Historical harp guitar players include Polish guitarist-virtuoso Marek Konrad Sokołowski (1818-1884), the German composers and guitarists Adam Darr (1811–1866) and Eduard Bayer (1822–1908) and the Italian virtuosi Pasquale Taraffo (1887–1937),[2][7] Mario Maccaferri, Italo Meschi (1887-1957) and Luigi Mozzani.

Viennese and French virtuosos who often played instruments with extra, floating bass strings include Carulli, Coste, Giuliani, Mertz, Padovec and Sor.

Andy McKee also plays a harp guitar in a few of his songs, such as "Into The Ocean" and "The Friend I Never Met," the latter being a tribute to Hedges' "Because It's There."

Oleg Timofeyev primarily uses a traditional Russian seven-string guitar with floating sub-bass strings.

Alfred Karnes (1891–1958) was an Old-time Country and Southern Gospel singer and guitarist who recorded at the famous Bristol Sessions in 1927.