List of Rickenbacker players
This is a list of musicians who are known to be regular players of Rickenbacker guitars and basses.
Guitarists
- Viv Albertine of The Slits
 - Chad Allen of The Guess Who
 - Adam Anderson of Hurts
 - Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day
 - Jim Babjak of The Smithereens
 - Randy Bachman of The Guess Who
 - Richard Barone of The Bongos
 - Kurt Ballou of Converge
 - Peter Banks of Yes
 - Andy Bell of Ride, Oasis and Beady Eye
 - Kat Bjelland of Babes In Toyland and Katastrophy Wife
 - Mark Blackburn of Jacob's Trouble[1]
 - James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers
 - Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney
 - David Bryson of Counting Crows
 - Peter Buck of R.E.M.
 - Jeff Buckley
 - Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
 - Mary Chapin Carpenter
 - Mike Connell of The Connells
 - Mark Crozer of The Jesus and Mary Chain
 - Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo
 - Lenny Davidson of The Dave Clark Five
 - Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens
 - Pete Doherty of The Libertines
 - Sherri DuPree of Eisley
 - The Edge of U2
 - Thomas Erak of the Fall of Troy
 - Jay Ferguson of Sloan
 - John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
 - Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens
 - Les Fradkin of Beatlemania
 - Glenn Frey of The Eagles
 - Noel Gallagher of Oasis
 - Craig Gannon of The Smiths
 - Mark Gardener of Ride
 - Per Gessle of Roxette
 - Maurice Gibb of Bee Gees (1988–1994)
 - Eric Goulden (Wreckless Eric)[2]
 - Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!
 - Dave Gregory of XTC
 - Sid Griffin of the Long Ryders and the Coal Porters
 - Neil Halstead of Slowdive
 - Caleb Harper of Spacey Jane
 - George Harrison of The Beatles
 - Lilly Hiatt
 - Tony Hicks of The Hollies
 - Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles
 - Miles Holmwood of Stereos
 - James Honeyman-Scott of the Pretenders
 - Keith Hopwood of Herman's Hermits
 - Steve Howe of Yes
 - Kenny Howes
 - James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins
 - Daniel Johns of Silverchair
 - Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones
 - Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane
 - John Kay of Steppenwolf
 - Daniel Kessler of Interpol
 - Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend
 - Jesse Lacey of Brand New
 - Denny Laine of The Moody Blues
 - Braeden Lemasters of Wallows
 - John Lennon of The Beatles
 - Yegor Letov of Grazhdanskaya Oborona
 - Courtney Love of Hole
 - Laura Marling
 - Johnny Marr of The Smiths
 - Gerry Marsden of Gerry & The Pacemakers
 - Chris Martin of Coldplay
 - Remi Matsuo of Glim Spanky
 - Paul McCartney of The Beatles
 - Roger McGuinn of The Byrds
 - Grant McLennan of The Go-Betweens
 - John McNally of The Searchers
 - Wendy Melvoin of Prince and The Revolution
 - Dave Meros of Spock's Beard
 - Graham Nash of The Hollies
 - Ed O'Brien[3] of Radiohead
 - Christopher Owens[4] of Girls
 - Kevin Parker of Tame Impala
 - Mike Pender of The Searchers
 - Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
 - Guy Picciotto of Fugazi
 - Sergio Pizzorno of Kasabian
 - Cole Preston of Wallows
 - Johnny Ramone of Ramones
 - Jim Reeves
 - Tim Rogers of You Am I
 - Tom Rowley of Milburn
 - Michael Rutherford of Genesis and Mike + The Mechanics
 - Charlie Sexton of Arc Angels
 - Tommy Shaw of Styx
 - Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio
 - Brix Smith Start of The Fall
 - Elliott Smith
 - Fred "Sonic" Smith of MC5 and Sonic's Rendezvous Band
 - Rick Springfield
 - Bernard Sumner of New Order and Joy Division
 - Toots Thielemans
 - Pete Townshend of The Who
 - Chris Urbanowicz of Editors
 - Robert van der Kroft
 - Steven Van Zandt of The E Street Band
 - Stevie Ray Vaughan
 - Pål Waaktaar of a-Ha
 - Dave Wakeling of The English Beat
 - Jeff Walls of Guadalcanal Diary
 - Joe Walsh of The Eagles
 - Paul Weller of The Jam and The Style Council
 - Paul Westerberg of The Replacements
 - Marty Willson-Piper of The Church
 - Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys
 - Dwight Yoakam
 - Thom Yorke[5] of Radiohead
 - Robin Zander of Cheap Trick
 
Bassists
- Lemmy of Motörhead[6]
 - Gaye Advert of The Adverts
 - Martin Eric Ain of Celtic Frost
 - André 3000 of Outkast
 - Chris Baio of Vampire Weekend
 - Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr
 - Guy Berryman of Coldplay
 - Zeta Bosio of Soda Stereo
 - Rob Bryan of Be-Bop Deluxe
 - Cliff Burton of Metallica
 - Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath
 - Johnny Christ of Avenged Sevenfold
 - Al Cisneros of Sleep and Om
 - Les Claypool of Primus
 - Paul D'Amour of Tool
 - Alan Davey[7] of Hawkwind
 - John Deacon of Queen
 - Joey DeMaio of Manowar
 - Steve DiGiorgio of bands such as Sadus, Dark Hall & Testament
 - Dave Dreiwitz of Ween
 - John Entwistle of The Who
 - Bruce Foxton of The Jam
 - Nikolai Fraiture of the Strokes
 - Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees
 - Martin "Youth" Glover of Killing Joke
 - Roger Glover of Deep Purple
 - Hellmut Hattler of Kraan
 - Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth
 - Martin Gordon of Sparks, Jet and Radio Stars.
 - Graham Gouldman of 10cc
 - Bob Hardy of Franz Ferdinand
 - Haruko Haruhara of FLCL
 - Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple
 - Rick James
 - Pete Trewavas of Marillion
 - Tony James of Generation X
 - Inge Johansson of Against Me! and The (International) Noise Conspiracy
 - Eric Judy of Modest Mouse
 - Jesse F. Keeler of Death From Above 1979
 - Steve Kille of Dead Meadow
 - Audun Laading of Her's
 - Royston Langdon of Spacehog
 - Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs
 - Geddy Lee of Rush
 - Russell Leetch[8] of Editors
 - Brent Liles of Social Distortion and Agent Orange
 - Tony Lombardo of Descendents
 - Philip Lynott of Thin Lizzy
 - Dan Maines of Clutch
 - Paul McCartney of The Beatles & Wings
 - Randy Meisner of The Eagles
 - Dave Meros of Spock's Beard
 - Mike Mesaros of The Smithereens
 - Mike Mills of R.E.M.
 - Gary "Mani" Mounfield of Primal Scream & The Stone Roses
 - Mario Mutis of Los Jaivas
 - Nick O'Malley of Arctic Monkeys
 - Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age & Kyuss
 - Jerry Only of The Misfits
 - Prescott Niles of The Knack
 - Chuck Panozzo of Styx
 - David Paton of Pilot
 - Ian Peres of Wolfmother
 - Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick
 - Tracy Pew of The Birthday Party
 - Steve Priest of Sweet
 - Peter Quaife of The Kinks
 - Scott Reeder of Kyuss
 - Kira Roessler of Black Flag and Dos
 - Chris Ross of Wolfmother
 - Michael Rutherford of Genesis
 - Troy Sanders of Mastodon
 - Timothy B Schmit of The Eagles
 - Paul Simonon of The Clash
 - Jim Smith of Cardiacs[9]
 - Chris Squire of Yes
 - Tommy Stinson of The Replacements
 - Mark Stoermer of The Killers
 - Leon Sylvers III of The Sylvers and Dynasty
 - Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear
 - John Taylor of Duran Duran
 - Dougie Thomson of Supertramp
 - Fred Turner of Bachman–Turner Overdrive
 - Sid Vicious of Sex Pistols
 - Roger Waters of Pink Floyd
 - Kieren Webster of The View
 - Haz Wheaton of Hawkwind and Electric Wizard
 - Josephine Wiggs of The Breeders
 - Paul Wilson of Snow Patrol
 - Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers
 - Christopher Wolstenholme of Muse
 - Allen Woody of Gov't Mule and The Allman Brothers Band
 - Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones
 - Trevor Bolder of The Spiders from Mars, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, Arnold Corns and Cybernaut
 - Buddy Zabala of The Eraserheads and The Dawn
 - Simon Gallup of The Cure[10]
 - Scott Pilgrim of Sex Bob-omb (fictional)
 - Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
 - Jenny Lee Lindberg of Warpaint
 - Greg Spawton of Big Big Train
 - Stanley Clarke
 - Glen Matlock of Sex Pistols
 - Gail Greenwood of Belly
 - Paul Gray of The Damned and Eddie and the Hot Rods
 - Megan Zeankowski of The Lemon Twigs
 - Craig Adams of The Sisters of Mercy and The Mission
 
References
- ^ As shown in press photo |"Press photo".
 - ^ As shown on record cover Wreckless Eric (album) and mentioned in his biography "A Dysfunctional Success by Eric Goulden". Thedonotpress.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
 - ^ "[Just...Radiohead] Fan Club @ RHG @ Ed's Guitars". Archived from the original on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
 - ^ "Photographic image" (JPG). Fullygrownchildren.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
 - ^ "[Just...Radiohead] Fan Club @ RHG @ Thom's Guitars". Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
 - ^ "Photographic image" (JPG). 4.bp.blogspot.com. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
 - ^ "Alan in Pre-Med 5". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
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 - ^ "Jim Smith". Equipboard. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
 - ^ "THE CURE 11.04.1982 Paris – Studio Davout (France) "L'Echo Des Bananes"". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 30 May 2019.