Best Female Guitarist- your nominations please.

[Slioch]

View: https://youtu.be/PIg8dETqr1U

I'll second Amy McDonald.

But I'll also put in an honourable mention for Suzy Q.

 

[ianrauk]

Sister Rosetta Tharpe is way up there as one of the very best, male or female.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSwoM7WIy5M




Especially from 4:00 onwards.

 

[Dave 123]

Gabriela Quintero of Rodrigo y Gabriela is my favourite by far. The sounds she can get out of an acoustic guitar are amazing. Part guitar, part drum, part I don't know what.
Unfortunately almost all videos of her solos have been filmed by audience members and have audio quality issues as a result.


In pure technical ability, you'll struggle to find anyone who beats this:

I was going to say Gabriella. Saw them live, she was phenomenal. She made Rod look a bit pedestrian!

 

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[Levo-Lon]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MJo1r7d5xQk

 

[Cycleops]

I think Bonny Raitt deserves a mention. Here she is with John Lee Hooker;


View: https://youtu.be/lE4P8r8FENY

 

[Kempstonian]

I agree with Drago... Joanne Shaw Taylor

 

[Kempstonian]

Don't ask who my favourite male guitarist is though... I could name at least 12 and still leave some out!

 

[PaulB]

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Since we've opened up the four-string variant, I'm going for Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads. I bought a Hofner Senator like the one she had because it's a hollow body and therefore lighter so allows me to play it for much longer without the awful back pain I get with solid-bodied, heavier basses. A Hofner violin-shape one was out of the question as I'm right handed before anyone asks.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Can we include 5-string Banjo?
If so, may I present, Emily Robison, from The Dixie Chicks

We've seen them perform this live, & it was good...………….


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM65uGRxUmI

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Nita Strauss (Alice Cooper)

Talia Bellazecca (Frozen Crown)

Merel Bechtold (Delain)

Mary Spender (solo artist

 

[IanSmithCSE]

Good morning,

Jan Kuehnemund - Vixen


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQOmDUnt8Hs


Bye

Ian

 

[PaulB]

And of course, there's Gail Ann Dorsey, the shaven-headed Amazon who was with Bowie for years.

 

[Pale Rider]

Brian May.

Well, he has a big curly perm and always seemed effeminate to me so he nearly qualifies.