No good female guitarists

[Autumn Shadows]

Hey all. Have you noticed that there are virtually no good female guitarists? I have never seen any female virtuoso's/shredders or anyone that plays remotely fast, or is famous (not meaning that you are only good if you play fast). Does anyone know of any? The only ones I have seen are sucky girls with terrible gear around my town.

[Maxwell Bass]

why is this in the modern rock thread?

[woodenbandman]

my friend is a shredder.

but she's like avril; can't read music, can't name a chord.

i did see an article about this one girl, whose name escapes me, in guitar one or world or sumthin. i'll come back to this later

[crystal_girlz]

Hey all. Have you noticed that there are virtually no good female guitarists? I have never seen any female virtuoso's/shredders or anyone that plays remotely fast, or is famous (not meaning that you are only good if you play fast). Does anyone know of any? The only ones I have seen are sucky girls with terrible gear around my town.

i am. but ive got a bad guitar(an encore)
but ive got a good amp, an ultra distortion pedal and a blues overdrive pedal!!!

[wangmaster]

theres that good girl bassist, I forget her name. Stacey Quatro or something.

[twocenttip]

...there aren't any.

[Autumn Shadows]

why is this in the modern rock thread?

Because it is a subforum of "Bands and Artists" I put it in bands and artists because of the relevancy of having it be related to other performing people.

[CraigKing]

One of michael jacksons female gutiarist wasa girl, she was really good, forgot her name though.

[mamakin87]

theres that good girl bassist, I forget her name. Stacey Quatro or something.

Suzi Quatro

there was a girl rock band in the 80s called rockgoddess *laughs at stupid name*, but they were a bit crap

[atee]

I think MJ's guitarist was/is a Jennifer Batton or something. Also Lori Linstruth, you should check out her site. http://lorilinstruth.com if I'm not wrong.

[our band rules]

the great kat is one really good female shredder even though she is dead annoying. google her

[crystal_girlz]

One of michael jacksons female gutiarist wasa girl, she was really good, forgot her name though.

obviously if it was a female guitarist!!!! :rolleyes:

[steamin']

go onto the dean website.......look for katrina, johansen i think her surname is.....shes better than a lot of male guitarists ive heard

[oscar7557]

that chick whos name i forgot that made a CD wit micheal angelo batio im guessin she rocks cuse m.a.b kicks ass and that chick is hott

[SYH_Fan]

Its because their smarter than to invest their time in doing something inane like playing guitar :p:

Seriously, I saw on TV this one woman playing classical guitar and she blew me away. She was a master! And yes her speed was amazing.

[z4twenny]

the chick from heart (not the singer, the other one.... i'm awful i don't know either of their names) was really good, though most people don't know that.....

[buried_a_lie]

One of michael jacksons female gutiarist wasa girl, she was really good, forgot her name though.

ur so sigged

[jcthomasva]

the chick from heart (not the singer, the other one.... i'm awful i don't know either of their names) was really good, though most people don't know that.....

Yeah I don't know which one but you are talking about the Wilson sisters. I thought they used a male guitarist for the real work, if I'm not mistaken.

[skydogzoso1986]

isn't her name nancy wilson? she's good indeed. also check out bonnie raitt, joni mitchell, joan baez for good musicians/guitarists. there aren't too many of them, but you just have to search...

[batiosilver08]

Well if your talking Metal/Rock guitarists your right there arent any.. That are well known, but i think its definitly harder for chicks to get into that sortof buisness(the serious guitarist buisness that is) But in other genres there are, for instance Blues.

[batiosilver08]

My dream would be to have a girlfriend.. who plays guitar, and we could play naked together all through the night.. Just kidding but really that would be sweet to have a girl whom you could play with(all ways) :p:

[gunsnspaghetti]

Wasn't the guitarisxt in Heart a woman? sorry if I'm wrong

[jcthomasva]

isn't her name nancy wilson? she's good indeed. also check out bonnie raitt, joni mitchell, joan baez for good musicians/guitarists. there aren't too many of them, but you just have to search...

I think Ann Wilson was the guitarist. Nancy was the vocalist (maybe I have it backwards). But they did use additional guitarists.

I was going to mention bonnie raitt as well. It seems that most capable female guitarists are in country, blues and folk. Me likem Emmy Lou Harris, but she's mostly a singer.

[Black Hole Sun]

Well think about it, how many male guitarists are there? Say, for example, 10 million. Then how many virtuoso's/shredders there are? Say 10 thousand. Then how many of them are famous? Say 10. So say there are a tenth as many female guitarists as there are males, there'd be 1 million female guitarists, and one famous female virtuoso/shredder.

[jcthomasva]

Well think about it, how many male guitarists are there? Say, for example, 10 million. Then how many virtuoso's/shredders there are? Say 10 thousand. Then how many of them are famous? Say 10. So say there are a tenth as many female guitarists as there are males, there'd be 1 million female guitarists, and one famous female virtuoso/shredder.

um, ok. is that from the UN's population data?

[roythereaper]

Girlschool guitarists (Don't know their names), Avril Lavigne, Charlotte Hatherly (Of Ash), and then I'm lost

[sadistic_monkey]

Their aren't really that many, there a few basssists though. Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, APC all have had female bassists.

[fusugar]

it sucks it pisses me off im becoming ashamed to even be a girl!

[skydogzoso1986]

ashamed? come on, you just have to the opportunity to go out and rock! just practice a lot and become on of the best female guitarists, that's not too difficult ;)

[Black Hole Sun]

um, ok. is that from the UN's population data?
It's just an example. I mean, there are more male guitarists than females, so it's only natural that there'll be less brilliant female guitarists than there are brilliant male guitarists. But proportionally, it's probably the same.

[Goon]

Sleater- Kinney is awesome. Check them out.

[seljer]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xMwo43MkP14&search=kaki%20king
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xMwo43MkP14&search=kaki%20king

Other than that I can mainly think of female bassists in rock bands: Kim from Sonic Youth, D'arcy from the Smashing Pumpkings, Coal Chamber

[the irish rover]

i know a female guitarest (massive tomboy) she is pretty good...

[fusugar]

ashamed? come on, you just have to the opportunity to go out and rock! just practice a lot and become on of the best female guitarists, that's not too difficult ;)

well im trying iv owned a guitar for a year and have been getting lessons for a few months i dont think im bad but im not necessarily good either i guess ill go practice now

i think there are too many housewives in the world. lazy women who cant be ****ed to get of their fat arse and get a job. thats why there are no girls in rock and that is why there are no good female guitarists. i suggest we throw all the housewives into a giant pit pour petrol on them then burn them

[SGeerdes2112]

Kaki King- Solo acoustic slap/tap guitarist

Melanie Campbell of burning brides is a pretty straight bass player

[pratt121]

The VAST VAST majority of female musicians I know concentrate only on voice and/or piano, nothing else.

I hope someone gets offended in this thread!

OFFENDED!

[slashsnakepit15]

Seriously, I saw on TV this one woman playing classical guitar and she blew me away. She was a master! And yes her speed was amazing.

esteban???


lol, JUS JOKING. he jus pisses me off and that was a chance to burn him.....

[jcthomasva]

I hope someone gets offended in this thread!

OFFENDED!

All these female guitarists need to get back in the kitchen and make me a pie.

[rhcp_fan2210]

its because 90% of girls want to be singers

[amy_09]

All these female guitarists need to get back in the kitchen and make me a pie.

yeah, you bet. :rolleyes:

[Nikki Sixx]

What about Allison Robertson from the Donnas or Lita Ford. They arent shredders but they play guitar good

[atee]

well im trying iv owned a guitar for a year and have been getting lessons for a few months i dont think im bad but im not necessarily good either i guess ill go practice now

i think there are too many housewives in the world. lazy women who cant be ****ed to get of their fat arse and get a job. thats why there are no girls in rock and that is why there are no good female guitarists. i suggest we throw all the housewives into a giant pit pour petrol on them then burn them

Oh come on. There're even more men out there who're totally useless, abusive pieces of crap.

Practice is a key to getting better - and guys are more mechanical in their thinking (not an insult) in the way that they do things in different perspectives as compared to girls, so it helps them work at it more easily.

Nothing's impossibe (actually no, pigs can't fly) if you try hard enough. ;)

[Harmonius]

Tons of good female guitarists, you're just not looking right. If you want advice, don't look for major mainstream female guitarists. Here are a few good ones
- Michelle Branch*
- Jessica Harp*
- Eva Cassidy

*Michelle and Jessica are in an amazing band called, The Wreckers, a Country-pop/rock band. They're just released a debut album and they're slowly becoming mainstream but it doesn't change the fact that they're great guitarists. Michelle and Jessica wrote three Solo albums each.

[Katfury]

Well if your talking Metal/Rock guitarists your right there arent any.. That are well known, but i think its definitly harder for chicks to get into that sortof buisness(the serious guitarist buisness that is) But in other genres there are, for instance Blues.
You are pretty right on that. People in the mainstream just don't taken female guitarist seriously because the atitudes of people this is includes many in this broad. This is why there are very few female guitarist epecially at the mainstream. It's about 100X or more harder for females guitarist to get into the industry let alone to be sucessful.
Even I have diffcult times just learn how to play the guitar and this not nothing to do if I was good or not it's beacuse I found so many people are against what I'm doing. It seems they found it werid a women playing a guitar and even my parents don't like the idea of me learning to play the guitar but I ignored these people who was against me taking up the guitar. I just buy myself a guitar and taking up lessons.
Anyway, that's my story and if any man who feels no women could ever play guitar will you should live a life of a women for a year and see if anyone would take them seriously on that!

[Ibzman]

One of michael jacksons female gutiarist wasa girl, she was really good, forgot her name though.
Its Jennifer Batten, amazing guitar player, and its false that they isnt good shredders girls. You're totally wrong and outta the track dude. Look outside and you'll see.

[Tony67]

Women should never touch a guitar. Females should just look pretty, cook, and clean.

[Tony67]

Maybe if the girl was really stacked, thin and had bleach blonde hair. Like if she looked like Jenna Jamieson. Nice eye candy

[sAxcrazedguitar]

The chick in Evenescense is ok.

[Doc_Holiday]

Good point. However some are kinda hot but thats about it, never too late though, maybe some are just not discovered yet.

[AndyManOwns]

any one mention Brody Dalle of the distillers?

[somepunkkid]

Alexi Laiho, hes the best female guitarist around... or at least was until he got a sex change

[trickie]

What about Shakira? Heard she does flamenco that takes some finger skills

btw i bought my girlfriend a guitar and she is picking it up super fast, shes defenetley a natural at it shes gonna be a badass guitarist in the near future. whoa! i could jam with my girlfriend! weird but kinda cool actually.

[MastaBassist10]

You've obviously never heard of Bonnie Raitt, who I am seeing this summer, live.

[outlawgal]

Someone mentioned Lita Ford--good call. Bonnie Raitt--the reason I started playing again. But nobody mentioned Joan Jett...the eternal girl punk guitarist. Also didn't see Melissa Ethridge or Patti Smith or blues players Susan Tedeschi or Rory Bloch.

Pretty much ANYONE can learn to play guitar--I know some incredibly stupid people (of both sexes) who can't spell CAT if you give them the C and the A, but can play guitar like hell.

Further proof--look at all the stoned out "2 living brain cells left" guitarists out there....these folks are proof it ain't rocket science. :peace:

[sadistic_monkey]

What about Shakira? Heard she does flamenco that takes some finger skills

btw i bought my girlfriend a guitar and she is picking it up super fast, shes defenetley a natural at it shes gonna be a badass guitarist in the near future. whoa! i could jam with my girlfriend! weird but kinda cool actually.I dunno about her guitar skilz, but she is damn hot. Good voice too.

[terrencemaddox]

Yeah I don't know which one but you are talking about the Wilson sisters. I thought they used a male guitarist for the real work, if I'm not mistaken.
The "real work"? If by real you mean lead, then yes. They usually had another person play solos for their tunes. Nancy wrote the riffs though, and often showcased some amazing skill on acoustic guitar. My point is that just because she doesn't play lead does not mean that she isn't a killer player.

[Alex2zulu]

Tons of good female guitarists, you're just not looking right. If you want advice, don't look for major mainstream female guitarists. Here are a few good ones
- Michelle Branch*
- Jessica Harp*
- Eva Cassidy

*Michelle and Jessica are in an amazing band called, The Wreckers, a Country-pop/rock band. They're just released a debut album and they're slowly becoming mainstream but it doesn't change the fact that they're great guitarists. Michelle and Jessica wrote three Solo albums each.

WAKE UP FOOL, "country-pop-****-bollocks" aint METAL

(sig it, u know u wanna)

[jcthomasva]

I hope someone gets offended in this thread!

OFFENDED!

2nd Attempt. Here goes...

What about Shakira?

I like how she shakes her rump. Her music is ok too.

[jcthomasva]

I hope someone gets offended in this thread!

OFFENDED!


3rd attempt...

Also didn't see Melissa Etheridge...

We were discussing female guitarists. Not men in drag.

[maXterbat0r]

Women should never touch a guitar. Females should just look pretty, cook, and clean.
are you serious, bud? if so, you are, quite simply, a goddamn moron.

anyways, I'd have no problem playing with a girl(music, you dirty-minded fools)I see nothing wrong with it. and for whoever thinks that female guitarists are ****, then you should know that there are alot more **** male guitarists.

[b.c.rich rules]

I no I shouldn't care about this but I do. Are you saying that girls can't play guitar as good as guys? Or are you just saying that there are no famous female guitarists?

[Vermox]

I think part of the problem lies in the different psyches of males and females. The different sexes listen to and play music in different ways. It's particularly more emotional for females whereas males tend to listen to it more for technique. Therefore when females tend to play the guitar they are not as interested as males in playing a super-technical solo. Girls don't sit around having a wank session talking about whose vibratto is better. They think more about what the song is actually trying to say.

Males tend to write songs that are narrative whereas females write songs that deal with feelings and emotions.

I think that it is partly this disinterest of females in playing long and technical solos that is part of the problem. But there will always be exceptions to the rule.

[wombifat]

^ yeah. I got tons of female friends who love playing guitar. but they dont care about playing long technical solos or having good gear. They just like playing.

and you dont see a lot of chicks into metal.

[TheHighWayHome]

The chick from The Von Bondies (if she plays lead) makes some catchy riffs.

[dertjoe]

the guitarist from vixen was ok hair metal but she could play