The Early Giants

Eddie Lang - Lonnie Johnson

Rhythm Guitarists

Johnny St. Cyr - Eddie Condon
Freddie Green (with Count Basie) - Allan Reuss

Chordal Acoustic Guitar Soloists

Carl Cress - Dick McDonough - George Van Eps

The First Great Virtuoso

Django Reinhardt

Other Swing Guitarists

Oscar Aleman - Bernard Addison - Teddy Bunn

Innovative Electric Guitarist

Charlie Christian

Early Electric Guitarists

Eddie Durham (1937 with Kansas City Five)
Floyd Smith (with Andy Kirk)
George Barnes - Oscar Moore - Tiny Grimes
Al Casey - Les Paul

Bop Soloists

Barney KesselTal Farlow
Herb EllisKenny Burrell
Emily RemlerBruce Forman

Cool Toned Soloists

Billy BauerJimmy Raney
Johnny SmithJim Hall
Ed BickertJoshua Breakstone
Doug RaneyPeter Leitch

Brazilian Acoustic Guitar

Laurindo AlmeidaCharlie Byrd
Bola SeteEgberto Gismonti

1960s Greats

Wes MontgomeryGrant Green
George BensonPat Martino
Gabor SzaboAttila Zoller

Fusion

Larry CoryellJohn McLaughlin
Al DiMeolaStev Kahn
Scott HendersonHiram Bullock
Allan HoldsworthKazumi Watanabe
Frank Gambale

Avantgarde

Sonny SharrockJames "Blood" Ulmer
Derek BaileyTerje Rypdal
Eugene Chadbourne

Different Masters of Solo Guitar

Joe Pass - Stanley Jordan - Enver Izmailov

Modern Swing

Bucky PizzarelliFrank Vignola
Chris FloryCal Collins
Marty GroszHoward Alden

Other Modern Guitarists

John AbercrombiePhilip Catherine
Cornell DupreeEric Gale
Ted DunbarLenny Breau
Steve MasakowskiRalph Towner
Mike SternKevin Eubanks
Jimmy Bruno

Guitar Innovators of the 1990s

Pat Metheny - John Scofield - Bill Frisell