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
 * 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
 * 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)
 * 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
 * Geddy Lee of Rush
 * 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 of Radiohead
 * Christopher Owens 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 of Radiohead
 * Robin Zander of Cheap Trick

Bassists

 * Lemmy of Motörhead
 * Gaye Advert of The Adverts
 * Geddy Lee of Rush
 * 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 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
 * Royston Langdon of Spacehog
 * Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs
 * Russell Leetch 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Bill Nye the Science Guy
 * Megan Zeankowski of The Lemon Twigs
 * Craig Adams of The Sisters of Mercy and The Mission