Keith Relf (Renaissance)
 * Emily Remler
 * John Renbourn
 * Tim Renwick (Al Stewart)
 * Marco Restrepo
 * Paul Reynolds (A Flock of Seagulls)
 * Sheldon Reynolds (Commodores, Earth, Wind & Fire)
 * Tim Reynolds (TR3, Dave Matthews Band)
 * Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)
 * Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)
 * Red Rhodes
 * Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, The Lounge Lizards)
 * Damien Rice
 * Tony Rice
 * John Rich (Lonestar, Big & Rich)
 * Cliff Richard
 * Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
 * Max Richards (The Bonfire of the Vanities)
 * Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon)
 * Michael Ricketts
 * Mike Riggs (Rob Zombie, Scum of the Earth)
 * Marc Riley (The Fall)
 * Rafael Riqueni
 * Lee Ritenour
 * Jesse Rivest
 * Janet Robin
 * Jason Roberts (Norah Jones, Hymns (band), The Candles)
 * Allison Robertson (The Donnas)
 * Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy, Motörhead)
 * Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies)
 * Robbie Robertson (The Band)
 * Rowan Robertson (Dio, Bang Tango
 * Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes)
 * Andrea Rocca
 * Nile Rodgers
 * Olivia Rodrigo
 * Flavio Rodrigues
 * Silvio Rodríguez
 * Omar Rodríguez-López (At the Drive-In, De Facto, The Mars Volta)
 * Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (Blue Öyster Cult)
 * Roy Rogers (singing cowboy)
 * Roy Rogers (slide guitarist)
 * Lawson Rollins
 * Tony Rombola (Godsmack)
 * Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
 * Pepe Romero
 * Joe Romersa
 * Ludovico Roncalli
 * Patrick Rondat (Jean-Michel Jarre, Elegy)
 * Mick Ronson (David Bowie)
 * Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flatts)
 * Jim Root (Slipknot, Stone Sour)
 * Axl Rose
 * Kurt Rosenwinkel
 * Andy Ross (OK Go)
 * Don Ross
 * Ryan Ross (The Young Veins, Panic! at the Disco)
 * Gavin Rossdale (Bush, Institute)
 * Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
 * Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
 * Robert Roth (Truly)
 * Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions)
 * Steve Rothery (Marillion, The Wishing Tree)
 * Martin Rotsey (Midnight Oil)
 * Andy Rourke
 * Ellie Rowsell (Wolf Alice)
 * Spookey Ruben
 * Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfish)
 * Javier Ruibal
 * Todd Rundgren (Nazz, Utopia, The New Cars)
 * Otis Rush
 * David Russell
 * Kamil Rustam
 * Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal)
 * Mike Rutherford (Genesis, Mike + The Mechanics)
 * Paul Ryan (Origin)
 * Terje Rypdal
 * Johnny Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls)

S

 * St. Vincent (musician)
 * Sabicas
 * Greg Sage (Wipers)
 * Maggie Sajak
 * Flavio Sala
 * Stevie Salas (George Clinton)
 * Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
 * Samoth (Emperor, Thou Shalt Suffer, Arcturus, Satyricon, Zyklon-B, Zyklon, Scum)
 * Claudio Sanchez (Coheed and Cambria)
 * Justin Sandercoe
 * Justin Sane (Anti-Flag)
 * Manolo Sanlúcar
 * Carlos Santana (Santana)
 * Adam Sandler
 * Tommy Sands (American singer)
 * Tommy Sands (Irish singer)
 * Giuliano Sangiorgi (Negramaro)
 * Joey Santiago (Pixies, The Martinis)
 * Blues Saraceno
 * Yağmur Sarıgül (maNga)
 * Satchel (Steel Panther)
 * Manabu Satô (Malice Mizer, Moi dix Mois)
 * Joe Satriani (Chickenfoot)
 * Boz Scaggs (Steve Miller Band)
 * Matt Scannell (Vertical Horizon)
 * Craig Scanlon (The Fall)
 * Roger Scannura
 * Wes Scantlin (Puddle of Mudd)
 * Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth)
 * Kendall Schmidt
 * Marcus Siepen (Blind Guardian)
 * Michael Schenker
 * Rudolf Schenker (Scorpions)
 * Helge Schneider
 * Al Schnier (moe.)
 * Tom Scholz (Boston)
 * Neal Schon (Journey, Santana, Bad English)
 * Chuck Schuldiner (Death, Control Denied, Voodoocult)
 * Knut Schreiner (Euroboy)
 * Robert Schwartzman (Rooney)
 * Blake Schwarzenbach (Jawbreaker, Jets to Brazil)
 * John Scofield
 * Andy Scott (Sweet)
 * Dominic Scott (Keane)
 * Howard E. Scott (War)
 * Keith Scott (Bryan Adams)
 * Bob Seger
 * Andrés Segovia
 * John Sekula (Mushroomhead, State of Conviction)
 * Anna Sentina
 * Gabe Serbian (Cattle Decapitation, Holy Molar)
 * Wayne Sermon (Imagine Dragons)
 * Juan Serrano
 * Leo Setiawan (Kekal)
 * Brian Setzer (Stray Cats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra)
 * Charlie Sexton
 * James Shaffer (Korn)
 * Del Shannon
 * Tommy Shannon
 * Dave Sharp (The Alarm, Stiff Little Fingers)
 * Elliott Sharp
 * Todd Sharpville
 * Kim Shattuck (The Muffs, The Pandoras)
 * Tommy Shaw (Styx, Damn Yankees)
 * Ed Sheeran
 * Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks)
 * Blake Shelton
 * Louis Shelton
 * Kenny Wayne Shepherd
 * Nick Sheppard (The Cortinas, The Clash, Head)
 * Rodney Sheppard (Sugar Ray)
 * Rabbi Shergill
 * Jeff Sherman (Glass)
 * Billy Sherwood
 * Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine)
 * Scott Shields (The Mescaleros)
 * Chris Shiflett (No Use for a Name, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Foo Fighters)
 * Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park)
 * Jon Siebels (Eve 6)
 * Alejandro Silva
 * Patrick Simmons (The Doobie Brothers)
 * Charlie Simpson (Fightstar)
 * Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio)
 * Tim Sköld (Marilyn Manson)
 * Alex Skolnick (Testament, Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
 * Skwisgaar Skwigelf (Dethklok)
 * Acey Slade (Trashlight Vision, Dope, Murderdolls)
 * Mike Slamer (City Boy)
 * Slash (Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver, Slash's Blues Ball, Road Crew)
 * Martin Slattery (The Mescaleros)
 * Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chili Peppers, What Is This?)
 * Brendon Small
 * Pat Smear (Germs, Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
 * Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
 * Bennie Smith
 * Elliott Smith
 * Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5, Sonic's Rendezvous Band)
 * G. E. Smith (Hall & Oates)
 * Johnny Smith
 * Keith Smith
 * Kenn Smith
 * Mindy Smith
 * Patti Smith
 * Paul Smith (Maxïmo Park)
 * Robert Smith (The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees)
 * Tom Smothers
 * Toti Soler
 * Fernando Sor
 * Donita Sparks (L7)
 * Jordin Sparks
 * Larry Sparks (The Stanley Brothers, Clinch Mountain Boys)
 * Tim Sparks
 * Chris Spedding
 * Bob Spencer (Skyhooks), (The Angels)
 * Mary Spender
 * Spirit
 * Dan Spitz (Anthrax)
 * Bill Spooner (The Tubes)
 * Rick Springfield
 * Bruce Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band)
 * Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, Faith No More)
 * Lester Square (The Monochrome Set)
 * Billy Squier
 * John Squire (The Stone Roses)
 * Kapil Srivastava
 * David St. Hubbins (Spinal Tap)
 * Layne Staley (Alice in Chains)
 * Mark Stanley
 * Paul Stanley (KISS)
 * Mikael Stanne)
 * Jack Starr
 * Wayne Static (Static-X)
 * Tommy Steele
 * Vlatko Stefanovski (Leb i sol)
 * Chris Stein (Blondie)
 * Ken Steorts (Skillet)
 * Leigh Stephens (Blue Cheer, Foxtrot)
 * Edward Stephenson
 * Mike Stern (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
 * Travis Stever (Coheed and Cambria)
 * Cat Stevens
 * Rogers Stevens (Blind Melon)
 * Steve Stevens (Billy Idol)
 * James Stevenson
 * Al Stewart
 * Allan Stewart (Idlewild)
 * Eric Stewart (10cc, The Mindbenders, Hotlegs)
 * John Stewart (The Kingston Trio)
 * Rod Stewart (The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces)
 * Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
 * Bob Stinson (The Replacements)
 * Andrew Stockdale (Wolfmother)
 * Barry Stock (Three Days Grace)
 * Jason Stollsteimer (The Von Bondies)
 * Freddie Stone (Sly and the Family Stone)
 * Mike Stone (Queensrÿche)
 * Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses)
 * George Strait
 * Nita Strauss (As Blood Runs Black, Femme Fatale, The Iron Maidens, Demi Lovato, Alice Cooper)
 * Emily Strayer (The Chicks)
 * Joel Stroetzel (Killswitch Engage)
 * Jesper Strömblad (In Flames)
 * Joe Strummer (The Clash)
 * Daryl Stuermer (Genesis, Phil Collins)
 * Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy)
 * Ron Strykert (Men at Work)
 * Alex Suarez (Cobra Starship)
 * Sugizo (Luna Sea, S.K.I.N., X Japan)
 * Frankie Sullivan (Survivor)
 * Big Jim Sullivan
 * Hubert Sumlin (Howlin' Wolf)
 * Andy Summers (Eric Burdon & The Animals), (The Police)
 * Bernard Sumner (Joy Division, New Order)
 * Øystein Sunde
 * Niklas Sundin (Dark Tranquillity)
 * Bryan Sutton
 * Peter Svensson (The Cardigans)
 * Dan Swanö
 * Steve Swanson
 * Matthew Sweet
 * Michael Sweet (Stryper)
 * Taylor Swift
 * Rob Swire (Pendulum, Knife Party)
 * Jussi Sydänmaa (Lordi)
 * John Sykes (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake)
 * Ken Sykora
 * Red Symons (Skyhooks)
 * Gábor Szabó
 * Tony Sly (No Use For A Name)

T

 * Ty Tabor (King's X)
 * Toquinho
 * Fred Tackett (Little Feat)
 * Joey Tafolla (Jag Panzer)
 * Akira Takasaki (Loudness)
 * Serj Tankian
 * Marv Tarplin (The Supremes, The Miracles)
 * Francisco Tárrega
 * Evan Taubenfeld (Avril Lavigne)
 * Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
 * Corey Taylor (Stone Sour)
 * Courtney Taylor-Taylor (The Dandy Warhols)
 * Graeme Taylor (Gryphon)
 * Joanne Shaw Taylor
 * John Taylor (Duran Duran)
 * Martin Taylor
 * Melvin Taylor
 * Mick Taylor (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, The Rolling Stones)
 * Otis Taylor
 * Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic)
 * Susan Tedeschi
 * Bobby Tench (Hummingbird A&M)
 * Miika Tenkula (Sentenced)
 * Octave Octavian Teodorescu
 * Teye
 * Thomas Thacker (Gob, Sum 41)
 * Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (Guns N' Roses)
 * Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
 * Sister Rosetta Tharpe
 * Tommy Thayer (Kiss)
 * Toots Thielemans
 * Amy Thiessen
 * Matt Thiessen (Relient K, Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes)
 * Lynda Thomas
 * Randy Thomas (musician) (Sweet Comfort Band, Allies)
 * Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty)
 * Hughie Thomasson (Outlaws)
 * Porl Thompson (The Cure)
 * Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention)
 * Mick Thomson (Slipknot)
 * Ian Thornley (Thornley, Big Wreck)
 * Blair Thornton (Bachman–Turner Overdrive)
 * George Thorogood
 * Johnny Thunders (The Heartbreakers)
 * Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze)
 * Andy Timmons (Danger Danger)
 * Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest)
 * Paul Tobias (Guns N' Roses)
 * Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius)
 * Tomatito
 * Simon Tong (The Verve, The Good, the Bad & the Queen)
 * Peter Tork (The Monkees)
 * Ray Toro (My Chemical Romance)
 * Sam Totman (DragonForce)
 * Ralph Towner (Oregon)
 * Mark Lee Townsend (DC Talk)
 * Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad, The Devin Townsend Band)
 * Pete Townshend (The Who)
 * Simon Townshend (The Who, Casbah Club)
 * Pat Travers
 * Merle Travis
 * Randy Travis
 * Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge, Creed)
 * Joseph Trohman (Fall Out Boy)
 * John Tropea
 * Robin Trower (Procol Harum)
 * Derek Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band, The Derek Trucks Band)
 * Nicholas Tse
 * Corin Tucker (Heavens to Betsy, Sleater-Kinney)
 * Nigel Tufnel (Spinal Tap)
 * KT Tunstall
 * Luca Turilli (Rhapsody of Fire)
 * John Turnbull (The Blockheads)
 * Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
 * Ike Turner (Kings of Rhythm, Ike & Tina Turner Revue)
 * Mike Turner (Our Lady Peace, Fair Ground)
 * Josh Turner
 * Joshua Lee Turner
 * Steve Turner (Mudhoney, Green River)
 * Tweet (singer)
 * Dan Tyminski (Alison Krauss)

U

 * Keith Urban (The Ranch)
 * Brendon Urie (Panic! at the Disco)
 * Midge Ure (Slik, Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy, Ultravox, Visage)
 * Farin Urlaub (Die Ärzte, Soilent Grün, King Køng)
 * Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA)

V

 * Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, Whitesnake)
 * Adrian Vandenberg (Vandenberg, Whitesnake)
 * Pierre Van Dormael
 * George Van Eps
 * Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
 * Steve Van Zandt (E Street Band)
 * Donnie Van Zant (38 Special)
 * Ritchie Valens
 * Nick Valensi (The Strokes)
 * Hilton Valentine (The Animals)
 * James Valentine (Maroon 5)
 * Sergio Vallín (Maná)
 * Randy VanWarmer
 * Mike Varney (Outlaws)
 * Jimmie Vaughan
 * Stevie Ray Vaughan (Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble)
 * Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
 * Suzanne Vega
 * Virginia Vera
 * John Verity (Argent, Charlie)
 * Tom Verlaine (Television)
 * Henry Vestine (Canned Heat)
 * Ana Vidović
 * Viktor Vidović
 * Brian Viglione (The Dresden Dolls, The World/Inferno Friendship Society)
 * Frank Vignola
 * Elias Viljanen (Sonata Arctica)
 * Jacky Vincent (Falling In Reverse)
 * Vinnie Vincent (KISS)
 * Lee Ving (Fear)
 * Kate Voegele
 * Mark Volman
 * Cody Votolato (The Blood Brothers)
 * Rocky Votolato (Waxwing)
 * Emppu Vuorinen (Nightwish)

W

 * Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (a-ha)
 * Waddy Wachtel
 * Jason Wade (Lifehouse)
 * Paul Waggoner (Between the Buried and Me)
 * Rufus Wainwright
 * Dave Wakeling (The Beat, General Public)
 * Patrick Walden (Babyshambles)
 * Billy Walker
 * Butch Walker
 * David T. Walker
 * Geordie Walker (Killing Joke)
 * Jon Walker (The Young Veins, Panic! at the Disco)
 * T-Bone Walker
 * Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie)
 * John Bruce Wallace
 * Gordon Waller (Peter and Gordon)
 * Denny Walley (The Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Frank Zappa)
 * Joe Walsh (James Gang, Eagles)
 * Rich Ward (Fozzy)
 * Baz Warne (The Stranglers)
 * Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek)
 * Doc Watson
 * Jeff Watson (Night Ranger)
 * Stan Webb (Chicken Shack)
 * Michael Weber
 * Tim Weed
 * Dean Ween (Ween)
 * Gene Ween (Ween)
 * John Weider (Eric Burdon & The Animals)
 * Dave Weiner (Steve Vai)
 * Jona Weinhofen (I Killed The Prom Queen, Bring Me the Horizon, Bleeding Through)
 * Bob Weir (Grateful Dead)
 * Bob Welch (Fleetwood Mac)
 * Brian Welch (Korn)
 * Bruce Welch (The Shadows)
 * Paul Weller (The Jam, The Style Council)
 * John Wesley (Porcupine Tree)
 * Leslie West (Mountain)
 * Jim West ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
 * Robert Westerholt (Within Temptation)
 * Tim Wheeler (Ash)
 * Clarence White (The Kentucky Colonels, Nashville West, The Byrds, Muleskinner)
 * Deryck Whibley (Sum 41)
 * Andrew White (Kaiser Chiefs)
 * Bukka White
 * Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs)
 * Jason White (Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder)
 * Josh White
 * Peter White
 * Snowy White (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, David Gilmour)
 * Tony Joe White
 * Vince White (The Clash)
 * Brad Whitford (Aerosmith)
 * Slim Whitman
 * John "Charlie" Whitney (Family, Streetwalkers)
 * Buddy Whittington (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
 * Jonny Wickersham (Youth Brigade, U.S. Bombs, Social Distortion)
 * Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's)
 * Clarence Wijewardena
 * David Wilcox
 * Harlow Wilcox
 * Webb Wilder
 * Jack Wilkins
 * Brad Allen Williams
 * Bernie Williams
 * Hayley Williams (Paramore)
 * Jody Williams
 * John Williams
 * Mason Williams
 * Rich Williams (Kansas)
 * Pete Willis (Def Leppard)
 * Marty Willson-Piper (The Church)
 * Alan Wilson (Canned Heat)
 * Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys)
 * Charles White (The Gentle Men)
 * Nancy Wilson (Heart)
 * Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, No-Man, Blackfield)
 * Michael Wilton (Queensrÿche, Soulbender)
 * Johnny Winter
 * Steve Winwood (The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith, Go)
 * Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory)
 * Howlin' Wolf
 * Bobby Womack
 * Cory Wong
 * Wong Ka Kui (Beyond)
 * Paul Wong (Beyond)
 * Sigurd Wongraven (Satyricon)
 * Ronnie Wood (Small Faces, The Jeff Beck Group, The Rolling Stones)
 * Bob Wootton (The Tennessee Three)
 * Link Wray
 * Owen Wright (Mistrust, My Sister's Machine)
 * Zakk Wylde (Pride & Glory, Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne)

X

 * Phil X (Bon Jovi)

Y

 * Kyoji Yamamoto (Bow Wow)
 * Kazuhito Yamashita
 * Narciso Yepes
 * Jim Yester (The Association)
 * Taylor York (Paramore)
 * Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
 * Pete Yorn
 * Yumi Yoshimura (Puffy AmiYumi)
 * Angus Young (AC/DC)
 * James "JY" Young (Styx)
 * Jeff Young (Megadeth)
 * Malcolm Young (AC/DC)
 * Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
 * Yvette Young (Covet)
 * YUI
 * Yael Yuzon (Sponge Cola)

Z

 * Roy Z (Rob Rock, Bruce Dickinson)
 * Buddy Zabala (Eraserheads, The Dawn)
 * Aamir Zaki
 * Robin Zander (Cheap Trick)
 * Dweezil Zappa
 * Frank Zappa (The Mothers of Invention)
 * Roy Zimmerman
 * Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
 * Billy Zoom (X)

authors: Марко Станојевић

title: List of guitarists


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Tha Dogg: Best of the Works

Death Row Records Presents... Tha Dogg: Best of the Works is the second greatest hits album by Snoop Doggy Dogg. It was released by Death Row Records on December 9, 2003. According to its import code of Brasil AA3000 it was pressed for one shipment of 3000 in Brazil. No other sales data are known.

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

title: Tha Dogg: Best of the Works


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MBTA nomenclature

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) maintains a large public transit system in the Boston, Massachusetts area, and uses various methods to name and number their services for the convenience of users.

Subway
The subway system consists of four trunk lines, all of which meet downtown. Each is assigned a color, as follows: The Red Line has two branches, in the south, called by their terminals – Ashmont and Braintree. Additionally, the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, a streetcar line to Mattapan, is also colored red. Some trains use the letters A, B, and C for Ashmont, Braintree and Alewife (the north terminal) respectively.
 * The Red Line, originally from Cambridge to Dorchester.
 * The Green Line runs to the western suburbs, notably Brookline and Newton.
 * The Orange Line's trains kept Boston Elevated Railway livery.
 * The Blue Line runs under Boston Harbor and to Revere Beach.

The Green Line is a streetcar/light rail system with four branches to the west, labeled "B" to "E" from north to south. The trains operate underground in the downtown area; outside of downtown, all but the "D" branch run along city streets, with frequent grade crossings at intersections. Rollsigns and newer electronic signs use the following labels:
 * B – Boston College via Commonwealth Avenue
 * C – Cleveland Circle via Beacon Street
 * D – Riverside via Highland branch
 * E – Heath Street via Huntington Avenue

Subway history
Until 1965, the lines were called by their names:
 * The Red Line was the Cambridge–Dorchester tunnel (the branch to Braintree did not yet exist; it follows an Old Colony Railroad right-of-way). The Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line was simply called that.
 * The Green Line was five streetcar lines feeding into the Tremont Street subway, named by their western terminals or the streets they ran along.
 * The Orange Line was the Main Line Elevated or Forest Hills–Everett Elevated.
 * The Blue Line was the East Boston Tunnel and Revere Extension.

They were also known by various numbers, used only on maps (see below for more details), as part of an integrated system of rapid transit, streetcars and buses:
 * 1 Harvard–Ashmont (Red Line)
 * 2 Everett–Forest Hills (Orange Line)
 * 3 Bowdoin–Wonderland (Blue Line)
 * 4 Riverside-Lechmere (Green Line D)
 * 28 Mattapan–Ashmont (Red Line)
 * 39 Arborway–Park Street (Green Line E)
 * 57 Heath Street–Government Center (Green Line "E" short turns)
 * 61 Cleveland Circle–North Station (Green Line C)
 * 62 Boston College–Park Street (Green Line B)
 * 69 Watertown–Park Street (Green Line A)

After taking over operations in August 1964, the MBTA began rebranding many elements of Boston's public transportation network. On August 26, 1965, the four rapid transit lines were assigned colored names related to their history and geography. The Red Line was named for Harvard University's crimson branding, the Blue Line for passing under Boston Harbor and along Revere Beach, the Green Line for running along the Emerald Necklace, and the Orange Line for running under a section of Washington Street originally known as Orange Street. When designing the rebranding, Cambridge Seven Associates originally planned for yellow instead of orange, but yellow was rejected after testing.

On August 26, 1965, the current colors were assigned. The Green Line branches were lettered A to E in 1967, ending the use of map numbers for the remaining rail routes. The A branch was discontinued in 1969, before lettered rollsigns were ever used on the line. As cars were interchangeable between the Green Line and Ashmont–Mattapan Line, rollsigns also included the letter F for Mattapan service, but this was later changed to M.

On some later rollsigns, short-turn trips were displayed with a slash through the letter. This use included: Many rollsigns only use the letters for outbound trips, with no letters next to downtown destinations. When the letters were first applied, the inbound destinations all used letters.
 * D Government Center
 * E Heath Street
 * E Brigham Circle

The Red Line branches were initially assigned letters in 1968 – A for Quincy/South Braintree and C for Ashmont. At the time, a branch to Brockton was being planned, which might have gotten the letter B. These letters were never used much, and never appeared on maps, and newer rollsigns omitted them. In 1994 the current letter coding was assigned with new cars.

Buses and streetcars
Bus routes are assigned numbers, which are displayed on maps and buses. Generally, the numbers increase from South Boston clockwise to East Boston. Numbers above 202 are used by outlying routes, assigned by region as follows:
 * 210–299 run in the Quincy area.
 * 300–399 run in the northwest suburbs.
 * 400–499 minus the 411 and 430 run in the Lynn area.
 * 500–599 run express via the Mass Pike to Newton.
 * Numbers from 600–699 and 700–799 are assigned to special MBTA services, but are not publicly used. Most temporary rail replacement buses are numbered in the 600 series (for example, the Green Line Bus Shuttle is 602.2), and supplemental services get 700-series numbers.

The Silver Line Phase I (Washington Street) service have SL4 & SL5. SL5 to Downtown Crossing is internally the 749, as it replaced the 49. The SL4 to South Station is internally 751. The branches of Phase II (South Boston Waterfront) are assigned labels SL1, SL2, and SL3. Shuttles running only to Silver Line Way are not labeled. Internally, the shuttle is 746, and the branches are SL1 as 746.1 or 741 to Logan Airport in East Boston, SL2 as 746.2, or 742 to Design Center in South Boston, and SL3 as 743 to Chelsea.

The two (formerly three) crosstown routes are publicly assigned CT1 to CT3. Internally, they too are given 700-series numbers, based on a parallel route. The former CT1 mostly ran the same route as the 1, so it was the 701. Part of the CT2 parallels the 47, so that part is the 747, and a more recent extension is the 748 (always through-routed). The CT3, paralleling the 8, is the 708, and the former extension was the 709.

Night Owl buses were assigned in the 700 series as well (with a suffix of N). Night Owl buses that replaced other buses were given the normal bus number with N.

Additionally, several private bus companies are subsidized by the MBTA. Some of those are assigned numbers from 710 to 716.

Buses and streetcars history
The first numbers used were implemented with Hunter sign boxes, approximately from 1910 to 1917. Numbers were three digits, with the first referring to the division. In 1918, the network was substantially reorganized, and numbers were no longer used. However, from then until 1967, a similar four-digit system was used internally.

Numbers resembling the current system were first assigned on the 1936 map. However, until the 1942 edition, the numbers changed with each new printing as routes were added and removed. In addition, these routes were only used on the map, not even on schedules. From 1942 on, the numbers generally remained the same, with a minor renumbering in 1967 prior to implementing the numbers on rollsigns and schedules.

As the MBTA began to take over suburban bus systems, it assigned them numbers in higher ranges.

The Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway's buses were taken over on March 30, 1968, and numbers were assigned as follows:
 * Lowell area routes were numbered from 201 to 216. 215 was truncated to lie within the Boston area and was renumbered 136 in March 1969. The rest were either discontinued or renumbered in the 700 series in March 1970, being operated under contract for Lowell. Several of these have since been truncated and renumbered in the 300 series in the 1980s.
 * Lawrence area routes were numbered from 301 to 318. 318 became 137 in March 1969, as it was transferred to the Boston division. All other routes were removed by late 1968.
 * Lynn area routes were numbered from 401 to 451. Some in the Melrose area were renumbered from 131 to 135 when they were moved to existing MBTA garages in March 1969. In early 1970 the rest were renumbered to different 400-series numbers.
 * Quincy area routes were assigned numbers from 501 to 524. In June 1970, they were renumbered from 210 to 279, with a completely changed order.
 * Brockton area routes were given numbers from 600 to 617. 616 became the, an extension of the , in December 1968, when it was shifted to the Arborway Garage. Several others became Quincy-area routes and were given 200-series numbers in June 1970. The rest were discontinued in 1968 and December 1969.

The Middlesex and Boston Street Railway buses were subsidized by the MBTA in September 1964, and they were assigned numbers from 20 to 36 (extended to 39 in November 1967, on the takeover of routes from Transit Bus Lines), duplicating existing MBTA numbers. The MBTA took over the M&B on June 30, 1972, and added a 5 in front. The routes were given unused numbers from 52 to 76 in September 1982, and in 1996 the ones operating express to downtown Boston via the Mass Pike were again assigned a 5 in front.

title: MBTA nomenclature


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Talk:Informant

Too broad definition
"An informant is a person who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency." "...Any citizen who aids an investigation by offering helpful information to the police is by definition an informant.[citation needed]"

I think the police distinguishes between regular sources (or tips), who can be any person reporting in some kind of information (including suspects 'snitching'), and informants, who are sources with an established relation over time with a police officer or organization (paid or unpaid)and who are pro-actively steered (by the police) in direction of specific information. There are of course overlaps, but at least the distinction should be mentioned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alenepaagata (talk • contribs) 08:46, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Citation needed for what?
Why is a citation needed to support the obvious fact that informants are ostrasized, beaten, and killed? It's happens as often and as obviously as when the wind changes direction and ought to be considered common knowledge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.240.5.10 (talk) 04:20, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree. No need for citation there. *removing it* --RubenSibon (talk) 23:23, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

famous informants
I removed a bunch of redlinks, which appeared to be teenagers and others playing jokes on their friends by listing their names here. Any unlikely redlinks found in this list should be removed. --Xyzzyplugh 14:34, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

John Kolevski is an famous informant. this is NOT a joke.

Jan Kvalen should be added to the famous informants section. He was revealed by Norwegian media to have been a police informant when he was a kingpin of the criminal underworld of Norway in the 1980's and 1990's. This is also stated on the Norwegian Wikipedia page about Jan Kvalen. It was first revealed by Norwegian Tv2 on a popular TV-show called "Rikets tilstand: Rettssikkerhet – politiets informanter", which was aired 30. September 1999. The story also made the front page of the biggest newspapers in Norway, and is arguably the biggest scandal for the Police Department of Oslo for the last decades. Links in Norwegian for verification: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kvalen http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikets_tilstand_-_episodeoversikt#Rettssikkerhet_.E2.80.93_politiets_informanter http://www.pfu.no/case.php?id=919 http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/munch/artikkel.php?artid=128672 http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=7844989 http://www.vg.no/nyheter/meninger/artikkel.php?artid=8695132 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tullerusk (talk • contribs) 10:33, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

False convictions due to informants
The article should discuss the continuing problem of informants facing jail time who intentionally provide false information in exchange for reduced sentences or even complete immunity. Their are many cases of people wrongfully convicted based on false info from informants. --Cab88 14:49, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Cab88 on this issue. Many people are being convicted or accused of crimes they normally would not have committed without the help of the informants contacting them and getting them involved to save their own butts. If they do the crime they should also do the time. It is unfair for others to go down for things that would not have happened without the help of the informants. Innocent familes are being ripped apart when they dont need to be. Informants should just do their time and leave people alone. pepsipepperPepsipepper 03:40, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Famous Informants
Are 50 Cent and Jackie Chan really informants? Their respective articles don't seem to mention that fact. Iain marcuson 01:51, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

50 cent is not an informant. The Game (rapper) accussed him of being an snitch, therfore the game fans wrote he is an informant.
 * Okay, I've removed him and a couple of other bogus names from the list. Wdfarmer 00:50, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Anthropological Research and Use of Informants
I could see the use in adding some content dealing with the social sciences (esp Anthropology) and their use of key and casual informants as a part of the reseach process. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.120.38.197 (talk) 01:38, 7 April 2007 (UTC).
 * I agree completely, although this remark seems to have gone unnoticed since 2007. Does anyone oppose to this change? It might mean that we would have to restructure the article, though, because criminal informant would be 'reduced' to a category of a more general term rather than the only thing it refers to... What do you say? --Jeroenm (talk) 15:27, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

 * From a related discipline I agree, but the changes called for seem to have been implemented in the past seven years. I have made some changes that I believe will be helpful, though; see my comment below, . --Thnidu (talk) 05:26, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Potential information
Defense lawyer rips mob trial witness as 'liar' - 2nd Witness dismissed as Wikipedia hopeful for 'most famous informant' might have relevance to this article. --  Jreferee  (Talk) 00:48, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Do you really need a citation for the statement that a criminal who was informed on will feel hostile towards the informant? That's ridiculous. This whole article just states common knowledge. It's like asking for a citation that people generally don't like pain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.216.114.180 (talk) 01:59, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Merge
Merge is great idea. As this article stands it fails WP:NOT and WP:V and WP:N it is a wonder it has not been deleted yet. Jeepday (talk) 21:51, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I also support the proposed merge.Jlittlet 18:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

I disagree with the merge as the other article is far too specific. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.105.22.250 (talk) 15:24, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Military intelligence informants?
There's rather little here - only the picture & caption, as far as I can tell - on military intelligence informants, despite the link to it from the spotter disambiguation page. Allens (talk) 12:47, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Historical Perspective and Paramilitary Organisations
Very little historical perspective. The informer is a recurrent figure in Irish nationalist/republican movements. See the case of Denis Donaldson to realise that they are still held in widespread contempt, as a kind of homo sacer today.

109.79.232.219 (talk) 06:59, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Stool Pigeon
Found in Dick Tracy cartoon, by Chester Gould, »Model«, 1/23/52 – 3/27/52. »Do you think my daughter’s a stool pigeon?« : Model’s father to Tracy Junior, as Model will not reveal her brother’s adress. (Junior loves Model, Model’s brother is a police murderer.) »The Dick Tracy Casebbok«, Selection by Penguin Books and St Martin’s Press, New York, 1990. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fritz Jörn (talk • contribs) 13:06, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Add Asset
Asset (intelligence). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.70.126.226 (talk) 02:32, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

for police to overlook their...
I would write: "for the police to overlook their..." 85.193.204.61 (talk) 22:28, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Death Informant
Death Informant: When a death certificate is issued by an agency, there is usually both a physician or coroner who informs of the facts of the death. However, the Informant on a death certificate is a likely a family member or close confidant who Informs of the privileged and private information regarding the Parents or next of kin of the deceased. At times, a funeral director will provide this information to the agency, based upon information previously gathered or by interview from family members.Robert I. Miskimen Jr aka Bobthefarmer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobthefarmer (talk • contribs) 12:46, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Good afternoon,to start I'm pretty sure that the information is viable,there was a murder of a young man few years ago. Well the info,is that he was killed over a drug deal gone bad.they chopped his body and placed in an industrial garbage bag/body bag and ankerd to the bottom of the lake?.I have more info on this but I don't want it leaked out to the wrong person. Mater2006 (talk) 17:43, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

Other meanings
For much of my career as a linguist I have been troubled by the co-optation of the word informant by government agencies because they felt that the older word "informer" was pejorative and off-putting, which has caused some linguists to refer to their informants as "consultants". Of course, this is merely another case of euphemism creep. So I've changed the hatnote from the vague Other uses, which doesn't specify what meaning the article is about, to About, which does.

And since the article also uses the word "informer", twice each in § Criminal informants and Politics, I've added a mention of that synonym in the lede.

Please me to discuss. --Thnidu (talk) 05:20, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

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Isn't this same as Big Bang nucleosynthesis? Sanxiyn 06:43, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Kretek

History
what about some more history? Kreteks only seem to be widely used in two countries, Indonesia and US.. How did they get to USA?

 * Good idea. Although I don't know the answer.  Perhaps I'll make up a to-do list relating to Kreteks so hopefully those that do know can fill in the information. -- Ari 20:25, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * They are also widely available in Canada at most upscale smoke shops. I wouldn't be surprised if they could be found all over the world. Soosed 05:35, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

 * They're also widely smoked in Brazil in (gosh I hate that word) hipster circles and nightclubs. Easily available in pretty much any newsstand. I actually thought they were really really light menthols because I only see girls smoking them, so when I decided to have a box around to smoke in (snip irrelevant existential rant where I have to take antipsychotics) I chose a Djarum Black Dnavarro (talk) 17:13, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

health effects
I should mention, I believe it's completely NPOV to say "Don't smoke cigarettes" in the Health Effects section. Imagine the following conversation:

 * "Doctor, doctor, every time I put this thing in my lungs, my lungs start bleeding. What should I do?"

 * "Don't put that thing in your lungs."

This is true whether the thing is a knife or cigarette smoke. The Dogandpony 12:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Possibly true, although the health effects are discussing dangers beyond normal cigarettes. "don't smoke cigarettes" would fit a bit better on the cigarettes page.  Similar to "don't drink and drive" isn't on every type of liquor article. -- Ari 14:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

That and considering that there are few legitimate, fully-fledged tests involving Kreteks, it is uncertain the extent of its health side effects. Taking this into consideration, smoking any kind of tabacco can have anything but positive effects on your lungs. "Don't smoke cigs" is a straight forward, irrational assumption. In my opinion, "Don't smoke" shouldn't be something found in an online dictionary, rather something found on an anti-tabacco propaganda.

 * "Don't Smoke" is not NPOV anyway, because "try to have good health" is not neutral inherently, so anything towards this goal is neither neutral. One can easily have the "quality over quantity" point of view, especially if one does not believe that any amount of health improvement will grant immortality. At that point, you're going to die anyway, and it would be far better to die at 40 thinking "Wow, that was fun!" than at 110 thinking "well, shit... that sucked. but I got a lot of it." Since whether or not one should embrace the philosophy that longevity is superior to enjoyment of vices is a biased point of view, no argument towards such an end can be NPOV, either. 96.225.201.101 (talk) 05:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

 * I love their flavour and smoke them all the time, but never inhale them. It is possible to enjoy them sensibly.

208.87.248.162 (talk) 01:56, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Our Old Friends the Citationistas.
If you demand a citation for the (clearly outrageous) claim that cloves burn more slowly than regular cigarettes, try fucking smoking one. You people have gone way too far. I doubt there are any studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals regarding the time required to smoke a clove; similarly, there are no such studies about the colour of the sky, the Pope's religion, or whether bears defecate in the woods. Wormwoodpoppies 22:01, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Wow didn't notice someone put {fact} all over the place. If no one else does I'll eventually go through and add citations or delete useless tags.  Interestingly there is a source that is already in the article"Average time to smoke the clove cigarette (549 s) and number of puffs (15.1) were significantly greater than own brand"  -- Ari 23:16, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

It IS true that clove cigarettes burn slower than ordinary cigarettes, especially Djarum Black. Some cloves burn faster than others, for example Djarum Menthol or Cherry burns somewhat faster than the black. Wormpoppies has apparently never smoked a Djarum Black.

 * Given the boldness and clarity with which he stated his claim, I'm sure he has; in fact, I think it likely that it might even be the only kretek he has smoked due to their relative unavailability in the North American smoking market. He was only comparing clove cigarettes to standard tobacco cigarettes and correctly identifying the whole matter as a moot point since everything from cigarette length, filter density, personal smoking habits and even the quality of the original roll, machine or no, will vary the results. --  Randall00  Talk 23:04, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

In-line citations are valuable and if reference reliable material can only help an article. Whether or or not the request for citations on the relative burning speed of cloves is reasonablee, it is but one request in the article. The others seem to be more than reasonable, and there is arguably scope for more. But one step at a time. Citation requests don't have to be answered immediately, they do NOT change the information, they hopefully trigger a reader to contribute if they know about the topic, they remind us that we cannot always believe everything we read and we must use our own discretion, and they are no reason to get upset over. What's the big deal??? See Citing_sources - read that and people are hopefully more comfortable with the whole idea of citing reliable references. --Merbabu 22:12, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Lots of "[citation needed]" clutters the article though. 213.65.178.113 16:34, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Find the citations then. Or the info can be removed.--Merbabu 16:48, 2 December

Clove Cigarettes in Popular Culture
It's stated that it's important in "goth, punk and indie subcultures", yet it shows no examples. I plan on adding some references, and contributions, espicially in way of citations or sources would be greatly appreaciated. FerventDove 18:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC) 2006 (UTC)

 * I've never known them to be a feature in any subculture, excepting perhaps the "kretek-smoking" subculture derived from the product itself. --  Randall00  Talk 02:30, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

 * It's been quite the opposite for me. I never saw anyone kreteks before my first show. Here, they talk about it's use in goth and punk subcultures, I can't seem to source anything for indie or emo. FerventDove 05:00, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Update: just so you know, the link FerventDove provided above ("Here,") is no longer a working link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.126.186.80 (talk) 19:59, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

 * There was a funny "How To Trap a Goth" guide I saw on the internet a few years ago that mentioned using them to keep your trapped goth healthy, and the only person I've met who actually smokes them is a fellow punk. Of course, that isn't a citation and not enough for the article, but the claim does seem to hold some merit.  Ungovernable Force  Poll: Which religious text should I read? 05:16, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

As an African American male I have noted that there are quite a few kretek smokers in our population. Especially in college environments for some reason. I don't recall ever being at a party (being a kretek smokoer myself) finding them in short supply. Now not being around that same group of smokers they are not as readily available but still accessable nonetheless. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.198.150.245 (talk) 04:58, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

 * The ubiquitous goth and clove cigarette stereotype? Citation? go to goth/industrial night at your local club (chances are, at least one person will light one up during the night)! Or merely google 'goth' and 'clove'. While not as essential as wearing black, cloves in the Gothic subculture are roughly analogous to menthol's use in the broader Hip-Hop culture (though I find the above comment intriguing). Whether or not per-capita studies, were they done, ever to prove a significantly higher usage in the dark subcultures (and I suspect usage has tapered significantly, alongside conventional tobacco, with the rise of the anti-smoking campaigns and smoke-free culture in the past decade or more) - the stereotype is perhaps worth noting nonetheless. The page seems woefully incomplete to me as is. Put a "citation needed" next to the info for now? I can't seem to come up with any quotable material flipping through a few books of mine on the subject. Then again, seeing as the absinthe page has no mention of the subculture, maybe it is in good form not to mention such ancillary things? At most, a passing mention is all I feel is warranted regardless... Khirad (talk) 16:04, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

 * I suppose not being a goth, I have a harder time seeing the connection and the only exposure that I and the people I know have to clove cigarettes doesn't seem to be tied to anything more significant than an appreciation for an interesting smoke. Maybe I speak naively, but I think that the association with goth culture is really just a by-product of the fact that they are the world's most prevalent black smokes, not because they are kreteks. --  Randall00  Talk 23:26, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Toxic emmissions are a bit incorrect...
Holding a package of Canadian Dunhill Special reserve, a smoke that is considered fairly strong here. Toxic emmissions are a fair bit lower, than a pack of Djarum blacks. Both packages are king size, the Dunhill smoke is about 4mm shorter than the kretek.

Emissions Dunhill\Kretek in mg per unit

Tar                 12-33 \ 42.2-76 Nicotine          1.2-3.0 \ 1.88-3.39 Carbon monoxide     12-32 \ 24.8-42.4 Formaldehyde   0.082-0.23 \ 0.09-0.2 Hydrogen cyanide 0.12-0.34 \ 0.323-0.618 Benzene       0.047-0.096 \ 0.110-0.195 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.6.93.239 (talk) 07:17, 15 December 2006 (UTC).

 * Interesting. Do you have a source? -- Ari 17:20, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Canadian tabacco laws require toxic emmissions to be printed on every package, all figures were taken from that info on the outside of the box. 207.6.93.239 02:16, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

lung bleeding concerns and slow burning quality
I have long been aware, long enough that the source has faded from memory, that the reason for the stories of clove cigs causing lungs to bleed is because it was true. Pesticides and herbicides which have been deemed unsafe in America are often still manufactured and sold overseas, particularly in third world countries where chemical companies often have unmitigated power. It is my recollection that in the mid to late 80's youth smoking cloves and coughing up blood were a common enough occurence in my sphere of friends....I began smoking them later. It was reported in less mainstream media that it was the application of one of these pesticides on the tobacco crops in Indonesia that was making its way into the lungs of American youth. Despite strongarming efforts by the chemical companies in Indonesia to resist the change of practice and hence loss of sales, the desire to mitigate dropping sales of the cig product in America won out and the chems no longer were used...though replaced by others which have yet to be demonstrated as having a bearing on human health by the FDA.

As to postings regarding cloves being slower burning, it is not only true but one of the intended traits of the product. Traditionally they are passed around a table and lightly puffed on by persons during a meal as a means to dampen the effects of one food from interfering with the ability to taste another...particularly when the foods have different hot spices from each other. Ever been the only clove smoker at a table of diners who fried their mouths on very spicy curry? You step outside, and get the only benefit of smoking cloves...a reprieve from the spice burn and the ability to not only continue painless eating but to still be able to distinguish the flavors of the food.24.21.184.130 03:23, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

 * It's a common belief but so far I have seen no evidence to support it. In the '80s there was an anti-clove campaign after a few isolated deaths but the evidence pointing to kreteks was small and I have yet to see a study showing them to cause bleeding anymore than other cigarettes (as coughing up blood is common with heavy standard cigarette smoking as well). -- Ari 03:47, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Tar Levels (Under Health effects topic)
As an ex-smoker and tobacco collector I have many packets of Kreteks. As the article states Djarum blacks for export have 10-12mg of Tar and 1mg of Nicotine.

Kreteks in indonesia have much higher tar / nicotine content to their exported versions, Djarum blacks are 25mg Tar / 1.6mg Nictotine. The indonesian Fastal-5's have 48mg of tar, 2.6mg of Nicotine.

I've added that the indonesian verions contain more tar than the exported versions but i'm not sure why, is it due to tax, country restrictions or something else? If somone fonud out they can take the addition and make a new section about differences between indonesian versions / us versions.

Neosophist 12:27, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

The amount of Tar and Nicotine being various like this is a consideration of much concern for smokers who love cloves. Have there been any samples taken on imports to prove the Tar/Nicotine content? Are the samples repeated over time? I use these cigs rarely because they invariably make my chest hurt if I try to smoke them regularly. Are we being told it's 10 mg when it's actually 25 or higher? Where's the consumer confidence? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.169.147.211 (talk) 19:37, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

The current article mentions two different amounts for tar and nicotine for Canada!! Someone please fix this! --70.138.88.209 (talk) 21:06, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

NPOV in the Legal Staus Section
The line

"The bill was motivated by concerns that flavored cigarettes, such as kreteks, were cutting into the market share of traditional cigarettes sold by large tobacco firms which had effective lobbyists"

Seems to take a very cynical view of lobbyists and should either be cited as a fact or changed to reflect a more neutral point of view

Standmatt 05:02, 2 August 2007 (UTC)standmatt

 * I agree. While it's pretty obvious based on stats the claims of "for the children" was bogus and it was based more around lobbying, that line is POV and needs to be changed. -- Ari 05:04, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The fact that it is also unreferenced made me remove it and the tag. Be Bold :-) --Merbabu 08:33, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I have heard that is some states kreteks are being sold as cigars, and therefore remain legal. Can anyone confirm this? --69.224.127.33 (talk) 06:21, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes. I just purchased a pack of Djarum Black "cigars" a few days ago. I live in Portland, OR. They don't taste anything like they used to though, so I just went ahead and imported a bunch from Indonesia.PiccoloNamek (talk) 00:20, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

History Source
I wonder if the paragraph on the invention of kretek/clove cigarettes is based on the background on p. 129 of "A Goth Bible" by Nancy Kilpatrick? The facts presented sound quite similar. At any rate, I think the Goth Bible entry on cloves could be used as a source on their role in the goth subculture (reliable sources on things like goth culture are hard to come by). Just a thought if someone wants to start fleshing out the role of kreteks outside Indonesia. 71.126.173.97 (talk) 08:30, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Fiberglass in Kreteks?
In my own personal research concerning Kreteks (Djarum Blacks in particular), I have come across many claims that Kreteks contain Fiberglass. A simple google search will prove this a viable issue. My own attempts at locating a verifiable answer have proven fruitless. I believe that this is an issue pertinent to Kretek, and deserves to be sought out and published. 147.253.166.19 (talk) 06:12, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Fiberglass is a common urban legend, in the past it has been claimed to be in Menthols, Lip balm, even tampons. You can read about it on snopes.  [Fiberglass in menthols].  This appears to be an extension of Fiberglass in menthols which is also baseless.  -- Ari (talk) 19:11, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Warning Labels in USA?
I know this isn't the place to ask questions, but since there are several smokers in here ... do keteks sold in the USA sport the standard warning labels which are required on regular cigarettes? If so, a picture of same would add visual interest to this article. (Regarding history/goths/etc, in 1984 I knew "nonconformist" college kids who smoked clove cigarettes, mistakenly believing they were "safe". Just for the record.) Tkech (talk) 08:12, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Neutrality
"Googling domestic cigarettes also suggests that 90% of all cigarette tobacco used by most cigarette companies use licorice to mellow the taste of the tobacco. This would count as both an additive and flavoring which would mean Big Tobacco is still getting away with breaking FDA law."

Damn hippies. Someone change this or the POV warning stays. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.103.240.119 (talk) 19:37, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

 * Hello there big tobacco internet PR man! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.117.122.119 (talk) 19:31, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

I erased that because it was talking about regular tobacco cigarettes, and not kreteks. the so-called "Big Tobacco" companies don't produce kreteks. I also deleted it because it has no source, and because of the words "googling" and "most". You can't cite a google search as a source. 209.56.116.146 (talk) 01:22, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

 * The passage in question seems to have been deleted. I'll remove the "neutrality disputed" tag. —Bkell (talk) 20:33, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

References.
I'm not understanding why the reflists were being removed and no controversial sourcing removal. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 04:22, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Separate Subject
Hello,

can "Measures Affecting the Production and Sale of Clove Cigarettes" make separately from "Kretek"? Measures Affecting the Production and Sale of Clove Cigarettes is an international economic case that I would like to write as a case, not a noun like kretek.

Many thanks

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Category talk:King, Ontario

Um, is this category really necessary? Bearcat 06:46, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps it was a little early to introduce it, but there are (or will be) plenty of articles that will be added to it. Unfortunately, so far I'm the only person working on articles for this township, so it's a slow process. Since I also contribute to other articles outside the scope of this township, the process is really slow. I guarantee this: it will grow. Mindmatrix 13:17, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * It just seems to me that a township (not even a town) of less than 20,000 total population doesn't merit its own category when most cities in Ontario don't have their own special categories, and when Category:York Regional Municipality, Ontario already serves the purpose adequately. YMMV, I suppose. Bearcat 08:59, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * A few points:
 * the fact that some cities in Ontario don't have categories devoted to them has little relevance to this discussion, in my opinion; I think it reflects the fact that nobody has gotten around to organizing articles related to such cities
 * related to the above, just because a township has a small population doesn't imply there isn't a sufficiently broad set of articles which can be written about it
 * Category:York Regional Municipality, Ontario captures York Region articles - this category is designed to allow someone to find articles specific to King; if someone reads the King Township article, and wants to find other related info, they're more likely to find it in this category, not the York Region cat.; I'll add regionally significant articles to both cats (there shouldn't be many, though)
 * I think there are plenty of useless categories in Wikipedia. I don't think this is one of them.
 * I've got a list of over 250 potential articles that I can think of adding to this category, most of which don't yet exist. I just don't want to add too many stub articles at once, since I may not be able to guarantee their growth at this point.
 * In my opinion, the third point is most relavent, but I think the others are valid too. (BTW: my apologies if this post sounds a tad snarky.) Mindmatrix 20:42, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Roy Edison Jordan II
Doesn't make a case for notability; delete. Emiao 06:46, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, NN = Mailer Diablo 06:50, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Not notable person (for WP atleast). Feydey 09:35, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. NN. Jayjg (talk) 14:48, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * D Born, went to school, worked, died. Seems pretty NN. Fawcett5 20:46, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unable to verify.  If he is verifiable as President of the "world's largest tile company", then I would reconsider.  -- Un  focused  04:27, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
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