Charlie Hunter is an American jazz, rock and fusion guitarist. He played a seven-string guitar and organ in Michael Franti's political rap group, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. Since the debut of his self-titled Charlie Hunter Trio in 1993, Charlie Hunter has recorded 17 albums. Hunter is noted for playing custom-made seven and eight-string guitars, on which he plays bass lines, guitar rhythm, and guitar lead simultaneously.

Charlie Hunter is a jazz, rock and fusion guitarist. He grew up in Berkeley, California, where he graduated from Berkeley High School. Hunter is best known for playing a custom, eight-string guitar made by luthier Ralph Novak of Novax Guitars. He plays the lead guitar on the top five strings (tuned Bb-Eb-Ab-C-F) and bass guitar (tuned F-Bb-Eb) on the bottom three strings simultaneously. With the addition of a Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere (a Leslie rotary speaker simulator), his unique style