Jimi Hendrix

[Larsen B]

arguably the greatest guitarist ever, made some pretty nifty songs too, such as Voodoo Child(slight return), Fire and Purple Haze,

also can anyone tell me the difference, if any, between Voodoo Child and Voodoo Chile , im think the riff is fairly the same and the lyrics different but im not too sure

[adamirl]

hendrix rocks so muchj and imsio drunk!

[LittleMUSEalieN]

sorry dont know the answer 2 ur question but YEAH!!!! HENDRIX RAWWKS MEEYAAN!!!! hehe :D *RIP* :)

[Muse_fan_danny]

arguably the greatest guitarist ever, made some pretty nifty songs too, such as Voodoo Child(slight return), Fire and Purple Haze,

also can anyone tell me the difference, if any, between Voodoo Child and Voodoo Chile , im think the riff is fairly the same and the lyrics different but im not too sure
yeah i think that hendrix rocks! the difference is a slight riff change and a chord change i think.

[theminority]

he's an absolute legend! That's all I have to say! :cool:

[=-=Shastasheen=-=]

Im playing Manic Depression for my GCSE performance piece. Nice

[MENTAL TROUBLE]

I got a song called Jimi Hendrix, its kinda garage... it goes like 'yeah, yeah i feel like Jimi Hendrix'
You can hear a lil passage on my website www.Mental-official.fr.st
click on it and dowload it, you jimi fans!

[Biblical]

i think voodo chile and child are very different

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

also can anyone tell me the difference, if any, between Voodoo Child and Voodoo Chile , im think the riff is fairly the same and the lyrics different but im not too sure

Voodoo Child is a 15 minute epic near the beginning of Electric Ladyland, Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) is at the end and has the killer riff.

Jimi is awesome.

All Along The Watchtower...what a song.

[reenap]

I saw a Hendrix tribute this weekend...did an amazing cover of 'foxey lady' :)

[Clunge]

Too awesome for words.

Electric Ladyland, Axis Bold As Love and Are You Experienced? are three of the greatest albums ever.

:happy: :happy: :happy:

[Clunge]

Voodoo Child is a 15 minute epic near the beginning of Electric Ladyland, Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) is at the end and has the killer riff.
Other-way round ;) .

Voodoo Chile = 15 mins

Voodoo Child (Slight Return) = Rifftastic

But both are extraordinarily good.

[whatswiththeanger]

Hendrix is the greatest, i basically own all my moms old hendrix records. She can't get 'em back.

[RadioBread]

i havent heard the really long version of voodoo chile, only the slight return

[Rainbow]

It's about time to bump this thread. :D

I listen to him a lot lately, and started to *really* appreciate his music ... what a great lyricist, composer, singer, as well as a genius guitarist (needless to say)! I LOVE 'All Along the Watchtower' (Bob Dylan cover), everything about the song is just beautiful and exciting.

[Static Shadows]

I love all three of the Jimi Hendrix Experience albums.

Axis is one of my favourite albums ever, its just at the point when they were writing consistently brillinatly and before they went into 10 min over the top jams. I dont mind 10 min jams but i prefer the songs, and so many people forget that the songs they made were awesome.

[Rainbow]

Ohhh, I've been misunderstanding "Experience" as a name of his best album. :$ n00b
I'm downloading all his albums now ... wait, had only 4 albums been released in his life time? :stunned:

[pubicmage]

Ohhh, I've been misunderstanding "Experience" as a name of his best album. :$ n00b
I'm downloading all his albums now ... wait, had only 4 albums been released in his life time? :stunned:

Yes, only four albums, but Electric Ladyland is the equivalent to a double album in length, so it can count as two albums in a way. And there is an absolute shitload of studio outtakes available. He must have recorded at least 50 albums worth of material in the studio.

I think Voodoo Chile is much better than Voodoo Child (Slight Return). Jimi's guitar playing is much better on it, and the interaction between the organ and guitar is amazing.

[james90]

Hendrix is a legend.

that is all.

oh, and check out the bio that his father wrote about him. It's one of my favorite books. It's also signed by him :)

[Pocahotas]

Hey yall, 4 give me if i seem a little out of it im new 2 all this.

[Pocahotas]

There r only 2 jimi songs i enjoy n the r all along the watchtowerw n purple haze. They just strike sumpin way down deep. Does that make sense or is it jus me?

[james90]

lol.........

anyway, check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko3wF7MltfU

gotta love how the crowd is completely stunned

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

I only have the one hendrix album, are you experienced?and a couple of best ofs, seem to have loads of live performances of him though :D

[Rainbow]

check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko3wF7MltfU

gotta love how the crowd is completely stunnedI was stunned, too ... what a big hand, and he plays as if he has an eye on his palm. :stunned:

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

That gig being at something like 7am in the morning may have something to do with the crowd's lethargy.

[Rainbow]

That gig being at something like 7am in the morning may have something to do with the crowd's lethargy.It would've been a shame if you were like "I saw Hendrix, but I don't remember ... " :sleepy:
Watching Woodstock video, looks like it was a physically tough gig.

[Static Shadows]

I love this performance of Purple Haze! It looks very early.

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:happy:

[Ellie.B]

I thought Jimi Hendrix was a golfer until recently :$

[james90]

I love this performance of Purple Haze! It looks very early.

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:happy:

That's a good 'un, and it's a later one actually - 1970.

here's a good early one

http://youtube.com/watch?v=69R4HJu77AY

Blackpool 1967 :) (or it might be 1968, I'm not sure).

[Static Shadows]

That's a good 'un, and it's a later one actually - 1970.

here's a good early one

http://youtube.com/watch?v=69R4HJu77AY

Blackpool 1967 :) (or it might be 1968, I'm not sure).

Cheers! :D

Here's a good un from 1970 - Foxy Lady

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[Rainbow]

I thought Jimi Hendrix was a golfer until recently :$Awww. :LOL:

[Static Shadows]

Here's a couple more classics i dug up from youtube!

I Don't Live Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu6mi5-5Flw

The famous Lulu show appearance: Voodoo Child/Hey Joe/Sunshine of Your Love
jE80W5xYbTI

[james90]

those are pretty cool, I have the entire royal albert hall (the first video linked) performance video on a dvd somewhere :D

as for the second one, it's great - shame about the last song being so short though.

here's another from blackpool

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:)

[Static Shadows]

Awesome cheers for that!

"Everyone sing along or we'll put a curse on you and every single one of your kids will be born completely naked." :LOL:

Seems we need to find and see them quickly. Loads have been takne off just in the last 24hrs. :(

[james90]

Yeah, and he sort of gets his guitar to say "thank you" at the end :ohmy:

and yeah, I noticed a bunch of them were pulled - there was another video like the one I just linked, and it said something about a copyright claim because of experience Hendrix.

All I know is that they did have the blackpool videos on a dvd.

[Static Shadows]

Seems all the monterey pop festival ones particularly. Maybe a dvd release is coming?

Anyone found one left from it! And its about as famous as they come!

The Who were on before, trashed the place, and said beat that. So when Jimi finished his set, out came the lighter fluid!

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[james90]

excellent :D

There was a VHS of this performance, but the quality wasn't much better than that video..not sure if there's a DVD of it. Although, I have the monterey dvd box set, and the second DVD has the full performance.

as for the who, they completely destroyed everything on the stage, but I still bet they didn't know what was coming! Also, right before Hendrix and the rest of them went off stage, you can see Mitch throw his drumsticks into the crowd - but hey, they weren't as famous as the who at that point, so he couldn't trash his set :LOL:

edit:

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:LOL: well maybe he could!

[Static Shadows]

:LOL: Karate kick to the snare! Shame that vids really poor quality sound.

[jeremy kyle]

hes so over-rated.

[Enemy]

hes so over-rated.

In my thoughts, he is actually one of the only artists that have lived up to and exceeded the hype surrounding them.

[jeremy kyle]

In my thoughts, he is actually one of the only artists that have lived up to and exceeded the hype surrounding them.

did he really though?,i mean there could have been millions around that era who lived up to his potential.

[Static Shadows]

did he really though?,i mean there could have been millions around that era who lived up to his potential.

I dont think there was anything else like him myself. At the time the rockiest thing people were hearing was the who and the rolling stones whilst the beatles were discovering their musical experimentation. Then along came this wild dude playing a mix of rock, psychadelia, jazz and blues with full on distortion. Eric Clapton (known then as 'God' by fans) and Pete Townsend (the Who) both said they considered giving up the music buisness when they heard him because it was what they'd been reaching for, but far better and done with amazing ease and showmanship.

In terms of was he over rated i think he is actually under rated in some apects. Because some people say he's the best guitarist ever people compare him in terms of technique to the likes of Steve Vai and focuss on random jams and endless solos they end up then saying he's over rated.

I can't listen to that stuff personally. I love his music, his songs, his sound, his rawness, his showmanship and that's an aspect that is, depspite being logically the most important, nearly always ignored.

EDIT: The other thing that annoys me is that it should be 'they' as The Jimi Hendrix Experience were a trio and each of the members were highly important to the music.

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

In terms of was he over rated i think he is actually under rated in some apects. Because some people say he's the best guitarist ever people compare him in terms of technique to the likes of Steve Vai and focuss on random jams and endless solos they end up then saying he's over rated.

but would vai still have the same level of technique through a setup like hendrix's?

[Clunge]

Hendrix vs. Vai?

:LOL: .

You may as well listen to a robot instead of listening to Vai, Satriani, etc. The guitar work of late 60's/early 70's guitarists such as Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore seemed to have their heart and souls pulsing through their licks and riffs.

Hendrix deserves every bit of credit he gets, the man was simply a genius.

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

yeah, what i mean is when i hear guys like those, it's always heavily layered in effects and lots of distortion for lots of sustain, hendrix, page etc didn't really have that in the 60's and 70's, a marshall on 10 and a fuzz at most.

the less gear involved, the more talent and skill is involved.

[Clunge]

:yesey:.

Anyhoo, Hendrix was one of the first artists I ever got into, when I was 13/14 - I'd just heard a few things my dad played and some stuff my mate played me and I was hooked.

We used to cover Manic Depression, such a fun song to play :happy: .

[Enemy]

Hendrix's guitar playing really is like nothing else. Truly a guitarist on the next level of playing and writing. The closest thing I've heard to the calibre of his playing in this era is Eric Clapton - even then, still an artist from the sixties.

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

Jimi is the coolest musician ever. I can't think of anyone who comes remotely close even. Maybe Johnny G.

[james90]

yeah, what i mean is when i hear guys like those, it's always heavily layered in effects and lots of distortion for lots of sustain, hendrix, page etc didn't really have that in the 60's and 70's, a marshall on 10 and a fuzz at most.

the less gear involved, the more talent and skill is involved.

:stunned:

haha, nah, I understand that.

:yesey:.

Anyhoo, Hendrix was one of the first artists I ever got into, when I was 13/14 - I'd just heard a few things my dad played and some stuff my mate played me and I was hooked.

We used to cover Manic Depression, such a fun song to play :happy: .

Yeah, I first heard purple haze when I was 12..this was on a CD with a bunch of other songs by other artists, and that was the only song I listened to.

[Static Shadows]

Hendrix was one of the first artists I ever got into, when I was 13/14 - I'd just heard a few things my dad played and some stuff my mate played me and I was hooked.

I remember when i was a wee lad as high as my own knee my dad dusting off his vinyl records and putting on little wing followed by voodoo child. I was completely blown away. :happy:

[Jase]

Not entirely my cup of tea, but talented as fuck.

[pinkegobox27]

jimi is like a god. all along the watchtower is definitely my favorite song, listening to it is a total religious experience. it has this erotic feel to it that i love. bob dylan is unbelievably talented, but i like jimi's version of this song way better!

[Rainbow]

jimi is like a god. all along the watchtower is definitely my favorite song, listening to it is a total religious experience. it has this erotic feel to it that i love. bob dylan is unbelievably talented, but i like jimi's version of this song way better!I saw Jimi's 'Live in Monterey' video last night, he was singing 'Like A Rolling Stone'.
I heard Jimi was never confident with him as a vocalist, but after he heard Dylan, he realized he doesn't have to follow the melody ... it's cool to hear Hendrix sings like Dylan in Watchtower, Rolling Stone (of course), and in Crosstown Traffic.

[mr.jingles]

I recently started listening a whole bunch of Hendrix tracks that are less popular than 'Purple Haze', 'Foxy Lady', and everything else you hear on the radio.
I find myself mesmerized at all the passion and soul this man used to put into his work. Absolutely amazing.

I strongly recommend the posthumous album 'First Rays of the New Rising Sun'

[Rainbow]

I strongly recommend the posthumous album 'First Rays of the New Rising Sun'I sure will check it out. :D

[stuffitv3]

Love him. He's got an amazing set of songs. Need to get his albums though. All I have is the best of CD I nicked from my gf.

[addyjoe]

http://ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jimi_hendrix_sex_tape_found.html
:p

[lyricalwax]

Haha, I was thinking this must be the reason why the thread was revived,.although incidentally it wasn't. The most disturbing thing I've heard in a long time. Actually it isn't, but still.

[james90]

not sure what to make of that

anyway

about the dylan etc songs.. it's like whenever he played a song by someone else, his version completely blew the original out of the water.

mr.jingles, see if you can get ahold of the 'south saturn delta' CD...there's some less well known stuff on there.

[Stu]

Does anyone else love the BBC's "Medieval Season" version of Purple Haze as much as I do? :D

[ChloenotsosloweyHA]

w00t!

Took me 19 pages and i'm here

*fangirling*

-is wearing t-shirt and badge on waistcoat-

was listening to electric ladyland yesterday
hes so amazing
the one person i want to see live is dead >___________>


/FANGIRL

[metalman0909]

Hendrix was definetely good for the time, and he inspired pretty much every rock guitarist after him, but at the same point in time there where players like Johnny Winter/Les Paul/Edgar Winter/Frank Zappa/ so I think it's possible the whole greates player alive thing is blown a "litle bit" out of purportion... (spelling?)


and yes Electric Ladyland is good :D

[Rainbow]

and yes Electric Ladyland is good :DIndeed. :D
Also, I've been listening to 'First Rays of the New Rising Sun' Mr. Jingles recommended ... it's pretty amazing.

[Mneme]

Hendrix was definetely good for the time, and he inspired pretty much every rock guitarist after him, but at the same point in time there where players like Johnny Winter/Les Paul/Edgar Winter/Frank Zappa/ so I think it's possible the whole greates player alive thing is blown a "litle bit" out of purportion... (spelling?)


Call him the most innovative, maybe. Like you I'm suspicious of the title 'greatest' in any context, but then again if anyone deserves to be in the running it's got to be Hendrix out in front of the pack of contenders. Nice that you included Les Paul :) He's often left out of consideration when rock guitar is discussed, and yet his style of playing (not to mention his eponymous axe!) influenced everyone who came after him, including Jimi.

Edgar Winter? He's not a guitarist, is he? Are you thinking of Ronnie Montrose? RM was the guitarist on this most famous record by the Edgar Winter Group:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Ewgroup.jpg

And man, what a record! Ends with that kickass instrumental 'Frankenstein' :D

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

Call him the most innovative, maybe. Like you I'm suspicious of the title 'greatest' in any context, but then again if anyone deserves to be in the running it's got to be Hendrix out in front of the pack of contenders. Nice that you included Les Paul :) He's often left out of consideration when rock guitar is discussed, and yet his style of playing (not to mention his eponymous axe!) influenced everyone who came after him, including Jimi.


there are lots of other great guitarists who you can easily rank as a good as hendrix, but hendrix is the definition of rock guitar if that makes sense :)

that's why he is seen as the 'greatest'. but there are plenty of other guys who deserve credit for what they've done for guitar.

[Noel Gallagher]

The greatest has to be Rory Gallagher for me....simply breathtaking:happy:

[Mneme]

there are lots of other great guitarists who you can easily rank as a good as hendrix, but hendrix is the definition of rock guitar if that makes sense :)

that's why he is seen as the 'greatest'. but there are plenty of other guys who deserve credit for what they've done for guitar.

Who else would you include? I'd be tempted to add Edward Van Halen to the list, as his techniques and style have been so widely copied over the last 30 years or so (30 years since VH's first album! God I'm old :LOL:) And I do love a bit of old Robin Trower too.

The greatest has to be Rory Gallagher for me....simply breathtaking:happy:

Rory was great, wasn't he? I wish I could have seen him live tearing up some small club!

[Josh =/]

People don't have to think he was the greatest, but it makes me angry when people say he was shit. Sooo ignorant.

[Rainbow]

Who else would you include?I really admire Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, and Derek Trucks, but no one is as multi-talented as Hendrix. He can write, sing, And can play guitar like insane. If anyone says Hendrix is a shite, he/she doesn't know what the art is about. :)

[pubicmage]

but no one is as multi-talented as Hendrix. He can write, sing, And can play guitar like insane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa

I find Zappa's tone and style more interesting to listen to and prefer his lyrics, which are incredibly witty. But I still love Hendrix.

[Rainbow]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa

I find Zappa's tone and style more interesting to listen to and prefer his lyrics, which are incredibly witty. But I still love Hendrix.I don't know him well ... I saw Zappa Plays Zappa this summer at a fest though, maybe I'll get into it someday. :)

[Static Shadows]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa

I find Zappa's tone and style more interesting to listen to and prefer his lyrics, which are incredibly witty. But I still love Hendrix.

I've only got Hot Rats. But it discouraged me from buying more. Really didn't do anything for me.

[gwezza]

Love or Confusion - soooooo good. In fact the whole of Are You Experienced? is ace. In my top 10 albums ever, i reckon

[Mneme]

I've only got Hot Rats. But it discouraged me from buying more. Really didn't do anything for me.

Try Apostrophe' and Over-nite Sensation. Those are some classic Zappa records. Innovative, rocking, and the lyrics are funny as hell! I've never heard anyone rip a solo the way Frank did. Drop dead amazing!

[Clunge]

Over-Nite Sensation is an absolutely classic album. Not a single duff second.

Hendrix and Zappa are fairly difficult to compare though I feel, similar roots, but vastly different in sound.

[Hi, how may I help you?]

listening to little wing :happy:
fantastic.

[Van Tango]

Every time I listen to "Hey Joe" I feel like I should be drinking a beer and crying or something. I do love that song though:happy:

[Flynn]

Best sex music.

[lensip max]

Best sex music.:LOL:

So true though :chuckle:

[james90]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hendrix11-2010jan11,0,4872832.story?track=rss

thoughts?

[Jyrgen]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hendrix11-2010jan11,0,4872832.story?track=rss

thoughts?

I find this interesting but at the same time I feel like theyre ripping off what they can

[Static Shadows]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hendrix11-2010jan11,0,4872832.story?track=rss

thoughts?

To be honest I thought he was already past it by the time he died. I absolutely love the 3 Experience albums - they are literally 3 of my favourite albums of all time. But after they broke up Hendrix took too many drugs and ditched actual songs for hour long guitar solos (i.e. Woodstock), which was just painfully dull. So while i'd definitely be interested to hear those unreleased tracks anyway, my hopes won't be that high.

[Static Shadows]

Here's a couple more classics i dug up from youtube!

I Don't Live Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu6mi5-5Flw

The famous Lulu show appearance: Voodoo Child/Hey Joe/Sunshine of Your Love
jE80W5xYbTI

:happy: <3

[Martin]

I've never really got into Hendrix, or Jeff Beck. And I call myself a guitarist :LOL:

(well I don't actually, I just play guitar as a hobby)

[hoodoo oz]

I bought the Valleys Of Neptune album yesterday. Fantastic is all I can say! I especially love his version of Sunshine Of Your Love.
I would agree with one of the previous posters though regarding the 3 Experience albums. I definitely preferred him when he was with that band.
Electric Ladyland is one of my favourite ever albums.

[jimifan]

At Prefix Magazine now!
By illustrator Dmitri Jackson:

http://www.prefixmag.com/news/sights-sounds-jimi-hendrix-wait-until-tomorrow-par/38634/

[A for Awesomeness]

Shouldn't this thread be renamed "The Jimi Hendrix Experience"?

[Mneme]

Shouldn't this thread be renamed "The Jimi Hendrix Experience"?

No. The Experience was just perhaps the most famous of Hendrix' projects. You can't discount his work with the Band of Gypsys for example.

[A for Awesomeness]

No. The Experience was just perhaps the most famous of Hendrix' projects. You can't discount his work with the Band of Gypsys for example.

Well he only performed live with the Band of Gypsys, and I can see how in this thread we'll mostly discuss his work with the Experience, so it just feels a bit disrespectful to leave Noel and Mitch out of it.

[Mneme]

Well he only performed live with the Band of Gypsys, and I can see how in this thread we'll mostly discuss his work with the Experience, so it just feels a bit disrespectful to leave Noel and Mitch out of it.

Well, but you don't have to. Feel free to talk about whatever aspect of his career that you like. I'm sort of with you anyway - the Experience era is how I discovered Jimi myself. I do like to explore his work beyond the trio though.

[Octazooka]

listening to little wing :happy:
fantastic.

That songs's awesome :D

Anyone can recommend me other Hendrix songs? I've got Voodoo Child, Little Wing and All Along the Watchtower.

[Elobliss]

That songs's awesome :D

Anyone can recommend me other Hendrix songs? I've got Voodoo Child, Little Wing and All Along the Watchtower.

Little Miss Lover, Gypsy Eyes, Red House, Purple Haze, etc.

Just listen to the entire Electric Ladyland album. Its amazing.

[Static Shadows]

That songs's awesome :D

Anyone can recommend me other Hendrix songs? I've got Voodoo Child, Little Wing and All Along the Watchtower.
I actually really recommend listening to the US release of the first Experience album, being:

1. Purple Haze
2. Manic Depression
3. Hey Joe
4. Love or Confusion
5. May This Be Love
6. I Don't Live Today
7. The Wind Cries Mary
8. Fire
9. Third Stone from the Sun
10. Foxy Lady
11. Are You Experienced?

In terms of both songs and flow that track listing is unbeatable imo. Pure psychedelic genius. Oh, and wonderfully noisy. :yesey::happy:

Sadly you may need to arrange it yourself though, as the record company don't sell it like that any more, but have butchered it and made it into a 17 track bloated thing with every b-side under the sun rammed seemingly randomly into it. Bastards.

[Hi, how may I help you?]

That songs's awesome :D

Anyone can recommend me other Hendrix songs? I've got Voodoo Child, Little Wing and All Along the Watchtower.

Castles Made of Sand and the Wind Cries Mary come to mind. Crosstown Traffic, Hey Joe and Purple Haze too.

And, well, anything :p

[james90]

And, well, anything :p

This, but definitely get purple haze at least. that's the song that made me want to pick up the guitar :awesome:


i mainly like the earlier stuff to be honest, but some of the later songs are still pretty amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT4_yXATJNo

[Static Shadows]

I prefer the earlier stuff by miles myself, because they're actual concentrated brilliant songs, however noisy, cliché breaking and genre smashing they may be (certainly for the time)! While the later post-Experience stuff is just hours worth of loose, usually fairly standard blues based jamming, which I actually find fairly dull, meandering, repetitive, and ultimately pointless.

[Hi, how may I help you?]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYwZ8I8wOGA

Wow.

I've got my strat working and set up, been playing Hendrix-style (no not upside-down and left handed :LOL:). So much fun :D

[Mneme]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYwZ8I8wOGA

Wow.

I've got my strat working and set up, been playing Hendrix-style (no not upside-down and left handed :LOL:). So much fun :D

Now look, unless you have the right-hand Strat set up left-handed, you ain't doing it right. Oh - and your Marshalls should be set to full. Wide open, all 10s across the board. OK, now you're set. :p

[lensip max]

Just listen to the entire Electric Ladyland album.

I actually really recommend listening to the US release of the first Experience albumHell to the yeah :awesome:

I will also add Bold As Love and Wait Until Tomorrow from Axis: Bold As Love.

[james90]

^^also check out spanish castle magic from that album

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

Now look, unless you have the right-hand Strat set up left-handed, you ain't doing it right. Oh - and your Marshalls should be set to full. Wide open, all 10s across the board. OK, now you're set. :p

Hendrix didn't use his Marshalls with everything on full. I'd know as I use the same Marshalls and a Strat :p

[Mneme]

Hendrix didn't use his Marshalls with everything on full. I'd know as I use the same Marshalls and a Strat :p

That's what I've always heard though. See here (http://www.musicplayer.com/article/the-gear-jimi/Mar-05/4046). Here's the relevant excerpt:

"Hendrix’s Marshall of choice was the 100-watt Super Lead driving two 4x12 cabs, and his standard backline would quickly grow to three Super Leads and six 4x12s. He plugged his guitar into one amp, and linked it to the others by running a cable from an adjacent input (the Super Leads had four inputs) to the second amp’s input jack, and so on.

This was a long way from the band’s humble beginnings, when Hendrix and Noel Redding shared one miked 100-watt Marshall during the sessions for their first album. Because Hendrix performed with his amp settings nearly always on full, his systems wore out fast."

OK, nearly always, but STILL. :LOL: His road manager always wondered how Jimi even played like that, with everything all the way up, because when the roadies tested his set-up before concerts all they ever got was feedback. :D

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

That's what I've always heard though. See here (http://www.musicplayer.com/article/the-gear-jimi/Mar-05/4046). Here's the relevant excerpt:

There's loads of myths, people just repeat what they've been told without using their ears. Volume being full makes sense, not EQ though, his sound was too warm for that.

Marshalls on full is more like generic classic rock, not psychedelic blues with fuzz bozes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htuxb-m4-ng

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iBnHeW7lQk

[Mneme]

^ tbh I don't even see how Hendrix could have had just the volume all the way up as you speculate. I wonder how he was able to control it.

Nice vids - thanks for posting those. God I love Free. :happy:

[Anxyous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYwZ8I8wOGA

Wow.

I've got my strat working and set up, been playing Hendrix-style (no not upside-down and left handed :LOL:). So much fun :D

Can anyone make out, what he says in the beginning, that makes people laugh?

[Mneme]

Can anyone make out, what he says in the beginning, that makes people laugh?

^ something about "hey brothers"...doesn't matter. It's JIMI. GOD. :D

[Static Shadows]

Can anyone make out, what he says in the beginning, that makes people laugh?

"Hey brothers, it's all... hey baby what's happening? Dig, I tell you what, let's get down to business! All right, just give me one second to get down to business... I gotta keep people honest, dig this."

Do you need any more? He then dedicates the song to Bob Dylan's grandmother, who he claims is at the side of the stage. :LOL:

[Mneme]

"Hey brothers, it's all... hey baby what's happening? Dig, I tell you what, let's get down to business! All right, just give me one second to get down to business... I gotta keep people honest, dig this."

Do you need any more? He then dedicates the song to Bob Dylan's grandmother, who he claims is at the side of the stage. :LOL:

Yeah - who are those other two losers on stage with Jimi? :LOL:

[Static Shadows]

Yeah - who are those other two losers on stage with Jimi? :LOL:

Pfft! Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding were both awesome cats. :phu: See:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPvehX2aWb8

"America doesn't like us because, you know, our feet's too big, and we got fat mattresses and we wear golden underwear, there ain't no scene like that brother!" :happy:

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

^ tbh I don't even see how Hendrix could have had just the volume all the way up as you speculate. I wonder how he was able to control it.

Nice vids - thanks for posting those. God I love Free. :happy:

Guitars have their own volume controls to start with and I find guitars easier to control at that volume, resonant feedback/infinite sustain is far easier.

If Hendrix as I believe set up his amps with Channel 1 volume full and all EQ controls around 5, it's not that loud (In guitarist terms anyway :LOL:) or distorted, but with 3 of them doing it, that would be interesting.

[Mneme]

^ So kick ass. Really, "kick ass" doesn't even approach it. How about :awesome: It's a start.

[james90]

while they're probably ripping off what they can, as someone said...

that 'new' album is pretty good for the most part....not sure if i'd recommend it or not. it does have a few alternate versions of tracks we've already heard though.

[Davinq]

I live five minutes from his body. :awesome:

[gwezza]

I want to go back in time to see jimi, can anyone help please?

[Mneme]

I want to go back in time to see jimi, can anyone help please?

Gotta get that time machine up and running I guess. In the meantime there's always You Tube. :D

[Hi, how may I help you?]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjRdKxYYv44

Unnnfnffnfh !!!

[Static Shadows]

RIP Jimi.

Great article here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11349374

[Trilateral_Symmetry_Com'n.]

Terrific, lengthy think-piece on Jimi Hendrix's performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and his (in some ways, surprising) politics is featured on the radio program "Studio 360," airing now: LINK. (http://beta.studio360.org/2010/nov/18/jimi-hendrixs-star-spangled-banner/) Experts interviewed include musicians and Hendrix scholars.

[Trilateral_Symmetry_Com'n.]

The original "Red House" at Woodstock, 1969. Just posted on YT yesterday and may get yanked soon... CHECK OUT THIS AWESOMENESS! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1wgesh--Ec)