Blind Willie McTell (May 5 1908-August 15 1959), born William Samuel McTell, was an influential American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a twelve-string finger picking guitarist, and recorded from 1927 to 1955. One of his most famous songs, "Statesboro Blues", has been covered by artists such as Taj Mahal and The Allman Brothers Band.

Samuel Robert ("Bob") Gibson was a folk singer who led a folk music revival in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was known for playing both the banjo and the 12-string guitar. He introduced Joan Baez at the Newport Folk Festival of 1959. He produced a number of LPs in the decade from 1956 to 1965. His best known album, "Gibson & Camp at the Gate of Horn", was released in 1961. His songs have been recorded by, among others, Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon & Garfunkel, …

Gordon Bok is a folklorist and singer/songwriter who was born on October 31, 1939 in Pennsylvania and grew up in Camden, Maine. His first album, self-titled, was produced by Noel Paul Stookey and released in 1965 on the Verve Records Folkways imprint (not to be confused with Moe Asch's Folkways Records). His second album, "A Tune for November", was released on Sandy Paton's Connecticut-based Folk-Legacy label in 1970.

Alfonzo "Lonnie" Johnson was a pioneering American blues and jazz singer/guitarist. There is some dispute over the year of his birth, but 1894 is what appears on his passport. He was a pioneer of jazz guitar as the first to play single-string guitar solos.

Barbecue Bob (September 11, 1902 - October 21, 1931), born Robert Hicks, was an early American blues musician. His nickname came from the fact that he was a cook in a barbecue restaurant. (One of the two extant photographs of Bob show him playing his guitar while wearing his full length white apron and cook's hat.) He was born in Walnut Grove, Georgia.

Charlie Parr is a country blues musician from Duluth, Minnesota. His influences include Charlie Patton, Bukka White, Reverend Gary Davis, and Dave Van Ronk. He plays a National resonator guitar and a 12-string guitar in the piedmont blues style.

Vincent Bell (b. 1935, New York City) is a leading American session guitarist and pioneer of electronic effects in pop music. He played in nightclubs in New York City in the late 1950s, and in 1959 recorded an instrumental, "The Clouds", which was credited to The Spacemen and released on the Alton label. The label was an independent owned by Julius Dixson, and the record reached # 41 on the pop charts but # 1 on the R&B charts, …

Nathaniel Street-West is an American singer-songwriter, poet and guitarist who was born (December 26, 1979) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Nevada City, California. His work is characterized by a highly imaginative and lyrical storytelling style, deeply creative guitar work, and a nearly instantly recognizable tenor singing voice, which spans five and a half octaves. He accompanies himself primarily on guitar, generally flanked on stage by several racks of guitars, …

Keller Williams (also known as K-Dub is a musician from Fredericksburg, Virginia who began performing in the early 1990’s. Keller (as he is referred to by his fans) is best known for his innovative live shows and unconventional playing style. A self taught musician, he usually performs with an acoustic guitar connected to Gibson Echoplex Delay system.

Ezra Crispin Idlet (born August 23, 1953) makes up one half of the musical duo Trout Fishing in America along with bass player Keith Grimwood. Born in San Antonio, Texas Ezra plays guitar and provides vocals for the band. Ezra uses a Rick Turner Renaissance electric acoustic guitar on stage as well as a Renaissance baritone 12 string guitar both with Elixir strings.

James Blackshaw is a London-based guitarist. Blackshaw primarily plays a 12 string guitar in a similar style to Jack Rose, Steffen Basho-Junghans, and Robbie Basho. He claims to be inspired by the artists of Takoma Records, free jazz, psychedelic music, and drone music. He has released material on labels such as Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, Static, Digitalis Industries, Important Records, and Tompkins Square.

James Michael Thompson is the co designer and sole player of the world first Ellis 8 string baritone tricone resonator guitar. The concept was first considered after Thompson had played the Ellis 7 String resonator at a guitar festival. This guitar is now currently in the hands of Jeff Martin from The Tea Party. The instrument is tuned in an extension of the 'Open A Tuning'. It is tuned low to high: A E A E A C# e/e.

Tomaz Pengov, is an acoustic guitar player and singer/songwriter from Ljubljana, Slovenia. He recorded his first album "Odpotovanja" in 1973, reissued in 1981 in stereo. The original mono edition is very rare now. Pengov sings and plays 12 string guitar and lute. His music is original, the closest comparison is perhaps early Leonard Cohen. He took eight years (from 1980 to 1988) to record his second album, "Pripovedi", recorded with guest musicians.