List of female bass guitarists

A

• Adele played bass in tracks "Best for Last" and "Make You Feel My Love" on her album 19
• Gaye Advert
• Mai Agan
• Kianna Alarid
• Chloe Alper
• Jennifer Arroyo
• Stephanie Ashworth
• Talena Atfield
• Melissa Auf der Maur
• Carla Azar

  B

• Laura Ballance
• Jeneda Benally
• Jo Bench
• Christina Billotte
• Gina Birch
• Lori Black
• Jody Bleyle
• Vicki Blue
• Joanna Bolme
• Butterfly Boucher
• Fallon Bowman
• Shanne Bradley
• Beverly Breckenridge
• Rosemary Butler

  C

• Yolanda Charles
• Tish Ciravolo. 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
• Kim Deal
• Jane Dodd
• Gail Ann Dorsey
• Donna Dresch
• Stefanie Drootin

  F

• Alla Fedynitch
• Jennifer Finch
• Nicole Fiorentino
• Theresa Flaminio
• Maya Ford a.k.a. "Donna F"
• Kathy Foster
• Jackie Fox
• Misia Furtak
• Miki Furukawa

  G

• Eva Gardner
• Inara George
• Debbie Googe
• Kim Gordon
• Ellie Goulding
• Gail Greenwood
• Camila Grey

  H

• Rachel Haden
• Bianca "Butthole" Halstead
• Leslie Hardy
• Juliana Hatfield
• Maureen Herman
• Annie Holland

  I

• Joyce Irby

  J

• Joan Jett

  K

• Carol Kaye
• Charlotte Kemp Muhl
• Kerri Kenney-Silver
• Debra Killings
• Holly Knight handled the bass parts on the band's lone album 22B3

  L

• Sara Lee and Indigo Girls
• Paz Lenchantin
• Jenny Lewis
• Jenny Lee Lindberg

  M

• Michelle Mae
• Leslie Mah
• Natalie Maines periodically plays bass during their live shows
• Aimee Mann
• Zia McCabe
• Molly McGuire
• Mitski
• Patricia Morrison
• Robin Moulder

  N

• Michie Nakatani
• Johnette Napolitano
• Kate Nash
• Meshell Ndegeocello
• Danielle Nicole
• Ida Nielsen
• Kim Nielsen

  O

• Tomomi Ogawa
• Cait O%27Riordan
• Wanda Ortiz
• Yuko Oshima
• Catherine Owen

  P

• Kristen Pfaff
• Britta Phillips
• Tessa Pollitt
• Ginger Pooley
• Catherine Popper

  Q

• Suzi Quatro

  R

• Leah Randi
• Julianne Regan
• Regina Zernay Roberts
• Kira Roessler
• Share Ross
• Divinity Roxx

  S

• Jeanne Sagan
• Anna Sentina
• Kim Shattuck
• Shingai Shoniwa
• Melanie Sisneros
• Grace Slick ; primarily a singer, but sometimes played bass for The Great Society
• Debbie Smith
• Esperanza Spalding
• Donita Sparks
• Malka Spigel
• Micki Steele
• Sunmi

  T

• Ritsuko Taneda
• Rachel Trachtenburg
• Abby Travis
• Iracema Trevisan
• Shonna Tucker

  V

• Kathy Valentine
• Ivana "Ivy" Vujic

  W

• Kim Warnick
• Tina Weymouth
• Josephine Wiggs
• Kathi Wilcox
• Tal Wilkenfeld
• Anka Wolbert
• Tracy Wormworth
• D'arcy Wretzky

  Y

• Atsuko Yamano
• Naomi Yang
• Toko Yasuda
• Jennifer York
• Sean Yseult

  Z

• Annette Zilinskas