This is a list of notable female bass guitarists.

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thumb|Stephanie Ashworth

  • Gaye Advert (from the Adverts)
  • Kianna Alarid (from Tilly and the Wall)
  • Chloe Alper (from Pure Reason Revolution)
  • Stephanie Ashworth (from Something for Kate)
  • Talena Atfield (formerly of Kittie)
  • Melissa Auf der Maur (formerly of Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins)
  • Carla Azar (from autolux)

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B

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thumb|upright|Butterfly Boucher, 2009

  • Laura Ballance (from Superchunk)
  • Jo Bench (from Bolt Thrower)
  • Christina Billotte (formerly of Autoclave)
  • Gina Birch (from the Raincoats)
  • Lori Black (from Melvins)
  • Vicki Blue (formerly of the Runaways)
  • Joanna Bolme (from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
  • Butterfly Boucher
  • Fallon Bowman (formerly of Kittie)
  • Shanne Bradley (founding member of the Nips and the Men They Couldn't Hang)
  • Beverly Breckenridge (from Fifth Column and Phono-Comb)
  • Rosemary Butler (formerly of the Daisy Chain and Birtha)

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C

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  • Yolanda Charles
  • Tish Ciravolo (sASSafrASS, Rag Dolls, the Velvets, They Eat Their Own, Shiksa and the Sluts, Lypstik). Founder of Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, who supply guitars made for females
  • Sheryl Crow played bass on her second album, Sheryl Crow, and frequently plays bass during her live performances

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D

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  • Kimberley Dahme (from Boston)
  • Victoria De Angelis (bassist of Italian rock band Måneskin, winner of Sanremo 2021 and Eurovision 2021)
  • Kim Deal (formerly of Pixies, also lead singer/guitarist of the Breeders)
  • Blu DeTiger
  • Mohini Dey
  • Jane Dodd (formerly of the Chills, Verlaines and Able Tasmans)
  • Gail Ann Dorsey (session bassist for David Bowie and many other musicians, and toured with Lenny Kravitz)
  • Donna Dresch (bassist and guitarist from Team Dresch)
  • Stefanie Drootin (bass for the Good Life, also lead singer/guitarist for Consafos)

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E

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  • Islam Elbeiti

F

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thumb|upright|Nicole Fiorentino, 2007

  • Alla Fedynitch
  • Jennifer Finch (from L7)
  • Nicole Fiorentino (from the Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, Spinnerette)
  • Theresa Flaminio
  • Sharin Foo (from the Raveonettes)
  • Maya Ford a.k.a. "Donna F" (from the Donnas)
  • Kathy Foster (from the Thermals)
  • Jackie Fox (from the Runaways)
  • Misia Furtak (from Très.b)
  • Miki Furukawa (from Supercar)

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G

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  • Manou Gallo (Côte d'Ivoire, formerly of Zap Mama)
  • Eva Gardner (formerly of the Mars Volta, now with Lyra and toured with Pink)
  • Inara George (from the Bird and the Bee)
  • Debbie Googe (from My Bloody Valentine)
  • Kim Gordon (from Sonic Youth)
  • Ellie Goulding
  • Gail Greenwood (from Belly and formerly of L7)
  • Camila Grey (Uh Huh Her)

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H

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  • Rachel Haden (from the Rentals; formerly of That Dog)
  • Janine Hall (formerly of the Saints; later Weddings Parties Anything and Young Charlatans)
  • Bianca "Butthole" Halstead (from Betty Blowtorch; formerly of Butt Trumpet)
  • Leslie Hardy (formerly of Hole)
  • Juliana Hatfield (formerly of Blake Babies, played bass on the Lemonheads' It's a Shame about Ray; currently singer/guitarist)
  • Maureen Herman (from Babes in Toyland)
  • Annie Holland (formerly of Elastica)

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I

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  • Joyce Irby (from Klymaxx)

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J

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  • Joan Jett (from Joan Jett & the Blackhearts; normally plays rhythm guitar, but played bass for the Runaways in 1977)

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K

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thumb|Marjolein Kooijman, 2010

  • Carol Kaye (one of the most recorded bass players in history)
  • Charlotte Kemp Muhl (from the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger)
  • Kerri Kenney-Silver (formerly of Cake Like)
  • Debra Killings
  • Holly Knight (formerly of Device; handled the bass parts on the band's lone album 22B3)

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L

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thumb|Sara Lee, 2007

  • Mai Leisz
  • Laura Lee (from Khruangbin)
  • Sara Lee (from Gang of Four, the B-52's, Robert Fripp's League of Gentlemen) and Indigo Girls
  • Paz Lenchantin (formerly of Pixies, the Entrance Band, A Perfect Circle and Zwan; she has also contributed to songs for Queens of the Stone Age)
  • Jenny Lewis (from Rilo Kiley)
  • Jenny Lee Lindberg (from Warpaint)

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M

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thumb|Aimee Mann, 2005

  • Michelle Mae (from Weird War and formerly of the Make-Up)
  • Leslie Mah (from Tribe 8 and formerly of Anti-Scrunti Faction)
  • Natalie Maines (from the Dixie Chicks; periodically plays bass during their live shows)
  • Aimee Mann (founding member of 'Til Tuesday)
  • Zia McCabe (from the Dandy Warhols)
  • Molly McGuire
  • Mitski
  • Patricia Morrison (the Sisters of Mercy, the Gun Club, the Damned)
  • Robin Moulder (from TCR and Jack Off Jill)

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N

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  • Michie Nakatani (formerly of Shonen Knife)
  • Johnette Napolitano (from Concrete Blonde)
  • Kate Nash
  • Meshell Ndegeocello (Grammy-winning bassist and singer)
  • Danielle Nicole (Trampled Under Foot)
  • Ida Nielsen (of Zap Mama, Michael Learns to Rock, 3rdeyegirl and the New Power Generation)
  • Kim Nielsen (from Phantom Blue)

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O

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thumb|Wanda Ortiz, 2008

  • Tomomi Ogawa (from Scandal)
  • Cait O'Riordan (the Pogues)
  • Wanda Ortiz (from the Iron Maidens)
  • Yuko Oshima (from AKB48)
  • Catherine Owen

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P

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thumb|upright|Britta Phillips, 2007

  • Lucy Patané
  • Kristen Pfaff (formerly of Hole and Janitor Joe)
  • Britta Phillips (from Luna and Dean and Britta)
  • Tessa Pollitt (from the Slits)
  • Ginger Pooley (formerly of the Smashing Pumpkins, Halo Friendlies)
  • Catherine Popper (formerly of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)

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Q

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thumb|upright|Suzi Quatro, 2007

  • Suzi Quatro (leads an unnamed backing band; formerly of Cradle, the Pleasure Seekers, and the Art Quatro Trio)

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R

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  • Leah Randi
  • Julianne Regan (formerly of Gene Loves Jezebel)
  • Regina Zernay Roberts (from Scarlet Fever, formerly of Cowboy Mouth and Méchant)
  • Kira Roessler (from Dos and formerly of Black Flag)
  • Share Ross (from Vixen, formerly of Contraband, Havana 3 A.M. and the Dogs D'Amour)
  • Nicole Row (from Incubus and formerly of Panic! at the Disco)
  • Divinity Roxx (toured with Beyoncé, Victor Wooten, 2NE1)

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S

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thumb|Shingai Shoniwa, 2007

  • Jeanne Sagan (from the Acacia Strain, All That Remains)
  • Anna Sentina
  • Kim Shattuck (formerly of the Pandoras, later singer/guitarist for the Muffs; filled in as touring bassist for Pixies)
  • Shingai Shoniwa (from Noisettes)
  • Melanie Sisneros (from Crescent Shield, Whole Lotta Rosies, Hangar 18, Mz Led formerly of the Iron Maidens, Sinergy, New Eden)
  • Grace Slick (formerly of Jefferson Starship, Starship, Jefferson Airplane, the Great Society; primarily a singer, but sometimes played bass for the Great Society)
  • Debbie Smith (from Echobelly)
  • Esperanza Spalding
  • Donita Sparks (from Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments and L7)
  • Malka Spigel (from Githead and Minimal Compact)
  • Micki Steele (from the Bangles, formerly of the Runaways)
  • Eliot Sumner
  • Sunmi (primarily a singer but previously played for the Wonder Girls)

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T

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thumb|upright|Iracema Trevisan, 2007

  • Ritsuko Taneda (from Shonen Knife)
  • Rachel Trachtenburg (from Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
  • Abby Travis
  • Iracema Trevisan (from Cansei de Ser Sexy)
  • Shonna Tucker (Previously of Drive-by Tuckers)

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V

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  • Kathy Valentine (from the Go-Go's, also lead singer/guitarist for the BlueBonnets and the Delphines)
  • Alejandra Villarreal
  • Ivana "Ivy" Vujic (formerly with Kittie)

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W

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thumb|Tina Weymouth, 1978

  • Kim Warnick (co-founder of Fastbacks; formerly of Visqueen)
  • Milkie Way (bass and vocals for Wargasm)
  • Tina Weymouth (founding member of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
  • Josephine Wiggs (from the Breeders)
  • Kathi Wilcox (from Bikini Kill)
  • Tal Wilkenfeld (formerly toured with Jeff Beck, solo)
  • Anka Wolbert (formerly of Clan of Xymox a/k/a Xymox)
  • Tracy Wormworth (the Waitresses, the B-52's, Sting)
  • D'arcy Wretzky (formerly of the Smashing Pumpkins)

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Y

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thumb|upright|Sean Yseult, 2010

  • Atsuko Yamano (from Shonen Knife)
  • Naomi Yang (from Galaxie 500, Magic Hour, and Damon & Naomi)
  • Toko Yasuda (from Enon)
  • Jennifer York (formerly of Rachel Rachel)
  • Sean Yseult (formerly of White Zombie)

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References

  • "Female Bass Players Learn Bass Guitar Intuitively." (February 14, 2008)