This guitar was mentioned in the booklet of the reissue CD release of "P.U.L.S.E.". In the booklet it's called "Gibson 'Chet Atkins' Classical.

On his website, Johnny Marr says, "Gibson Chet Atkins CE Nylon string Classical Electric guitar I used on La Cassa by K-Klass."

Brian May used this guitar during Queen "Magic Tour" in 1986. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoObZMMlnKY

Used in the early days with Ozzy, most notably on “Mama I’m Coming Home”.

Based on some of photos on Zakk’s social pages, he still has the guitar, and takes very special care of it.

In a live performance at the Primavera Festival 2012 in Barcelona, Robert Smith of The Cure plays a Gibson Chet Atkins CE, as captured in a video by curevideo on YouTube.

Mark used it on Private investigations, Love over gold and the outro of Romeo and Juliet during the Love over gold tour 1982-1983. During the Brothers in arms tour 1985-1986, it was used on Your latest trick, Private investigations and So far away (Calypso version) in 1985-1986.

In a YouTube video titled "Buckethead 4K (LIVE) at The Caverns - Night 1 (2025)," Buckethead is seen using a Gibson Chet Atkins CE guitar at the timestamp 57:50. This particular model, a classical nylon-string guitar, was instrumental in shaping his acoustic sound during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He utilized the Gibson Chet Atkins CE to record notable albums such as "Colma" (1998) and "Electric Tears" (2002). The guitar's distinctive, feedback-free tone, as heard in the iconic track "Big Sur Moon," allowed Buckethead to achieve his signature hypnotic and cascading rhythms when used alongside a delay pedal. The source of this information is a video by Buckethead Rocks, filmed at The Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee, and is set to be featured in PBS's "The Caverns Sessions" program.

Sting playing Fragile with a Gibson Chet Atkins

This guitar can be seen in "Wrapped Around Your Finger" music video. (0:43 minute mark).

In this picture Lindsey Buckingham can be seen playing a Gibson Chet Atkins. Like his other guitars, this guitar was heavily modified by Rick Turner, and inspired him to make the Renaissance line after Lindsey played it live during the "Out of the Cradle Tour" and everyone thought it was a stock Gibson (http://rickturnerguitars.com/stories-sun-lion). At 8:18 in this interview his guitar tech talks about this guitar. In 2011 Guitar World interview, he mentioned that this guitar was used on "Big Love" and "Go Insane".

Reeves Gabrels uses the Gibson Chet Atkins CE guitar for the song "Lullaby" with The Cure during live performances, as evidenced in the video "THE CURE - LULLABY" directed by Tim Pope and available on YouTube by Mercury Studios.

In the official music video for Genesis's "In Too Deep," Mike Rutherford can be seen playing a Gibson Chet Atkins CE at the 0:53 mark.