List of female bass guitarists

This is a list of notable female bass guitarists.

A

 * Adele played bass in tracks "Best for Last" and "Make You Feel My Love" on her album 19
 * Gaye Advert (from The Adverts)
 * Kianna Alarid (from Tilly and the Wall)
 * Chloe Alper (from Pure Reason Revolution)
 * Jennifer Arroyo (formerly of Kittie)
 * 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)

B

 * 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)

C

 * 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

D

 * 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)

E

 * Islam Elbeiti

F

 * 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)

G

 * 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)

H

 * 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)

I

 * Joyce Irby (from Klymaxx)

J

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

K

 * 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

L

 * 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 (from Pixies, formerly of 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)

M

 * 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)

N

 * 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)

O

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

P

 * 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)

Q

 * Suzi Quatro (leads an unnamed backing band. Formerly of Cradle, The Pleasure Seekers, and The Art Quatro Trio)

R

 * 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)

S



 * Jeanne Sagan (from The Acacia Strain, All That Remains)
 * Anna Sentina
 * Kim Shattuck (formerly of The Pandoras, filled in as touring bassist for Pixies, later singer/guitarist for The Muffs)
 * 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)

T

 * 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)

V

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

W

 * Kim Warnick (co-founder of Fastbacks; formerly of Visqueen)
 * 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)

Y

 * 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)

Z

 * Annette Zilinskas (The Bangles)