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Female Bass Players
- Thread starter Mike Cherry
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I've noticed that a lot of ladies seem to look sort of robotic, emotionless on stage, regardless of talent. I stumbled across Alessandra Scaravilli on Youtube a few months ago. Aside from being able to groove, she looks like she's having a blast. I'll take that any day.
Tina is the reason I wanted a Hofner Club years ago and could never find one until they reissued
You could never find one because of Tina? Did she buy them all up or something?
no they were hard to find and not a lot of information about what it was because there was no interwebs just Vintage Guitar Mag
Came across this lovely bass player while searching for a Dean Stylist.
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I know nothing about her, but she likes a bass that I like, so...
Also, did you see the cover of bassplayer magazine with Cheryl Crow holding a Guild Bass? I didn't know she made a switch. Is she any good on bass?
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I know nothing about her, but she likes a bass that I like, so...
Also, did you see the cover of bassplayer magazine with Cheryl Crow holding a Guild Bass? I didn't know she made a switch. Is she any good on bass?
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Not sure if this has been shared here yet. I wanted to learn this and came across this video. Her playing seem effortless. So talented!
Not sure if this has been shared here yet. I wanted to learn this and came across this video. Her playing seem effortless. So talented!
I completely understand a group about female members of TB. We need that. A thread about female bass players- C'mon, we are just bass players. Pointing them out, as if good bass playing was gender sensitive, and we have to continue the old canard of 'not bad for a girl'. I know members and contributors to this thread will say- 'But we are aknowledging the contributions of female bass players', but damn would you catch hell if you started a thread about Black or Jewish bass players.
Your point is certainly well taken, but I think a reasonable counter-argument is that a females-only list provides the opportunity for a lot of good players to get attention they might not otherwise get -- not because women are inferior players, of course, but simply because there historically have been proportionally so few of them. I'm sure a lot of players have been mentioned in this thread that wouldn't have been in a generic "top bassists" list, and I know I learned about some that I hadn't heard of before.
^ That is a reasonable counter, thanks. Perhaps I was dreaming about a time we won't have to segregate female players.
Unfortunately, I wouldn't be too optimistic about that: There are lots more female bassists today than in the past, but it's still certainly far less than half -- and the (mostly) all-boys club has had a several-decades head start. On the other hand, I am optimistic that the "not-bad-for-a-girl" attitude will fade away as more and more great female players demonstrate how stupid that is.
Yes, the "not-bad-for-a-girl" attitude is stupid. Anyone going out and mingling with great female bassists face to face will see just how stupid the attitude is. No, I'm not a female. It doesn't make much difference to me one way or another if a bassist is a male or female. Female drummers, though, I do have to admit can really get my attention. Also, in band terms I never intend to be in a band with another bassist, male or female. But a female drummer is another matter. That has never happened, although I was once in a band with a female guitarist.
