Guitar Artists
From shredders to strummers, discover the guitar players who put their faith in D’Addario to deliver the tone, twang, and elite craftsmanship they need. Check out their profiles to learn their stories and explore the music that made them great.
Bass
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Ken Chung is a respected bassist and music educator with nearly two decades of professional experience. Based in Malaysia, he is widely recognized as one of the country’s most in-demand bassists. Ken has performed at major festivals and workshops with international jazz greats including George Benson, Al Jarreau, Shunzo Ohno,...
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Retrospect is a Thai rock band known for their powerful sound and deeply emotional lyrics. Formed in Bangkok in 2001, Retrospect blends rock, metal, and post-hardcore influences to create a unique musical identity. Their music frequently touches on themes of love, pain, and personal struggle, connecting strongly with their fans....
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Eunhyuk Choi is a bassist with more than 10 years of performance experience and a content creator centered on the bass guitar. He graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School, entered Howon University’s Department of Practical Music as second in rank, and graduated as valedictorian. He was also accepted into the...
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Classical
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Dr. Capital is a singer-songwriter, YouTuber, and Doctor of Music known for his expressive guitar playing, healing voice, and signature style blending Brazilian, rock, jazz, and electronic influences. Originally from Oregon, USA, he now lives in Osaka, Japan. He has released several albums, including *Floats on Flat Tires* (2011), *You...
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Electronic
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Sham Kamikaze (born Shamril Mohd Salleh) is a highly respected Malaysian guitarist, composer, and educator known for his versatility across rock, jazz, reggae, and pop. Growing up in a musical family, he began playing guitar at age 12 and formed his first bands by 14. He founded the rock band...
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LO’s musical journey is all about innovation and attempting the unattempted. In 2023, 'FREEDOM Chapter 1’ was born, a long series of short guitar videos incorporating landscape cinematography. LO's relentless effort to stand out as a modern guitarist and content creator led him to two important signings—Ibanez Artist in the...
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Ash is a Korean guitarist, composer, and producer who breaks boundaries between virtual and real instruments. Through the duo project Animal Divers, he combines electric guitar, synth, didgeridoo, and handpan to create distinctive electronic world music, receiving attention from audiences and critics in Korea and abroad. As a member of...
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Fingerstyle
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Josephine Alexandra is a fingerstyle guitarist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist from Jakarta, Indonesia. Known for seamlessly blending melody, percussion, and harmony on a single acoustic guitar, she has built a global audience through viral covers and original instrumentals inspired by pop culture, games, and film. With over 2 million YouTube subscribers...
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Jinsan Kim is a next-generation Korean fingerstyle guitarist who, at the young age of 20, is emerging as one of the nation’s leading artists with rhythmic performances and emotional melodies. Since releasing his debut album Red Button in 2019, he has won prestigious competitions including the Cort Acoustic Guitar Competition,...
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Alisa Shafira is an Indonesian guitarist, violinist, and arranger. Her performances blend fingerstyle with percussive influences, classical, contemporary, and acoustic-folk. She discovered guitar autodidactically while pursuing violin studies, later earning a pre-conservatory diploma with high honors. Drawing from her violin background, she has adapted her skills across guitar, orchestra, and...
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Fusion
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Vinai Trinateepakdee is a Bangkok-based guitarist, composer, and session player, celebrated for his expressive phrasing, lyrical melodies, and genre-crossing versatility. Over two decades, he has shaped Thailand’s contemporary guitar scene while performing and recording with renowned Thai and international artists across pop, rock, blues, and jazz fusion. His long-standing collaboration...
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Rhesa Aditya is a bass player, music producer, and mixing and mastering engineer. Since 2004, he has formed a duo with his wife, Endah N Rhesa. Rhesa is known for his unique bass playing style and strong songwriting skills. He excels at crafting bass lines that perfectly accompany his wife’s...
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Endah Widiastuti is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist from the duo Endah N Rhesa, which she formed together with her husband. She has been playing guitar and singing since the age of five. Her distinctive voice gives her songs a unique character, making them easily recognizable to the public. Endah...
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Jazz
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Indro Hardjodikoro is a prominent Indonesian bassist, composer, and educator, known for his work in jazz and fusion. Born in Jakarta on December 12, 1968, he began his career early with the band Halmahera and later joined groups like Simakdialog, Tohpati Ethnomission, and Tohpati Bertiga. He has collaborated with major...
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Rizal Ezuan Zulkifly Tony also known as Rizal Tony is a Malaysian jazz guitarist, composer, music director and educator whose artistry blends modern jazz grooves also with the cultural sounds of Southeast Asia. Winner of the Philips Jazz Band Competition, he is a proud D’Addario and Ibanez artist who has...
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Pop
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Mella is a Balinese guitarist, musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer. She made her solo debut in 2020 with a self-produced pop-folk single titled “Kemarau.” A year later, she released “Setangkai,” followed by an independently produced EP of the same name in early 2022, which includes five original tracks. In...
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Irta Amalia is an Indonesian pop singer and guitarist known for her warm voice, expressive guitar playing, and a stage presence that is graceful, elegant, yet powerful. She has released an EP titled Perjalanan, marking a significant milestone in her musical journey. Beyond writing heartfelt lyrical songs, Irta also creates...
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Ade Risky is an Indonesian singer-guitarist. As a proud D’Addario artist, he relies on their world-class gear to shape his authentic tone and bring his songs to life. From the bright punch of D’Addario EXL110 and NYXL Electric 10-46, to the warm resonance of XS Acoustic 10-47, his sound is...
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Rock
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A Japanese guitarist and bassist based in Los Angeles, known for his technical and melodic style. He began playing guitar in 2007 at age 14 and later studied music theory and performance at Tokyo Jiyu Gakuin, continuing under guitarist Yuya Komoguchi. In 2012, he moved to Los Angeles to study...
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Hwang Leen is a guitarist and producer based in Korea. Since 2014, he has been active in the Korean indie scene, and as a member of KARDI, he has fused band sounds with the traditional Korean instrument Geomungo, breaking genre boundaries. Their artistic videos have gained global recognition, winning Best...
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My name is Petch PettyRock (Vimolwan Saisathit). I am a guitarist, vocalist, and performer from Thailand. Music has been my passion since childhood, and I first stepped on stage at the age of five, performing guitar and vocals together with the energy of a true rock artist. From that moment,...
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