Equipment Jimi Hendrix

hendrix played variety of guitars throughout career, instrument became associated him fender stratocaster. acquired first stratocaster in 1966, when girlfriend loaned him enough money purchase used 1 had been built around 1964. thereafter used model prevalently during performances , recordings. in 1967, described instrument best all-around guitar stuff re doing ; praised bright treble , deep bass sounds .

with few exceptions, hendrix played right-handed guitars turned upside down , restrung left-hand playing. had important effect on sound of guitar; because of slant of bridge pickup, lowest string had brighter sound while highest string had darker sound, opposite of stratocaster s intended design. in addition stratocasters, hendrix used fender jazzmasters, duosonics, 2 different gibson flying vs, gibson les paul, 3 gibson sgs, gretsch corvette, , fender jaguar. used white gibson sg custom performances on dick cavett show in september 1969, , black gibson flying v during isle of wight festival in 1970.

during 1965 , 1966, while hendrix playing back-up soul , r&b acts in u.s., used 85-watt fender twin reverb amplifier. when chandler brought hendrix england in october 1966, supplied him 30-watt burns amps, hendrix thought small needs. after london gig when unable use preferred fender twin, asked marshall amps had noticed other groups using. years earlier, mitch mitchell had taken drum lessons amp builder, jim marshall, , introduced hendrix marshall. @ initial meeting, hendrix bought 4 speaker cabinets , 3 100-watt super lead amplifiers; grow accustomed using 3 in unison. equipment arrived on october 11, 1966, , experience used new gear during first tour. marshall amps well-suited hendrix s needs, , paramount in evolution of heavily overdriven sound, enabling him master use of feedback musical effect, creating author paul trynka described definitive vocabulary rock guitar . hendrix turned of amplifier s control knobs maximum level, became known hendrix setting. during 4 years prior death, purchased between 50 , 100 marshall amplifiers. jim marshall said greatest ambassador company ever had.

effects

a 1968 king vox-wah pedal similar 1 owned hendrix

one of hendrix s signature effects wah-wah pedal, first heard used electric guitar in cream s tales of brave ulysses , released in may 1967. in july of year, while playing gigs @ scene club in new york city, hendrix met frank zappa, band, mothers of invention performing @ adjacent garrick theater. hendrix fascinated zappa s application of pedal, , experimented 1 later evening. used wah pedal during opening voodoo child (slight return) , creating 1 of best-known wah-wah riffs of classic rock era. can heard using effect on skies , little miss lover , , still raining, still dreaming .

hendrix consistently used dallas arbiter fuzz face , vox wah pedal during recording sessions , live performances, experimented other guitar effects. enjoyed fruitful long-term collaboration electronics enthusiast roger mayer, whom once called secret of sound. mayer introduced him octavia, octave doubling effect pedal, in december 1966, , first recorded effect during guitar solo purple haze .

hendrix utilized uni-vibe, designed simulate modulation effects of rotating leslie speaker providing rich phasing sound manipulated speed control pedal. can heard using effect during performance @ woodstock , on band of gypsys track machine gun , prominently features uni-vibe along octavia , fuzz face. signal flow live performance involved first plugging guitar wah-wah pedal, connecting wah-wah pedal fuzz face, linked uni-vibe, before connecting marshall amplifier.

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