Greatest Female Electric Guitarists

Could be that since the electric guitar s popularity blossomed in the mid twentieth century collective wisdom has suggested that great female guitarists simply don t exist.

Greatest female electric guitarists.

In celebration of it might get loud a riff on some of our favorite women to pick up an ax. Take rolling stone s 2003 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Liona boyd boyd graced our cover in july 1987 and won classical guitarist of the year honors in our reader s poll so many times that she was selected for the magazine s gallery of the greats. The 100 greatest guitarists of all time by total guitar editors total guitar 06 july 2020 featuring the trailblazers the early innovators the best jazz rock indie blues metal and acoustic players and the best guitarists around today.

Only two women joni mitchell and joan jett were honored. The good news about the best female guitarists is that there are too many to fit on a list of 25 the tradition goes back to the formative days of gospel country folk and rock your favourite. But much like our custom amplifiers this list goes to 11. Time s music critic josh tyrangiel picks a pantheon of six string masters.

One of the most prolific and iconic guitarists of the second half of the 20th century jerome john garcia was born in san francisco california usa on august 1st 1942. 12 greatest female electric guitarists.