JAWs Fingerstyle Database

The fingerstyle database is a community effort to track the ever-increasing fingerstyle guitar players appearing on the web to make discovery easier. To be entered into the database you can be amateur or professional but you need to have an active website or social network channel where you post videos.

Click on a heading to sort the database by that heading. "New" means the player was added less than 60 days ago. You are encouraged to give a thumbs up for players you particularly like!

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1. Ruddy Meicheradded less than 60 days ago 4 Give Ruddy Meicher a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Rock, Traditional, Classical, Blues, Folk, World Semi Steel Yes Free France Arranger of old and new popular songs as well as his own fingerstyle pieces.
2. Nobu Matsumura 35 Give Nobu Matsumura a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Traditional, Classical Semi Nylon Yes No Thailand Japanese guitarist who lives in Bangkok. Most of his arrangements are Thai songs.
3. Franco Morone 40 Give Franco Morone a thumbs up!thumbs up Blues, Traditional, Pop Professional Steel Yes Paid Italy Friend of Ulli Boergerhausen, good arrangements not too hard!
4. Rees Sorby 59 Give Rees Sorby a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Rock, Traditional, Classical Semi Professional Nylon Yes Free United Kingdom Young guy from England, fingerstyle arrangements in the more percussive/slapping style than the classical style. Showing good talent for such a young lad!
5. Jesus Garcia 44 Give Jesus Garcia a thumbs up!thumbs up Classical, Pop Amateur Nylon Yes Free Spain Talented arranger, smooth and accurate classical style arrangements. Great execution, and with good sound quality a must-view fingerstylist!
6. Lonlon 58 Give Lonlon a thumbs up!thumbs up Video games, classical Amateur Nylon, Steel Yes Free Japan Prolific fingerstyle arranger of video game songs, clean and accurate player, many available as tabs.
7. Andrei Veselov 58 Give Andrei Veselov a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Rock, Classical Professional Nylon No No Russia Classical covers, various pop and rock, some great covers of Queen. Impressive speed and accuracy filtered through very kinky harmonic sensibilities.
8. Sungmin Lee 55 Give Sungmin Lee a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop Amateur Steel No No Korea Young Korean guy covering classical pieces, Tommy, Adam Rafferty, Oshio, Andy McKee and other greats in the scene...another steel fingerpicker who "gets it" :)
9. A 33 Give A a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Traditional, Blues Amateur Steel Yes Free Thailand Covers of traditional Thai and well-known international songs of various guitarists such as Tommy Emmanuel.
10. Stefan Grossman 65 Give Stefan Grossman a thumbs up!thumbs up Traditional, Blues, Folk, Rag Professional Steel Yes Paid USA Enjoys teaching fingerstyle guitar, including a BBC radio broadcast at http://guitarvideos.com/radio/00radio.htm
11. Ralph Triumfo 63 Give Ralph Triumfo a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop Amateur Steel Epiphone Yes No Phillipines 6 years in, lots of arrangements, good newcomer to the scene!
12. Lex Von Sumayo 61 Give Lex Von Sumayo a thumbs up!thumbs up Classical, Pop Professional Nylon Yes Paid Phillipines Lex uses a subtle and mellow classical sound in his arrangements of pop songs.
13. Will Fly 62 Give Will Fly a thumbs up!thumbs up Classical, Blues, Folk, Jazz, Rag Professional Steel, Nylon, Other Yes Free United Kingdom Will enjoys helping beginner fingerstyle guitar players, he has quite a number of instructional videos on youtube.
14. MatthPicker 67 Give MatthPicker a thumbs up!thumbs up Rock, Pop Amateur Steel, Nylon No Free Belgium Matt enjoys playing covers arranged by others, and often uploads video tutorials with the tab of the arrangements.
15. Paolo Sereno 66 Give Paolo Sereno a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Folk, World Professional Steel Lowden, Martin Yes Paid Italy Passionate player of originals, enjoys and makes good use of percussive techniques.
16. Dan Holloway 78 Give Dan Holloway a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop Professional Steel Yes Paid USA Very good fingerpicking guitarist, arranger of popular songs mostly from the 60's and 70's.
17. Christine Yeong 65 Give Christine Yeong a thumbs up!thumbs up Classical, rock, pop Semi Nylon Yes No Australia Classical guitar/music student, but likes to mix it up with rock covers.
18. Philmacrakken 82 Give Philmacrakken a thumbs up!thumbs up Rock Amateur Steel Yes Paid USA Arranger of classic rock as well as heavy rock into fingerstyle.
19. Gregory Johnson 80 Give Gregory Johnson a thumbs up!thumbs up Ambient, Experimental Professional Nylon, Steel Yes No United States Originals and covers, great sound, great fingerstyle.
20. Losshack 114 Give Losshack a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Rock Amateur Steel, Nylon Yes Paid United States Fingerstyle player with some nice covers and renditions, some tab free and paid.
21. Gilbertt Kat 112 Give Gilbertt Kat a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop covers Amateur Simon Marty Classical 2009 Yes No Australia Gilbertt is another great arranger of pop songs.
22. Hanz P 112 Give Hanz P a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Folk Amateur Acoustic Yes No Germany Hanz plays arrangements by others and a few by himself. A very good recording quality, with great attention to detail and interpretation. He is also a very good singer.
23. Frederic Mesnier 113 Give Frederic Mesnier a thumbs up!thumbs up Classical, Blues, World Semi Nylon Yes Yes, Paid France Frederic has several original compositions and a few fingerstyle covers. His playing is wonderful and inspiring.
24. Stephen Bennett 110 Give Stephen Bennett a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Rock, Traditional, Classical, Blues, Folk, Jazz, Rag, World Professional Steel, Nylon, 12-String, Harp guitar (Morris, Larson Brother) Yes Free tba Stephen Bennett - Master fingerpicker, harp guitarist, and friends and peers with Tommy Emmanuel, plays all over the world. Widely recognized. More videos, lessons, and store on his website.
25. Jeroen 116 Give Jeroen a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, folk, jazz, classical Semi Steel Yes Free Netherlands Very good fingerstyle guitarist from Holland with a huge number of pop covers and some of other genres, some instructional videos too. Use of alternate tunings and rich chords to create a recognizable atmospheric sound.
26. Wolfgang Vrecun 116 Give Wolfgang Vrecun a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Classical, Jazz Semi Nylon Gert Esmyol, Simon Marty Yes Free Austria Wolfgang is a teacher of mathematics, PE, and music. He has a way with nylon. Beautiful tone and feel. He has quite a few videos on YouTube. Plays a number of genres well.
27. Joe Hempel 117 Give Joe Hempel a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Rock, Classical Amateur Cordoba C5, Alvarez RF10 Yes Free tba Some of the arrangements are available for download, most of the songs are simple chord melodies for the beginning to intermediate fingerstyle guitarist. And there are a few arrangements from the popular video game series Final Fantasy.
28. Magaly Bernal 113 Give Magaly Bernal a thumbs up!thumbs up Latin, pop Amateur Nylon Yes No Colombia Guitarist singer from with a very nice Latin influence.
29. German Arnolt 103 Give German Arnolt a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Rock, Classical, Blues, Jazz Professional Nylon Yes Paid Argentina German is a prolific classical guitarist. He has many videos on YouTube and his arrangements span multiple genres. Everything from "Ava Marķa" or "Moonlight Sonata" to "Johnny B. Goode" and "Suicide is Painless (M.A.S.H. theme)". He has a decent web site where he sells his arrangements.
30. Zack 118 Give Zack a thumbs up!thumbs up Traditional, Folk, World Amateur Steel Yes No USA Zack is a slack key guitarist from Hawaii.
31. Phil Whybra 106 Give Phil Whybra a thumbs up!thumbs up Rock, Rag Semi Steel No No England Phil is a young protege of Tommy Emmanuel, currently living in the UK.
32. Mike Lydiat 101 Give Mike Lydiat a thumbs up!thumbs up Traditional, Folk, Rag Amateur Steel Yes Free England Mike is an interesting fella with a good amount of material on YouTube. He has some great arrangements in alternate tunings (for example his version of The Entertainer in Open G), but his greatest achievement is a huge catalog of the works of Turlough O'Carolan for the guitar which he makes available for free on his website.
33. Edgar Cruz 119 Give Edgar Cruz a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Rock, Traditional, Classical, Folk, Jazz Professional Steel/nylon Yes Paid USA An early pop and rock fingerstyle arranger, well known for his Queen fingerstyle DVD. No fingerstyle list would be complete without Edgar!
34. Matteo Negrin 106 Give Matteo Negrin a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Traditional, Classical, Folk, Jazz Semi Nylon Alhambra Yes No Italy Plays jazz with his band, but he has some nice solo fingerstyle arrangement also.
35. Jake Reichbart 119 Give Jake Reichbart a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, Jazz Professional Electric Ibanez Yes Paid USA Jake is a jazz-inspired fingerstyle guitarist, covering many classic pop songs. Jake produces the modern fingerstyle sound from his hollow body floating bridge electric guitar.
36. Martin Tallstrom 107 Give Martin Tallstrom a thumbs up!thumbs up Rock, Traditional, Original Semi Steel Loef guitars Yes No Sweden Martin is a versatile fingerstyle player with a variety of styles and a great sound.
37. Agustin Amigo 121 Give Agustin Amigo a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop Semi Steel Yes Free Spain Guitarist from the Canary Islands creating very well-crafted arrangements of popular songs and good original compositions. He can switch to a surprisingly effective full strumming style while playing the melody.
38. Francois Sciortino 100 Give Francois Sciortino a thumbs up!thumbs up Blues, folk, jazz, rag Professional Steel Yes No France Guitarist with diverse influences, a great technique with similarities to Tommi Emmanuel. Most videos are recorded live on stage.
39. SoYmartino 100 Give SoYmartino a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, folk Semi Nylon, string Yes Paid Slovakia Guitarist with a wide repertoire of pop songs, using a blend of techniques ranging from classical to a more rhythmic style, not always perfect but innovative and original nonetheless. A nice arty little touch added to his videos.
Note: A minority of his videos use samples.
40. Tony R Clef 125 Give Tony R Clef a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, traditional and classical covers Amateur Nylon Yes No tba Troubleclef churns out a lot of very technically challenging fingerstyle covers of well known songs. His technique is to arrange by ear up to a production level, post a video on youtube, then forget about it and move onto the next song!
41. Ed Kihm 109 Give Ed Kihm a thumbs up!thumbs up Rock and pop covers Professional Steel 12 string custom John Zeidler Yes Paid tba Ed pushes fingerstyle in a new direction by adding an amazing extra level of depth with his 12 string guitar.
42. Ulli Boegershausen 128 Give Ulli Boegershausen a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop and rock covers Professional Steel Lakewood Yes Free Germany Ulli is a talented fingerstyle arranger who has created several well known and well covered arrangements of pop and rock. His creative arrangements capture the essence of the song in simple yet very effective ways, a great start to beginner fingerstyles. Offers free video lessons and tabs.
43. Sandra Bae 116 Give Sandra Bae a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop and traditional covers Amateur Steel Alvarez AD60CK Yes No South Korea Sandra is a young fingerstyle guitarist who plays covers of pop songs, some by others but some arranged by herself. There is good depth of fingerstyle in her own covers.
44. Ana Giollo 107 Give Ana Giollo a thumbs up!thumbs up Rock, pop and classical covers Amateur Steel No Free Brasil Ana is a young fingerstyle guitarist, showing a lot of talent playing the likes of Tommy Emmanuel, Adam Rafferty and Tomi Paldanius covers.
45. Tomi Paldanius 105 Give Tomi Paldanius a thumbs up!thumbs up Rock covers Professional Steel Yes Paid Finland Tomi is a fingerstyler with impressive technique, speed and accuracy - and still presents great feeling and emotion in his playing. His style is more on the steel/percussive end of the fingerstyle spectrum.
46. Per Olov Kindgren 124 Give Per Olov Kindgren a thumbs up!thumbs up Classical, pop Professional Nylon Yes Paid Sweden Professional classical guitarist who also does arrangements of popular songs. A fine example if you look at classical guitar as a reference for your fingerstyle.
47. Bob Heaton 137 Give Bob Heaton a thumbs up!thumbs up Folk Amateur Steel Yes No tba Bob plays folk covers (many from legend Woody Guthrie) using fingerstyle folk strumming rhythm, with added bass that also plays the melody.
48. Giovanni Ferro 104 Give Giovanni Ferro a thumbs up!thumbs up Jazz, pop Semi Steel, nylon Yes No Italy Jazz fingerstyle guitarist with original use of right hand rhythm. Unfortunately, very few videos available.
49. Shaun Murray 125 Give Shaun Murray a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop Amateur Nylon Yes Paid England Shaun has a good classical guitar technique and a wide repertoire of pop songs.
50. Sungha Jung 148 Give Sungha Jung a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop Semi Steel Yes No South Korea An internet sensation and true phenomenon, playing the most complex fingerstyle arrangements at the age of... who knows, 7 maybe. Not the little kid he was anymore, he now arranges and composes his own tunes, a great future ahead?
51. Igor Presnyakov 143 Give Igor Presnyakov a thumbs up!thumbs up Rock, pop covers Semi Nylon, steel Yes No Russia Igor is hugely popular for his creative style, blending different techniques with a very modern touch, he always puts on a show and can sometimes be truly amazing.
52. Adrian Holovaty 120 Give Adrian Holovaty a thumbs up!thumbs up pop Amateur Steel Yes No USA Guitar player from Chicago, fingerstyle covers including TV themes.
53. Sal Bonavita 148 Give Sal Bonavita a thumbs up!thumbs up Flamenco, folk fingerpicking Semi Nylon Yes No Australia Sal is a flamenco guitarist with many videos explaining flamenco techniques. He also does arrangements of pop and folk songs (and sometimes sings) in a fingerpicking style.
54. Siggi Mertens 144 Give Siggi Mertens a thumbs up!thumbs up Rock, blues, pop and folk covers Semi Steel Yes Paid Germany Fingerstyle, sometimes electric guitar, Siggi has a very high number of guitar lessons for fingerstyle arrangements. DVD's on his own website.
55. Patrice Goyaud 128 Give Patrice Goyaud a thumbs up!thumbs up Folk, pop, world Amateur Nylon Yes No France Fingerstyle guitarist and singer/songwriter. He arranges international and French songs for fingerstyle, to sing or as instrumental. A classical style with delicate touch.
56. Hiroshi Masuda 145 Give Hiroshi Masuda a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, classical covers Professional Nylon Jose Ramirez 125 Estudio Yes No Japan Has a strong classical influence, playing fingerstyle solo guitar arrangements and original compositions.
57. Victor van Kampen 130 Give Victor van Kampen a thumbs up!thumbs up Jazz, rock, pop Professional Steel/nylon Yes Paid Netherlands Victor is an excellent jazz electric guitarist, a guitar teacher with lots of instructional videos available online (free and paid), he also plays and arranges rock and pop covers for fingerstyle. Has a strong commitment to fans and followers - he kindly replies to every comment.
58. Ioanniesse 143 Give Ioanniesse a thumbs up!thumbs up Classic and current pop and rock Amateur Steel/nylon Yes No Philippines Young guitarist, started off by transcribing Naudo's arrangements, now plays his own arrangements and compositions. Seems to have successfuly integrated some Naudo elements in his right hand rhythm technique.
59. Adam Rafferty 143 Give Adam Rafferty a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop & rock covers Professional Steel Maton EM808 Yes Paid USA Adam is a passionate arranger and has produced some high quality lesson DVDs. Does great covers of Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder.
60. Kelly Valleau 166 Give Kelly Valleau a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, rock, classical covers Professional Nylon Yamaha Yes Paid Canada Pays great attention to quality of his fingerstyle arrangements. Teacher, lessons available.
61. Naudo 204 Give Naudo a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop, rock, classical covers & originals Professional Nylon Alhambra Yes No Brasil Prolific fingerstyle guitarist, has covered every song you could think of. Quite a distinct "modern" style, genius of the times.
62. JAW 170 Give JAW a thumbs up!thumbs up Pop and Rock covers Amateur Nylon Esteve 1GR-11 classical Yes Free Australia Fingerstyle hack, combination of transcriptions and arrangements, likes to copy others, likes to make his own, some wonder if he spends more time writing about playing the guitar instead of actually doing it :)

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