Posted February 12, 201015 yr I don’t know many female guitarists apart from Joan Jett, Sheryl Crow and Chrissie Hynde and PJ Harvey. I am sure there must be loads, I just don't seem to know that many. Do you have any favourite female guitarists? Which ones have made a great contribution to music over the years?
February 12, 201015 yr All below are female guitarists of some renown Courtney Love Melissa Auf Der Mauer Lita Ford Kat Bjelland Brody Dalle Melanie Avril Lavigne Lydia Lunch Katie Melua Kim Gordon Patti Smith KT Tunstall Suzanne Vega Charlotte Hatherley Donita Sparks Nancy Wilson Kirstin Hersh Tanya Donnelly Doro Pesch
February 12, 201015 yr Bilinda Butcher - My Bloody Valentine Kim Gordon (she actually plays guitar nowadays as well as bass) - Sonic Youth Kim Deal - The Breeders (she plays guitar in this band, but bass guitar in Pixies) Jan Kuenhemund - Vixen Viv Albertine - The Slits Poison Ivy - The Cramps Suzy Gardner - L7 Rachel Goswell - Slowdive/Mojave 3
February 12, 201015 yr Poison Ivy - The Cramps :o How the f*** did I forget Ivy??????????? I hang my head in shame
February 13, 201015 yr All below are female guitarists of some renown Courtney Love Melissa Auf Der Mauer Lita Ford Kat Bjelland Brody Dalle Melanie Avril Lavigne Lydia Lunch Katie Melua Kim Gordon Patti Smith KT Tunstall Suzanne Vega Charlotte Hatherley Donita Sparks Nancy Wilson Kirstin Hersh Tanya Donnelly Doro Pesch avril lavigne?.... what like shes competant? :unsure:
February 13, 201015 yr Bilinda Butcher - My Bloody Valentine Kim Gordon (she actually plays guitar nowadays as well as bass) - Sonic Youth Kim Deal - The Breeders (she plays guitar in this band, but bass guitar in Pixies) Jan Kuenhemund - Vixen Viv Albertine - The Slits Poison Ivy - The Cramps Suzy Gardner - L7 Rachel Goswell - Slowdive/Mojave 3 A brilliant list!
February 23, 201015 yr the question posed was 'were there any good female guitarists' .... not 'please list female guitarists', ...
February 24, 201015 yr the question posed was 'were there any good female guitarists' .... not 'please list female guitarists', ... Define "good" mate, isn't that a purely subjective term anyway which means a thousand things to a thousand different people... :rolleyes: If you mean a whole load of fret-board W/ankery, shredding and a propensity to do extremely LOOOOOOONGGGGGG solos a'la Power Metal or Prog or summat, then, okay, maybe not many... Frankly I would take the pretty epic, atmospheric, trippy, sonic soundscapes that Bilinda Butcher and Rachel Goswell managed to create over the rather mindless shredding of the average male Power Metal guitarist any day of the week.....
February 25, 201015 yr Not super retro, but: Sleater-Kinney My Brightest Diamond Warpaint Neko Case St. Vincent
February 25, 201015 yr Women tend to make better bassists if you ask me. It's a much more sensual and sexy instrument
February 25, 201015 yr My guitar teacher claims the only good female guitarist is Gabriella from Rodrigo y Gabriella. He obviously hasn't heard of Elastica then.
February 26, 201015 yr Women tend to make better bassists if you ask me. It's a much more sensual and sexy instrument It's the vibrations...... :lol: A girl I know who plays bass just loves the sound vibrations of the bass amp, er, sort of, well, errrrr...... I'm saying no more on a "family site" like BJ, but you get the picture, yeah.......? :rolleyes:
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