This is a list of musicians who have played Rickenbacker guitars:

  • Kurt Ballou of Converge
  • Carl Barat of The Libertines
  • Andy Bell of Ride and Oasis
  • Baruch Ben Yitzhak of RockFour
  • Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland
  • Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney
  • Peter Buck of R.E.M.
  • Jeff Buckley
  • Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Lloyd Cole of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
  • Paul Collins of Paul Collins’ Beat
  • Mark Crozer of The Jesus and Mary Chain
  • Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo
  • 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
  • Glenn Frey of The Eagles
  • Chris Funk of The Decemberists
  • Tom Gabel of Against Me!
  • Mark Gardener of Ride
  • Lluís Gavaldà of Els Pets
  • Per Gessle of Roxette
  • Dave Gregory of XTC
  • George Harrison of The Beatles
  • Christian Hejnal of Scarling.
  • Jimi Hendrix of The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  • Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles
  • Kenny Howes, formerly of Casper and the Cookies
  • James Honeyman-Scott of the Pretenders
  • 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
  • Peter Kennedy of The Kennedys
  • Daniel Kessler of Interpol
  • Joe King of The Fray
  • Jesse Lacey of Brand New
  • John Lennon of The Beatles
  • Lobão
  • Courtney Love of Hole
  • Dan Lukacinsky of The Suicide Machines
  • Roger McGuinn of The Byrds
  • Johnny Marr of The Smiths
  • Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers
  • Wendy Melvoin of Prince and The Revolution
  • Dave Meros of Spock’s Beard
  • Kevin Mitchell of Jebediah
  • Ed O’Brien of Radiohead
  • Mike Pender of The Searchers
  • Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Guy Picciotto of Fugazi
  • Sergio Pizzorno of Kasabian
  • Ringo Shiina
  • John Roderick of The Long Winters
  • Tim Rogers of You Am I
  • Jamie Reynolds of Klaxons
  • Michael Rutherford of Genesis (band) and Mike + the Mechanics
  • Charlie Sexton of Arc Angels and Charlie Sexton Sextet
  • Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio
  • Elliott Smith
  • Tom Gabel of Against Me!
  • Noel Gallagher of Oasis
  • Josiah Steinbrick of Heavens
  • John Squire of The Stone Roses
  • Pete Townshend of The Who
  • Chris Urbanowicz of Editors
  • Pål Waaktaar of a-Ha
  • Dave Wakeling of the English Beat
  • Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie
  • Nellie Jackson of The Gingers
  • Joe Walsh of The Eagles
  • Jim Ward of Sparta
  • Paul Weller of The Jam
  • Paul Westerberg of the Replacements
  • Amandah Wilkinson of Operator Please
  • Marty Willson-Piper of The Church
  • Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys
  • Alun Woodward of The Delgados
  • Dwight Yoakam
  • Thom Yorke of Radiohead
  • Robin Zander of Cheap Trick
  • Duncan Lloyd of Maxïmo Park
  • Fred “Sonic” Smith of MC5