high_jinx

went to sleep thinking about this last night. there's tons of singers. a few bassists (sonic youth, smashing pumpkins come to mind.) but i can't think of any females known for their rock guitar.

why do you think this is?

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Cynthetiq

Lita Ford and Joan Jett don't stand out as someone with great rock guitar?

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Or Bonnie Raitt?

I think a better question might be why haven't there been any great male rock guitarists lately? The only really good guitar players I've heard in the past 10 years or so are John Mayer and Brad Paisley.

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They are good guitarists but they don't stand out as great guitarists. The most obvious reason is that it is a male-dominated field. Female rock musicians are rare and if they exist at all are usually the vocalist. You can probably count the number of significant female rock guitarists on your hands and it's doubtful that any of them are known as virtuosos.

Cynthetiq

for your bassist list, check out the grandma of them all.

The Official Carol Kaye Web Site

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StanT

Joe Bonamassa?

Orianthi would seen to have the talent on guitar. Her insistence on taking a pop track and doing her own vocals took her off my radar.

high_jinx

i thought of them right away along with the bangles and the gogo's, but i couldn't rationally put them in the same tier as hendrix, page, radiohead, tool, jane's addiction, ratm, etc.

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COME ON!!!



Nancy Wilson could rival Eric Clapton for God status...

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Thanks for the reminder. I listened to this a lot a few whiles back.



I missed the "rock" part. 'scuse me

God of Thunder

Came in here to say this!

I saw female guitarist in the thread title and she is the first one I thought of.

And her sister Ann's vocals could make Robert Plant weep.

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Hotmnkyluv

Besides for the ones named, there's...

The Great Kat!
Joni Mitchell
Ani DiFranco
Courtney Love
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sean Yseult
Cordell Jackson
Jennifer Batten

And those are just off the top of my head... Women guitarists may not be as well known, but they're out there!

Cimarron29414

Okay, this question is born out of complete ignorance. Is it more difficult for a female to truly excel at rock guitar due to some sort of physical difference? Women's hands are typically smaller than men. That would dictate guitar size, right? Perhaps that somehow limits early direction with guitar practice, hence less emphasis on rock? I don't know crap about all of this, so I'm just asking. I know I have small hands and when I played I seemed limited in what I could do.

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i think people are confusing A-List with fame.. few of those mentioned female guitarists listed are A-List, which refers to the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Les Claypool, John Entwisle, etc.

ALTHOUGH.. I think females generally hold the crown for best overall vocalists. I mean, take any female who doesn't chain smoke, have her hum a bit over the track, and BAM, you've got a single. even females who can't sing worth a damn are pretty good at it (Karen O, I'm looking at you).

Bonkai

The Great Kat


Wata from Boris


Nori Bucci



Not exactly A-List but these girls fucking rock!

uncle phil

and this relates to female guitarists in what way?

stay on topic, please...

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Hi .. Have a quick watch of this ...
YouTube - [Guitar] Cha Sun Chon et al. - "Our Kindergarten Teacher" {DPRK Music}

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Dynamic Duos

Louise Post & Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt:


The Deal twins of The Breeders:

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Cynthetiq

well, I wanted to also say that when was the last time you heard some radical guitar shredding on the radio lately? It just isn't there anymore...

I decided to see if there was anyone who seemed worthy of being an awesome female guitarist and these are the videos I found watch them in the order I've listed, because it gets more impressive from top to bottom.





The girl is impressive. She was Michael Jackson's guitarist...so it's not lack of publicity and pop...

http://www.orianthi.com/

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Daniel_

You left out Rick Wakeman and John Bonham.

After all, there's a bass player on your list of guitar heroes...

Just sayin'

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ok maybe not a guitarist but whatever she is, damn. just damn.

high_jinx

i loved the breeders but i'd have to say they're better known for kim's bass in the pixies. i thought of that michael jackson guitarist as well (dirty diana), but being a hired gun for an A-lister doesn't make you one i'd think.

i just thought it an anomaly because there's such a mixed ratio of female to male artists in rock and pop music the last 20 years but there seems to be a dearth of guitar and for that matter drums in there. we're due for a first i'd say.

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