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The Hendrix Sound

author: RedFez64 date: 09/25/2008 category: guitar gurus
rating: 8.5 / votes: 13 
POSTED: 09/25/2008 - 07:25 am
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airport :
good Hendrix lesson
POSTED: 09/25/2008 - 11:02 am / quote |
jtbull :
cool man. How about a george lynch lesson and ace frehely?
POSTED: 09/25/2008 - 10:39 pm / quote |
notsee :
Nice, I was glad to see that you mentioned that his pickups were upside down, so low strings go higher tones and high strings got more thickness. I guess you could get that by mixing string set gauges too though. Jt for George Lynch go to the 80's and for Ace dress up like a clown and do cocaine. . . you know, Dr. Rockzo style, I think that character is based off of Ace but yeah.
POSTED: 09/25/2008 - 11:58 pm / quote |
pogo_punkr :
Hendrix wuz overrated, along with Carlos Santana and Slash, im not saying they suck, im just saying their not at great as people say they are., maybe its just cuz im a metal kind a guy???
POSTED: 09/26/2008 - 08:33 am / quote |
RedFez64 :
I just realised i made an important mistake outside of the grammar and missed words.

I mean the neck pickup is very commonly used for the "warmer" songs.

POSTED: 09/28/2008 - 02:06 pm / quote |
mindbender747 :
Hendrix wuz overrated, along with Carlos Santana and Slash, im not saying they suck, im just saying their not at great as people say they are., maybe its just cuz im a metal kind a guy???
WTF man, what is wrong with you Jimi Hendrix is the god of guitar.

POSTED: 09/29/2008 - 10:34 am / quote |
sid222 :
how can anyone call hendrix overrated?
and slash?

POSTED: 09/30/2008 - 05:50 am / quote |
melissa23 :
Hendrix wuz overrated
POSTED: 09/30/2008 - 08:26 am / quote |
Josh.Engel :
Some Guitar players don't think tremolo picking a scale is talent whether youre a metal guy or girl or not to say Hendrix Santana and Slash are overrated means your really dumb....
POSTED: 10/01/2008 - 07:08 pm / quote |
pogo_punkr :
Josh.Engel wrote:

Some Guitar players don't think tremolo picking a scale is talent whether youre a metal guy or girl or not to say Hendrix Santana and Slash are overrated means your really dumb....

I think you missed the "I'm not saying they suck" part, read my comment again

POSTED: 10/02/2008 - 07:51 am / quote |
melissa23 :
Josh.Engel wrote:

Some Guitar players don't think tremolo picking a scale is talent whether youre a metal guy or girl or not to say Hendrix Santana and Slash are overrated means your really dumb....

Kids these days.....

POSTED: 10/02/2008 - 07:55 am / quote |
SRVMetalHead :
claiming hendrix was overrated means one of 2 things
your an intermediatre guitar player who still thinks his soloing is all about skill and technique

or you just dont like hendrix's music
by the way show me another guitarist who basically solos throughout entire songs and sings over them. and not like srv's crossfire or something like that(he's just throwing licks in after he sings)

pogo_punkr wrote:

Hendrix wuz overrated, along with Carlos Santana and Slash, im not saying they suck, im just saying their not at great as people say they are., maybe its just cuz im a metal kind a guy???

POSTED: 10/05/2008 - 03:08 am / quote |
IRISH_PUNK13 :
HEY HENDRIX WAS AND STILL IS A GUITAR GOD AND YOU CANT TALK SHIT YOU COULD RIP OFF 1 OF HIS ARMS AND HE COULD STILL OUTPLAY YOUR ASS

pogo_punkr wrote:

Hendrix wuz overrated, along with Carlos Santana and Slash, im not saying they suck, im just saying their not at great as people say they are., maybe its just cuz im a metal kind a guy???

POSTED: 10/22/2008 - 10:29 am / quote |
dehydration :
pogo_punkr wrote:

Hendrix wuz overrated, along with Carlos Santana and Slash, im not saying they suck, im just saying their not at great as people say they are., maybe its just cuz im a metal kind a guy???


just saying, those three are great. I respect everyone's opinion, even if i don't agree, but there are millions who may not. And a million of them happen to be hunting you down right now.

POSTED: 11/02/2008 - 03:24 am / quote |
yankees717 :
Hedrix all though a great musician and pioneer is not the best guitar player. So many other's have shown much more talent as far as playing guitar. Hendrix was extremely gifted but not didn't play guitar as well as some other's.
POSTED: 11/13/2008 - 03:59 pm / quote |
crohno :
pogo_punkr wrote:

Hendrix wuz overrated, along with Carlos Santana and Slash, im not saying they suck, im just saying their not at great as people say they are., maybe its just cuz im a metal kind a guy???


maybe cuz you're stupid

1º if you are metal why does your nickame ends in punkr?
2º Saying that hendrix is overrated is just stupid, he is and will be the best guitar player for a while

POSTED: 11/18/2008 - 02:42 pm / quote |
Jac the frog :
I don't know if hendrix is the best guitarist or no but in the " Electric music history" no doubts! There is a before and after hendrix .Already why he deserves my respect. I do not know if it was the greatest, but I know that the vacuum he left has not been filled. And that is the mark of someone unique .
POSTED: 11/22/2008 - 11:04 pm / quote |
Jac the frog :
Many today can copy Hendrix with varying degrees of talent... He created!
Many guitarists today make their "sport" on the Fretboard to win the World Championships. The poet was that it, was only music. A subtle difference ... Precisely, the music is subtle

POSTED: 11/22/2008 - 11:28 pm / quote |
pogo_punkr :
yankees717 wrote:

Hedrix all though a great musician and pioneer is not the best guitar player. So many other's have shown much more talent as far as playing guitar. Hendrix was extremely gifted but not didn't play guitar as well as some other's.

THANK YOU!!!!! Thats what I'm trying to say!!!

POSTED: 12/01/2008 - 08:38 am / quote |
21fretz :
pogo_punkr wrote:

Hendrix wuz overrated, along with Carlos Santana and Slash, im not saying they suck, im just saying their not at great as people say they are., maybe its just cuz im a metal kind a guy???

POSTED: 12/05/2008 - 03:00 pm / quote |
21fretz :
I agree, they were The Sh*t in their time because it was all new..and novice guitar players for some reason get all die hard about them..I know I did for awhile but I guess we should give them some credit for that...they have their place while many better guitar players weren't that lucky i guess

POSTED: 12/05/2008 - 03:05 pm / quote |
deadlyminista :
I've seen Stevie Ray Vaughan in the late 80's. Wow! It's just like what in the world just happened. I mean this guy can lay it down hard. Singing and playing is what separates Jimi and Stevie from a lot of these guitarists. Slash don't sing put he has great charisma. John Mayer is doing a great job by becoming more bluesy with his music. It took Jimi and Stevie about ten years to really get their style and tone down.
POSTED: 12/11/2008 - 10:26 am / quote |
Crakula :
21fretz wrote:

I agree, they were The Sh*t in their time because it was all new..and novice guitar players for some reason get all die hard about them..I know I did for awhile but I guess we should give them some credit for that...they have their place while many better guitar players weren't that lucky i guess


Wow! Ignorance fits you nicely!!!
You're saying that "novice" guitar players worship Jimi Hendrix? Who do you consider novice? Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan??? Jimi, or any other ONE of these musicians has more talent than you, anyone you know, or everyone in your family put together, so why don't you get your head out of your a$$, and do the world a favor and kill yourself? ..... Who floats your boat now?the incredibly untalented White Stripes or the Foo Fighters... yeah that's talent

POSTED: 01/19/2009 - 07:12 pm / quote |
BillR87 :
I fell sorry for that "pogo_punkr" guy hes one of those guitarists who believes that when it comes to a guitar solo its all about who plays the fastest hes forgotten that its all about the feeling not bloody speed! If thats all you care about then you put down so many guitarists who dont make speed their priority just coz they play different to you doesnt make them any less talented there is no such thing as a best guitaist we're all different!!!
POSTED: 02/15/2009 - 08:42 am / quote |
Methyl Ky :
guitar speed is like waht you are in bed.....even if you are the fastest; three minutes are three minutes.....
POSTED: 02/21/2009 - 06:53 pm / quote |
Mundus :
ok first slash puts in emotion. and incredible control on hes actual sound more than sheredding ability. but man to say jimi hendrix aint 1 of the best is mad... if he had tabs and all this advice we got today i think he would be one incredible guitarist (not saying he werent) alot easier to learn guitar now
POSTED: 03/09/2009 - 08:46 am / quote |
progrock :
Have you guys ever thought about the fact that some people may not like other people's music? This is the big misunderstanding. By the way, I love all the guitar gurus, some more than others. And a word of advice to some ignorant people concerning this argument: listen to at least more than one song from a particular artist before you criticize them. I don't care if you don't like them, just know what you're talking about.
POSTED: 04/15/2009 - 07:40 pm / quote |
progrock :
btw, great article. thanks
POSTED: 04/15/2009 - 07:42 pm / quote |
mrnbkn :
MAYBE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A MUSIC STYLE Hendrix, Slash and Santana are good, but you must also consider there are a lot guitarist with a lot more of technique than them, but i their style thier musica is great. althought its important to have dexterity with guitar, playing not so fast and tricky can be nice too, just look at joe satriani and santana, for example, the 1st palys fast, and nice. and santana, not playing as fast as satriani sounds nice too. its all about what you like, and I personally like MAB and yngwie malmsteem over santana and hendrix
POSTED: 05/28/2009 - 02:59 pm / quote |
Ozfan :
I don't mean to step on any toes, but have any of you looked at the tablature for Hey Joe or his version of The Star Spangled Banner? I've looked at stuff for metal, blues, hardcore, and classical but Hendrix goes to an even higher level than I've seen. He wasn't bound to scales and arpeggios like many of the modern musicians. There's a reason why so many guitarists look up to him.

POSTED: 06/22/2009 - 11:11 pm / quote |
JEMiller :
Thanks RedFez This helps alot.
Btw, does tube have a huge effect on tonality?

POSTED: 07/04/2009 - 05:58 pm / quote |
RedFez64 :
well if you mean to tube amps sound more "alive" than a solid amp...yes yes they do.

Also watch this space im writing a website at the moment that will have this article plus extensions + guides to players like matt bellamy and johnny greenwood etc.

POSTED: 07/08/2009 - 07:05 am / quote |
RedFez64 :
My sites online now
http://www.aliveguitar.co.cc/

More articles will be posted soon if you want more articles in the vein of this one than go have a look (and maybe click on an ad or two which would help me a lot)

POSTED: 07/11/2009 - 06:47 am / quote |
Fera_rawr :
I'minto loads of different types of music Metal, funk, blues, alternative etc.
Not really into hendrix as it doesn't really appeal to me but the guy's playing was phenomenal just because he wasn't a shredder doesn't mean he was a 'novice' guitarist.
Emotion is far greater than speed any day, Fair enough shredding in metal works as a bluesy emotional solo wouldn't really match a heavy riff but it's the same for hendrix a fast solo wouldn't really fit in with the emotion behind his playing.
In my opinion although shredding is cool nothing beats listening or better yet playing a solo full of emotion and feel.

POSTED: 07/11/2009 - 03:08 pm / quote |
joesoleo :
Im going to put this out there and alot of people wil think im adick but who cares. You can say everything you want to say in just a few notes. Music isnt a race or a game. You like songs because they sound cool not because some dude with a super strat crams so many notes in.And yes I said it, an example of this is neil young. He may not be tech gifted but his songs are awsome.
POSTED: 07/20/2009 - 12:43 am / quote |
baseballplayint :
SRVMetalHead wrote:

claiming hendrix was overrated means one of 2 things
your an intermediatre guitar player who still thinks his soloing is all about skill and technique

or you just dont like hendrix's music
by the way show me another guitarist who basically solos throughout entire songs and sings over them. and not like srv's crossfire or something like that(he's just throwing licks in after he sings)

pogo_punkr wrote:

Hendrix wuz overrated, along with Carlos Santana and Slash, im not saying they suck, im just saying their not at great as people say they are., maybe its just cuz im a metal kind a guy???


Good point man... That was Stevies way of playing most songs though (Call & Response Playing[Crossfire,Texas Flood,) Look at his cover of Vodoo Chile (Slight Return)hes good enough to play while singing its just he likes playing a different style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q1vqrnKT-U

Thou gh hendrix wasn't the most technical he still could pull off some crazy sh** without being Yngwie Malmsteem or Joe Satriani. He had feel in the songs he plays, he puts meaning in those notes he plays, not like most neo-classical who play as fast as they can and only get one sound. Don't get me wrong I give the neo-classical players a lot of credit but that doesn't mean they are the best guitar players. I have to say though Steve Vai is a exception to that, he can play and has some amazing songs that aren't just blurs of sweeps.

I look up to many of these players for not the shredding they can do but the whole product of music that they make. You may not like their music, but at least respect that many people regard them as a very good player.

Another thing: And for the people that say that they are only revered because they died. Death does seem to increase fame quite a bit. I mean look at Kurt Cobain, Revolutionary as he was with his odd riffs and such. He was a amazing song writer though! I think that many people don't realize that style he wrote his lyrics and how many different ways of recording he used. Some very very very low songs or word play. The Classic Albums T.V. on Nevermind showed that. But I digress... Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and hell John Bonham were amazing players most people do not deny this is anyone needs any more argument, Baseballplayinty@aol.com

POSTED: 08/05/2009 - 11:50 am / quote |
baseballplayint :
Sorry for the double post... I made a couple mistakes in my grammar so don't be complaining. I typed four paragraphs in about 15 minutes.

Regards, Tyler

POSTED: 08/05/2009 - 12:04 pm / quote |
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