HIT IT LIKE HENDRIX

The greatest player to ever have picked up an electric guitar? Surely. Jimi Hendrix was a man whose sound was rooted in blues, but seemingly refracted through the cosmos and the psychedelic feedback loop of the swinging ‘60s. His style is a lost art. Hendrix used volumes in ways that were unique to him and prohibited by the practicalities of modern stages, sound limits and so on. Who knows what Hendrix would have come up with if he was still with us. Thinking of Jimi as an elementary player, perhaps his earth, wind and fire would be the Fender Stratocaster, Marshall stack and wah/uni-vibe. There is a massive industry in creating gear that puts some of that magic at your fingertips. Sure, we can buy these – that’s the easy part. The rest is all in the brain and fingers.

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In the mind’s eye, Hendrix