List of Rickenbacker players

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This is a list of musicians who are known to be regular players of Rickenbacker guitars and basses.

## Guitarists[edit]

* 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[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
* 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[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[edit]

* Lemmy of Motörhead[6]
* 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[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
* Royston Langdon of Spacehog
* Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs
* 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
* 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[9]
* 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

## References[edit]

1. ^ As shown in press photo |"Press photo".
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ "[Just...Radiohead] Fan Club @ RHG @ Ed's Guitars". Archived from the original on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
4. ^ "Photographic image" (JPG). Fullygrownchildren.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
5. ^ "[Just...Radiohead] Fan Club @ RHG @ Thom's Guitars". Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
6. ^ "Photographic image" (JPG). 4.bp.blogspot.com. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
7. ^ "Alan in Pre-Med 5". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
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9. ^ "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.