Native New Yorker Marnie Stern is a massively dexterous guitar player. On her most recent album, she opined that 'Female Guitar Players are the New Black'. She might be right, but this one is all substance, not just style.
An advocate of tapping, Marnie's speedy skills need to be seen to be believed. On record, she builds up layers of sound to create hectic, rhythmic songs. Some people link this to prog. I would never say such a thing.
Stern has a quiver of guitars and can be seen tapping on a Fender Jazzmaster, a double-necked (!) Epiphone SG or a Flaxwood. Amp-wise, she uses a Fender Deluxe Reverb and doesn't go in for too many effects, favouring a clean sound to allow each guitar line to shine.
Marnie has this advice for females looking to learn guitar, which she shared in a 2011 interview with GuitarWorld magazine:
"I had been wanting to give guitar lessons to girls because I feel like women tend to use their voice as the starting point for a song and learn a few chords, and then it ends there because then they just use their voice to flesh out a song. I think you should look at the guitar differently instead of just something to help the voice. It’s its own amazing crazy thing that can bring about different ideas."
It's certainly worked for her!
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