Yahoo

Half of New Guitar Players Are Women, Fender Study Finds

Fender has released a new study that shows women comprise 50% of new guitar players in the United States and the United Kingdom. The guitar manufacturer consulted with Daniel Levitin, a neuroscientist ...
Yahoo

Sue Foley has spent 25 years researching the unsung female pioneers of guitar – these are the most important players she discovered

Sue Foley’s 2024 album One Guitar Woman has been heaped with praise, earning Grammy and Juno nominations for best blues album. It’s overdue recognition not just for Foley, but for the women she pays ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Women Are Saving the Electric Guitar

When Fender chose artists to represent its iconic Stratocaster guitar in a new marketing campaign, it didn’t go with the usual Strat-slingers. You won’t see Pete Townshend windmilling or Eric Clapton ...
Chicago Tribune

Women gravitating toward guitars

COLUMBIA, S.C.–After nine years in a band, Stephanie Venable still grimaces when she hears, “You play really good guitar for a girl.” The thirtysomething guitarist for Columbia, S.C., band She Says ...
The Florida Times-Union

Baby, it's the guitar women

Bonnie Raitt's upcoming St. Augustine concert gives us something to talk about: guitar heroines. Where are they? Heroes are easy to name - Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page - but thinking of a ...
WMNF

Sue Foley – One Guitar Woman

After her unforgettable performance at WMNF’s 2025 Tropical Heatwave, Sue Foley returns by popular demand, this time for an intimate evening celebrating the power of women in music. Part of WMNF’s ...
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St. Vincent Designed a New Guitar to Better Fit Women’s Bodies

In the indie music scene, which prides itself on having no masters, St. Vincent is a leader. This coming March, she's about to do something no other woman has done in rock 'n' roll history. In ...
Uproxx

St. Vincent’s Annie Clark Helped Create A Guitar For Women Rockers Everywhere

St. Vincent’s Annie Clark has spent more than a decade absolutely shredding on every song she lands on. Even more amazingly, she did all that while feeling distinctly uncomfortable with guitars that ...
Los Angeles Times

Lead guitar: Boys rule

Where are all the guitar heroines? Where are all the female guitarists who can light it up in some original, groundbreaking and influential way? Can you name any? Have you even heard the phrase ...
Forbes

For Fender Guitars, The Future Is Digital And Female

There have been numerous news stories about the impending death of U.S. guitar business. Not without some reason. The instrument long ago lost its central role in pop music. Iconic brand Gibson is in ...
Alternative Press

Half of new guitar players are women, says study

Fender found out that 50 percent of beginner guitar players are women. The study also points out at the emotional benefits of playing an instrument. According to a new study by Fender, the diversity ...