Charlie Hunter

guitar, seven-string guitar, eight-string guitar, six-string guitar

Charlie Hunter is an innovative guitarist and composer born in 1967 who gained prominence in the early 1990s for his virtuosic technique on custom-made seven- and eight-string guitars, allowing him to simultaneously play bass lines, chords, and melodies. Drawing influence from jazz greats Joe Pass and Tuck Andress, Hunter has become a prolific bandleader and collaborator, known for seamlessly blending jazz, funk, blues, and rock while maintaining an improvisational approach that captivates audiences worldwide.