Leo Fender

Leo Fender

male, deceased (1991)
Clarence Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 - March 21, 1991), also known as Leo Fender, was an American luthier who founded Fender Electric...
Roy Buchanan

Roy Buchanan

male, deceased (1988)
Roy Buchanan (September 23, 1939 - August 14, 1988) was an American guitar and blues musician. He is noted for his use of note bending, staccato...
Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell

male, deceased (1951) (Hoboken, New Jersey, United States)
The defining characteristic of any given jazz musician is frequently his sound. The more control a player has over the nature of that sound, the...
Jimmy Bryant

Jimmy Bryant

male, deceased (1980)
Jimmy Bryant (March 5, 1925-September 22, 1980) was a prominent American session guitarist. He was billed as "The Fastest Guitar in the Country"....
Jim Campilongo

Jim Campilongo

male
Jim Campilongo is a U.S. country/jazz guitarist from San Francisco, currently residing in New York City. Most of his original music is...
Luther Perkins

Luther Perkins

male, deceased (1968)
Luther Monroe Perkins was an American country music guitarist renowned for his work with Johnny Cash and their "boom-chicka" rhythmic style.
Paul Bigsby

Paul Bigsby

male, deceased (1968)
Paul Adelburt Bigsby (1899-1968) was the designer of the Bigsby vibrato arm (also known as a tremolo arm) and proprietor of Bigsby Guitars. He...
Russell Lissack

Russell Lissack

male, 28 years old
Russell Lissack (born March 11, 1981) is the lead guitarist of London-based indie rock band Bloc Party. Lissack grew up in Chingford, London, and...
Vlatko Stefanovski

Vlatko Stefanovski

male, 52 years old
Vlatko Stefanovski is a virtuoso ethno-rock jazz fusion guitar player from the Republic of Macedonia. Born in Prilep in 1957, he started playing...
Tommy Hays

Tommy Hays

male
Tommy Hays (born Thomas Avery Hays in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, in 1929) is a guitarist, band leader and vocalist. He started playing the guitar in...