how many female bassists are there on this board?

[Tree]

hey,
im a female bassist too!

[Tbeers]

I was at the All Eastern Music Festival the first weekend of March. The players were selected from most of the eastern seaboard. Four out of ten bassists were female.

As a high school student I have seen lots of girls playing bass, and most of them are very good. In fact, at least at my age, I would say female bassists are on average better than their male counterparts.

So no need to feel discouraged/alone.

[missy51633]

yes i too think that the females of the bass playing world are coming on up,.
i see a lot of male players that are good and some not sso---,but that goes for us ladies too,.
there is a need for both of us in this playing field so lets all pull together and by all means stick to learning more with practice,practice,play and practice.
had a bad time of it in ireland last month sprained my ankle but the guys in my band just got me a stool and told me ,,have at it,,ha,ha,ha, said "you can't get out of playing that easy,here you go"
thanks to every one on here, there a lot of great players here AND lot of help when we need it,advice,tabs and boy i need all i can get!!
hang in there girls,,and guys and keep on playing
missy51633

[littlekatie]

im a female bassist. have to say i prefer the blokes...as im on the conservatoire and pro orchestra side of things girls can be bitchy sometimes...whereas the guys make decent conversation and buy you a pint!

on a slightly more random note, i have just bought the most gorgeous new double bass, i paid 5k sterling for it. its unmarked, got helicore orchestral strings (my favourite! ) and although it is unsigned has a rather distinctive marking on the top at the back where the neck joins the back...ill try to post some photos, but id love to know more about it..its actualy my baby!

good to see some sisters doin it for themselves!!!! thankfully im the only girl in a section of 8 other strapping men...means at least im the best lookin girl in the bass section!!!!!! wouldnt have much hope otherwise...

good 2 see some laydees...anyway ciao for now..
little katie xxxxxx

[Silversorcerer]

I'm another female db player. In our community symphony we had an all female section (4 of us!) for much of last season. Then we let in a single male.

Would you have let in a married guy?

[tzadik]

In all respect to everyone, does it really matter if one if male or female? Sure we are outnumbered a lot of the time - I know I am, in the jazz world - but for me, it's about music. Not gender or age or whatever - music. I really don't think of myself as a "female bass player". I do think of myelf as a bass player. *shrug*

[GGirl]

I am a female bassist too. I took up the bass at about 36 and I just hope that I'll be good enough to join a band and gig somewhere before I retire! LOL I really love it - I love it so much sometimes I practice for 4 or 5 hours - WOW. I wish I would have started younger, but at least I have some piano training, so some of the theory is behind me.
GGirl

[Petrina]

Just chimin' in as another girlie... Been lurking about on the board for some time, just getting around to posting now.

I play upright and electric, but have pretty much neglected the ol' EB3 since I bought the EM1.

More girls are getting into the upright, I get several emails a week from young'uns looking for motherly (ahem) advice. Gotta support the up and coming girlies!

[lagirlgwen]

Another gal has joined the ranks.

I'm a DB Newbie but a seasoned musician
I figure - the best part about my DB is that she's more "statuesque" than I!