List of Gretsch players

This is a list of players of Gretsch guitars or drums;
Guitarists
* Bryan Adams
* Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
* Gary Hooker - Brad Paisley
* Gem Archer - Oasis
* Mark Arm - Mudhoney
* Billie Joe Armstrong - Green Day
* Tim Armstrong - Rancid, Operation Ivy
* Kenichi Asai - Blankey Jet City, SHERBETS, Jude, Ajico, PONTIACS
* Ron Asheton - The Stooges
* Matthew Ashman - Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow
* Chet Atkins
* Eddie Cochran
* Big John Bates
* Jeff Beck - The Yardbirds - The Jeff Beck Group
* Drake Bell
* Marciano Cantero - Enanitos Verdes (ThunderJet bass)
* Matt Bellamy - Muse
* Peter Buck - R.E.M. (Mandolin only)
* Jamie Cook - Arctic Monkeys
* Manu Chao
* Bono - U2
* Horse - played a G5120 Electromatic on the DVD "Live at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh"
* Charlie Burchill - Simple Minds
* Barry Gibb - Bee Gees
* Maurice Gibb - Bee Gees
* Andy Gibb - Supporting The Bee Gees and independently
* Al Caiola
* Mike Campbell - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
* Joaquin Cardiel - Heroes del Silencio
* Lianna Castillo - The Gore Gore Girls
* Nic Cester - Jet
* Chris Cheney - The Living End
* Michael Guy Chislett - Hillsong United, The Academy is, Butch Walker
* Eric Clapton - The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos, Delaney and Bonnie
* Brian Connolly - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Atomic 7
* Chris Cornell - Soundgarden, solo artist, Audioslave
* Murray Cook - The Wiggles
* Jim Creeggan - Barenaked Ladies
* David Crosby - The Byrds, CSNY
* Bo Diddley
* Pete Doherty - The Libertines, Babyshambles
* Luke Doucet
* Billy Duffy - The Cult
* Duane Eddy - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
* The Edge - U2
* John Entwistle - The Who
* Duke Erikson - Garbage
* Neil Finn - Crowded House
* John Frusciante - Ataxia, Red Hot Chili Peppers, solo artist
* Peter Furler - Newsboys
* Rory Gallagher owned a Gretch Corvette (1953)
* Cliff Gallup - Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps
* Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top
* David Gilmour - Pink Floyd
* Martin L. Gore - Depeche Mode
* John Baldwin Gourley - Portugal. The Man
* Dave Grohl - Scream, Nirvana, Foo Fighters
* Marlene Hammerle - The Gore Gore Girls
* George Harrison - The Beatles
* Dan Hawkins - The Darkness
* Richard Hawley
* Hugh Harris - The Kooks
* PJ Harvey
* Brett Hestla - Virgos Merlot, Dark New Day
* James Hetfield - Metallica
* Reverend Horton Heat
* Joshua Homme - Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Eagles of Death Metal, Them Crooked Vultures
* Jack Hues - Wang Chung, The-Quartet
* HYDE - , solo artist
* INORAN - LUNA SEA, solo artist
* Chris Isaak
* Brian Jones - The Rolling Stones
* Conrad Keely - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
* Dave Keuning - The Killers
* David Lee - Th' Legendary Shack Shakers
* John Lennon - The Beatles
* Sondre Lerche
* Lars Lillo-Stenberg - Young Neils
* Mundell Lowe
* James 'Pee Wee' Madison - Muddy Waters
* Johnny Marr - The Smiths, Modest Mouse
* Steve Marriott - Small Faces
* Christian Martucci - Dee Dee Ramone, Black President
* Mike McCready - Pearl Jam
* Brian Molko - Placebo
* Leo Moran - The Saw Doctors
* Cameron Muncey - Jet
* Kim Nekroman - Horrorpops
* Keith Nelson - Buckcherry
* Michael Nesmith - The Monkees
* Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro
* Kele Okereke - Bloc Party
* Roy Orbison
* Mary Osborne
* Will Owsley
* Kenji Ozawa - Flipper's Guitar
* Ben Ottewell - Gomez
* Reid Paley
* Joe Perry - Aerosmith
* Tom Petty
* Marco Pirroni - Adam and the Ants, Sinéad O'Connor, The Wolfmen
* Jimmy Pop - Bloodhound Gang
* Elvis Presley
* Sara Quin - Tegan and Sara
* Joselo and Quique Rangel Arroyo - Café Tacuba
* Lou Reed - Velvet Underground
* William Reid - The Jesus and Mary Chain
* Django Reinhardt
* Ed Robertson - Barenaked Ladies
* Rich Robinson - The Black Crowes
* Ryan Ross - Panic at the Disco
* Berry Sakharof - Minimal Compact
* Sal Salvador
* Keith Scott
* Chris Seefried - Gods Child, Low Stars
* Blake Sennett - The Elected
* Brian Setzer - Stray Cats
* Chris Shiflett - No Use for a Name, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Foo Fighters, Jackson United
* Tim Skold (Bassist) - Marilyn Manson
* Slash - Velvet Revolver, Guns N' Roses
* Pat Smear - The Germs, Nirvana, Foo Fighters
* Robert Smith - The Cure
* Jake Snider - Minus the Bear
* Jill Sobule
* John Squire - The Stone Roses
* Adam Stephens - Two Gallants
* Stephen Stills - Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Manassas, Stills and Young Band
* Andrew Stockdale - Wolfmother
* Izzy Stradlin - Guns N' Roses
* Patrick Stump - Fall Out Boy
* Amy Surdu - The Gore Gore Girls
* Sylvain Sylvain - New York Dolls
* Dean Tidey - Feeder, Sandstone Veterans
* Kavus Torabi - Cardiacs, The Monsoon Bassoon
* Peter Tork - The Monkees
* Pete Townshend - The Who
* KT Tunstall
* Farin Urlaub - Die Ärzte until 1989
* George Van Eps
* Joe Walsh - Eagles, James Gang
* Tim Wheeler - Ash
* Deryck Whibley - Sum 41
* Jack White - The Raconteurs, The White Stripes, The Dead Weather
* Danny Whitten - Crazy Horse
* Denny Wright
* Rachael Yamagata
* Malcolm Young - AC/DC
* Chiba Yusuke - Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, Rosso, The Birthday
* Neil Young - Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Stills and Young Band
* Billy Zoom - X
* Paul Cotton Poco
* Xan McCurdy - Cake
* Dean Fertita - The Dead Weather, Hello=Fire
* Jack Lawrence - The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs
* Curtis RX - Creature Feature
* Øystein Sunde
* Liam Fray - The Courteeners
Drummers
* Louie Bellson
* Cindy Blackman - Lenny Kravitz, Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson, Don Pullen and many more
* Rob Bourdon - Linkin Park
* Chris Cester - Jet
* Vinnie Colaiuta - Zappa, Joni Mitchell, Sting, many more
* Phil Collins - Genesis, solo artist
* Micky Dolenz - The Monkees
* Steve Ferrone - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
* Sam Fogarino - Interpol
* Paul Goldberg - session drummer
* Sebastien Grainger - Death from Above 1979
* Taylor Hawkins - Foo Fighters
* Russel Hobbs - Gorillaz
* Nick Hodgson - Kaiser Chiefs
* Scott Johnson - Gin Blossoms
* Elvin Jones - John Coltrane
* Harvey Mason
* Mitch Mitchell - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
* Debbi Peterson - The Bangleshttp://en. .org/w/index.php?titleList_of_Gretsch_players&actionsubmit
* Max Roach
* Bill Rieflin - R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails
* Christian Vander - Magma
* Charlie Watts - The Rolling Stones
* Brad Wilk - Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave
* Damon Wilson - Busted, Matt Willis
* Zac Farro - Novel American, Half Noise and Formerly of Paramore
* Slim Jim Phantom - Stray Cats, Phantom, Rocker & Slick, Dead Men Walking, The Head Cat
* Neil Young

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