SamIAm Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, TheRev said: I bet some of them don't even have an opinion on flats vs rounds. Flatwounds all the way!!!! S'manth x 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIAm Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 36 minutes ago, Owen said: M'eshell is as good as it gets on bass. Ironically, when I was doing lessons the girls were always better than the boys. My top 5 pupils would all have been girls. Note my lack of surprise! S'manth xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Mohini Dey been mentioned? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SamIAm Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 What is missing! Who here is a female bassist!! Let's share our approach! PM me if you prefer Smanth x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Simone Butler of Primal Scream deserves a shout out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Surprised more people don't have one as their avatar. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Owen said: M'eshell is as good as it gets on bass. Ironically, when I was doing lessons the girls were always better than the boys. My top 5 pupils would all have been girls. Just for ABSOLUTE clarity, the irony was that women are outnumbered by men in bass-dom but all my best pupils were women. Nothing else. Shout out to Allison, Rhiannon, Sara, Anita and Katie, in no particular order. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 3 hours ago, TheRev said: I think there's plenty of female bassists out there, but maybe they're just not interested in online discussion forums? mebbe because they're less geeky/nerdy than male bass players?😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Latest member of Whitesnake and currently touring with them 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Kim Baker of Defunkt is up with the very best! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzmanb Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) Jenny lee linberg warpaint error on upload Edited October 12, 2022 by jazzmanb error 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Jo Bench - Bolt Thrower One of my main influences when I picked up bass at 15. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 No-one remember Janice Johnson? Founding member and bassist with Taste of honey. Fabulous player. Founded the band in the very early 70s Boogie oogie oogie was a game changer. One of my first bass heroes. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 In my musical neck of the woods (6-music kind of stuff), there are plenty of female bass players. Often as part of all-female or line-ups split male/female. As with male players there are a few stand-out players, but most (like male bass players) are simply doing the right job for the band. As an example I'll give the last gig I went to - Los Bitchos. The bass player (Josefine Jonsson) was not only great, but was nice and audible in the mix. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Gender has absolutely nothing to do with musical ability. … simple 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIAm Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) 52 minutes ago, msb said: Gender has absolutely nothing to do with musical ability. … simple Not talking about musical ability, I would agree with you on that. But let us consider some evidence. Big South West Bash Bash - One female bassist (me) Demographics on BC Research (Check google scholar) Sex and Gender are not the same, but often women are smaller and less physically strong and basses tend to be large and heavy. And there are cultural differences to account for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_privilege And the timeless S'manth x Edited October 12, 2022 by Smanth 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 I liked Share Penderson back in the day. Admired her bass playing too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, Smanth said: I don't wish to be confrontational but let us consider some evidence... Is it the same for violinists, or harpists..? They, too, are musicians. Should singers be considered musicians, too..? If only bass has a male bias that would surprise me. Personally, I think that it's just a matter of individuals (male or female...) wanting to play the instrument they play (or singers, to sing...). I'm just Occam's Razor simple, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Someone's already probably said it, but Basschat probably isn't a particular representative cross section of the bass playing community. Most of us on here are men on the wrong side of 45, The lack of women players who use the site is possibly down to the blokey atmosphere as much as anything else. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIAm Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: Is it the same for violinists, or harpists..? They, too, are musicians. Should singers be considered musicians, too..? If only bass has a male bias that would surprise me. Personally, I think that it's just a matter of individuals (male or female...) wanting to play the instrument they play (or singers, to sing...). I'm just Occam's Razor simple, though. My personal view is that basses (Electric ones at least) tend to be large and heavy and are harder generally (Oh shoot me down here) for us gals to hold, fret, carry. I used to be 5"9', since playing the bass I'm now 4"11' (A lie, but hopefully an amusing one!) Exceptions to everything, but statistically are there not more male than female basis players here on BC and in the world of music? And be careful with Occam's Razor, it has a sharp edge lol S'manth xx 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BassBunny Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 8 hours ago, ezbass said: I’d add Tal Wilkenfield, Rhonda Smith, Ida Neilson and Juna Serita to the list. Saw Ida Neilson and the Funkbots last Friday. Cracking gig and lovely to talk to. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegs07 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Patricia Morrison, purely for her bass playing ability (honest) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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