Thanks so much for all of the very kind words everybody...like all things truly great, Jimi just gets better and better as the years pass by...endlessly inspirational!
John Blessing thanks so much John...I'm trying to learn and it's always great to get into a Jimi-inspired jam for working on your chops, your phrasing and all things musical....
+Andy Aledort Thanks for all the great revelations you have shared with us from your study and knowledge of Jimi. When I first heard Band of Gypsys, as a 8th grader, from a school-boy friend (over the telephone), my musical guitar journey began.
+Andy Aledort Andy I am Bummin' man.. I just cant follow your fingers good enough.. I tried man, I need you to pleas play it at regular speed so I know, then do it real slow, and post up some tabs.. I am kind of bummin for real...I thought I could follow, but nooo.. not your fault, it is no ones fault.. I am just asking you for a way to get it down that is all..
totally! Was always and only into metal guitars and high gains until i got tired of trying to keep up with all that soulless shredding which still can’t come anywhere close to Jimi’s other worldly style. Still yet to own a strat.
Weirdly enough, even though I love metal, pop punk, emo, and post hardcore, I've always held preference for a Strat, as all my heroes played one at some point or another. And even in my early days of playing guitar, I knew I wanted a Strat.
Hi Andy, I had the pleasure of talking to you at the Bergen pac when you played with Dicky and the Outlaws played before you. You were nice enough to Talk to me for like twenty mins. I was telling you how much I like your lessons and this is just one more great lesson . Thanks again and keep it up.
Thanks!..I've been watching you play for years...I have some of your hendrix vids from the days of vhs!..I've learned from years of playing along with them..and endless hours of practice...you are the definitive authority on jimi's playing..yet you keep getting better...this style of playing is by far my favorite..and always inspirational..Thanks again..
Wow, such an eye opening lesson. You really don't appreciate the soloing of Hendrix until you look at the little things (such as that crashing double bend) that made his style so hard to emulate even 40+ years later.
It's kinda funny, I've been playing guitar for 25 years, and learned everything I know from Jimi. My playing sounds identical to this! Its such its own style, glad i learned from the best :) oh, nice playing Andy!
August 68', I stood 5 feet from Hendrix for two hours. Salt Lake of all places. Later I read an interview in which he said for some reason his best audiences were in S.L.C. I had a pocket full of reasons out of Laguna that played a part. He was every thing people say about him.. But.. Leo Kottke at his peak was far beyond Mr. Hendrix. First time I saw Kottke, he was playing a D-28-12, straight thru the P.A.
Technically there were dozens of players that were ahead of Hendrix level of understanding, but they didn't play electric. blues rock and were all either complex Jazzers (John Mclaughlin, Joe Pass, country players like Chet Atkins and c ok assical players like Segovia , But none of them invented anywhere near the level of new music that Hendrix did, and non were such naturals at 23-27. Let's be real. No metal or blues rock players can hang with George Benson or John Williams in their world but the same is also true. 30 years ago they asked Eric Clapton who In his opinion was the best guitar player in the world, he on hesitantly replied John Williams the classical player, when Williams was asked the same question not knowing that Clapton cited Williams as the best in Clapton's opinion, Williams responded with Clapton. The point is that often times players in a particular style site players and other styles is being better than them because they know they can't do it. Of course everyone believes that high-level flamingo or a high-level jazz is a very difficult style to master., Then one of those guys heaters Eddie Van Halen or do you Satriani and they are blown away. Point is everybody's great what they do when they are one of the greats. Meaning that within there area expertise there's no one else you can hang with them. This is very true about Hendrix, also true that Leo Kotke and John Mclaughlin and Segovia. I guess the point is that when. guitar player really understands the question they are not answering that this one guy can do everything better than everyone else. The answer suggests that. particular players style is the most beautiful and inspiring playing to them. Quantifying great guitar players Is impossible to do to try to based off some mathematical metric. They are not options traders or athletes where the performance can be compared to the performance others who do what they do. Basically means assuming that the guitar player has all the technical expertise and he needs to play his style at the highest level, which guy do you think is the best out of a 20 or 30 guys that deserve to be in the conversation. If somebody says it in my opinion the.guy in Green Day is the best then that guys opinion can usually be filed under you are not knowledgeable enough to be part of this conversation. But Jimi Hendrix Jeff Beck and Jimmy page can certainly be compared to one another and some people like I'm one of them or the other two and all of them are right. But again you have to be at a certain caliber the proficiency to be in the conversation. At that point it comes down to opinion
I've noticed that what makes someone stand out and have their own musical voice is the little quirks in their playing that some people would try to clean up in their own playing if they were doing it. I've developed some habits that used to seem like a bit of a hack, but have come to shape my sound. My wife can always pick me out in a noisy music store within a few seconds because of these little quirks in my playing. Hendrix was gloriously/beautifully sloppy at times...like he didn't really know where he was headed, but that he knew he liked the way it sounded anyway. I don't think anyone could ever truly sound exactly like Hendrix because of his quirks. But the phrasing in the video is killer! Kind of an SRV tone with Hendrix chops. Damn cool.
Hey Andy , I was reading the SRV story that his manager wrote and started how Stevie played. Voodoo child. I was wondering if you could share that story on Facebook so everyone can enjoy it. Thanks Andy, happy holidays. Peace.
wow those are great explanations. could you please list the gear you are using to produce such a great sound. I'm always trying to improve my gear to get a fat and clean sound like that ...
I see a lot of Elmore James and Albert King style pre bends going on in Jimi's riffs. Jimi was obviously influenced by all the greats. LOL.. you can see Andy holding back making sure he doesn't break any of the Hendrix Band of Gypsy Copyrights..
Just remember everybody, there are tons of Jimi imitators out there. Make sure you use your own creativity and come up with something fresh. It's what Jimi would want (probably lol)
in order to truly sound like Jimi, you need to learn how to let go and just play free, it's what some call the zone. you gotta be feeling it. your licks are amazing and they are very Jimi esque. but without a sad heart, the complete lack of knowledge of sheet music, and being self taught. you have a so chance of hitting the spot. close, but no cigar. still love it, you learn something new every day
Javier Valles it's not an assumption, he actually didnt, completely self taught, his family backs it up, he might have dabbled in sheet music yes but his music was completely free form, based on sound and sheer experience. learning sheet music wouldn't have made him a worse player, considering his already abundant experience learning by himself, however it wouldn't have the raw unadulterated sound he became famous for.
He definitely knew his shit around a scale. You dont need sheet music for that. But I know from my band the feeling of the zone. It is nothing you can bring up just on command infront of a camera. You need your friends, and your time. I bet even Jimi couldnt just jam his full heart from 0 to 100
How to play like Jimi? You can't! He is the undisputed guitar king , have to say though you did sound like him :D ( and maybe a mix of SRV but that's awesome )
Andy, can you slow it down and post up the tabs too? Some of us are not experts yet, but want to be.. but there is still a gap, we need the bridge, the water is a little fast and deep to follow it that fast.. for my eyes, ok? Slow it down and tell us exactly where the notes are and show some tabs, we will actually get it faster that way, at least I will.. I get frustrated trying to follow your fingers with my eyes..
+Michael Craig Hey Michael, I get the frustration but I think that it is a really good practice to get this by ear. You can play the video at half speed or even at quarter speed! I do this all the time and it's also how Jimi learned it. Cheers, and good playing man!
+Quintenkonijn well my ears are not good at learning by ear, or I would have already done it long ago.. so I need the tabs. and practice it that way too.. how can the video be slowed down to quarter or half speed anyway? If I had the tabs and slowed it down I could get it...but I am no good at ear training, I already tried many times many years..I already know..that is why I need the tabs.
+Rodin Khalil 00:18 Jimi Hendrix, revered as probably the greatest electric guitarist if not the greatest guitarist that ever lived. He's endlessly fascinating and listening to Hendrix there's always things to learn, he played with so much inspiration, so much inventiveness and um, what can I say, just one of the greatest ever.
this is far more refined than jimis raw 60's sound. unfortunatly he let srv take over this jimi lesson. Andy looks old, worn down and just straight burned out in this vid. its better to burn out than fade away I guess.
Thanks so much for all of the very kind words everybody...like all things truly great, Jimi just gets better and better as the years pass by...endlessly inspirational!
He sure does... He was one off a kind Andy. You do Jimi great justice and are a great player in your own right.
John Blessing thanks so much John...I'm trying to learn and it's always great to get into a Jimi-inspired jam for working on your chops, your phrasing and all things musical....
You're very welcome Andy you are one of my favorite players out there man. Keep up the great work and I'll keep learning thanks to you. :)
+Andy Aledort Thanks for all the great revelations you have shared with us from your study and knowledge of Jimi. When I first heard Band of Gypsys, as a 8th grader, from a school-boy friend (over the telephone), my musical guitar journey began.
+Andy Aledort Andy I am Bummin' man.. I just cant follow your fingers good enough.. I tried man, I need you to pleas play it at regular speed so I know, then do it real slow, and post up some tabs.. I am kind of bummin for real...I thought I could follow, but nooo.. not your fault, it is no ones fault.. I am just asking you for a way to get it down that is all..
I really appreciate the way Andy takes the time to explain each musical concept in his videos. Great player and great teacher. Bravo
As you get older you start to appreciate and fall for Strat's. I didn't get them until my mid 30's and it was always metal guitars before.
Andrew Watt 20 years old man almost done paying off my MIA special series 😍
totally! Was always and only into metal guitars and high gains until i got tired of trying to keep up with all that soulless shredding which still can’t come anywhere close to Jimi’s other worldly style. Still yet to own a strat.
Weirdly enough, even though I love metal, pop punk, emo, and post hardcore, I've always held preference for a Strat, as all my heroes played one at some point or another. And even in my early days of playing guitar, I knew I wanted a Strat.
Best Hendrix lead lesson iv ever seen. You have him down as good as it's gonna get. Besides Jimi teaching you. Great job !
Hi Andy,
I had the pleasure of talking to you at the Bergen pac when you played with Dicky and the Outlaws played before you. You were nice enough to
Talk to me for like twenty mins. I was telling you how much I like your lessons and this is just one more great lesson . Thanks again and keep it up.
Andy... your Strat is upside down
I see what you did there
without Andy where my passion for jimi would then be ??!!txks for having mercy
First fraction of a second of the sound in this video immediately captured me.
Thanks!..I've been watching you play for years...I have some of your hendrix vids from the days of vhs!..I've learned from years of playing along with them..and endless hours of practice...you are the definitive authority on jimi's playing..yet you keep getting better...this style of playing is by far my favorite..and always inspirational..Thanks again..
Tbob Mann His Axis Bold As Love tutorial is incredible. Every note from the album. Andys great!
That really does capture Jimi's flavor! Thanks, Andy!
It's a very convincing Jimi Hendrix impersonation. Excellent.
Really nice bluesy tone and sweet phrasing. Sweet guitar too.
Definetly some good lessons , and the vibratos are incredible !!! Thanks for sharing such great lessons !!
You're the man Andy! Keep up the amazing work!
wow andy! the best hendrix ive ever heard! hats off!!
Andy, you are up there with the greatest guitar player in my book.
Wow! nailed & nicely done.. You've definitely got him down stylistically and sound-wise Andy. A pleasure to hear -- took me back.
Wow, such an eye opening lesson. You really don't appreciate the soloing of Hendrix until you look at the little things (such as that crashing double bend) that made his style so hard to emulate even 40+ years later.
Super sound & playing🎸🤘 Hendrix was a genius🎶
awesome sound man!!! thank you sir
Great playing and sound, period.
Wow, great playing and explaining! A lot of great advice given.
Wow. That's so helpful and effective! Thank you
Hands down the only two players that can accurately channel the sound of Hendrix are Andy Aledort and Randy Hansen. These two are the best.
I was just thinking the same thing
After reading your comment I went and checked out Randy. Holy shit. Ive never heard anyone play Machine gun so spot on
Greg. He's got a channel and he's amazing.
Mike Mccready too
Dont forget robin trower
It's kinda funny, I've been playing guitar for 25 years, and learned everything I know from Jimi. My playing sounds identical to this! Its such its own style, glad i learned from the best :) oh, nice playing Andy!
Nice playing and lesson. Thanks!
Great Lesson !
Andy Aledort is cool
Andy Aledort is a phenomenal guitarist and his teaching method is perfect, at least for me.
August 68', I stood 5 feet from Hendrix for two hours. Salt Lake of all places. Later I read an interview in which he said for some reason his best audiences were in S.L.C. I had a pocket full of reasons out of Laguna that played a part. He was every thing people say about him.. But.. Leo Kottke at his peak was far beyond Mr. Hendrix. First time I saw Kottke, he was playing a D-28-12, straight thru the P.A.
Technically there were dozens of players that were ahead of Hendrix level of understanding, but they didn't play electric. blues rock and were all either complex Jazzers (John Mclaughlin, Joe Pass, country players like Chet Atkins and c ok assical players like Segovia , But none of them invented anywhere near the level of new music that Hendrix did, and non were such naturals at 23-27. Let's be real. No metal or blues rock players can hang with George Benson or John Williams in their world but the same is also true. 30 years ago they asked Eric Clapton who In his opinion was the best guitar player in the world, he on hesitantly replied John Williams the classical player, when Williams was asked the same question not knowing that Clapton cited Williams as the best in Clapton's opinion, Williams responded with Clapton. The point is that often times players in a particular style site players and other styles is being better than them because they know they can't do it. Of course everyone believes that high-level flamingo or a high-level jazz is a very difficult style to master., Then one of those guys heaters Eddie Van Halen or do you Satriani and they are blown away. Point is everybody's great what they do when they are one of the greats. Meaning that within there area expertise there's no one else you can hang with them. This is very true about Hendrix, also true that Leo Kotke and John Mclaughlin and Segovia. I guess the point is that when. guitar player really understands the question they are not answering that this one guy can do everything better than everyone else. The answer suggests that. particular players style is the most beautiful and inspiring playing to them. Quantifying great guitar players Is impossible to do to try to based off some mathematical metric. They are not options traders or athletes where the performance can be compared to the performance others who do what they do. Basically means assuming that the guitar player has all the technical expertise and he needs to play his style at the highest level, which guy do you think is the best out of a 20 or 30 guys that deserve to be in the conversation. If somebody says it in my opinion the.guy in Green Day is the best then that guys opinion can usually be filed under you are not knowledgeable enough to be part of this conversation. But Jimi Hendrix Jeff Beck and Jimmy page can certainly be compared to one another and some people like I'm one of them or the other two and all of them are right. But again you have to be at a certain caliber the proficiency to be in the conversation. At that point it comes down to opinion
I've noticed that what makes someone stand out and have their own musical voice is the little quirks in their playing that some people would try to clean up in their own playing if they were doing it. I've developed some habits that used to seem like a bit of a hack, but have come to shape my sound. My wife can always pick me out in a noisy music store within a few seconds because of these little quirks in my playing. Hendrix was gloriously/beautifully sloppy at times...like he didn't really know where he was headed, but that he knew he liked the way it sounded anyway. I don't think anyone could ever truly sound exactly like Hendrix because of his quirks. But the phrasing in the video is killer! Kind of an SRV tone with Hendrix chops. Damn cool.
Much thx man-yes it has to have the right FEELING-that’s all I care about & try for, & when I’m lucky it kicks in...
Hey Andy , I was reading the SRV story that his manager wrote and started how Stevie played. Voodoo child. I was wondering if you could share that story on Facebook so everyone can enjoy it. Thanks Andy, happy holidays. Peace.
Beautiful teachings ' Thx Andy . .
Andy Your The Absolute Best
Great Job!
Thanks 😁
oh yeah fuck yeah that drive ooh yeah
nailed it!
Brilliant lesson.
Good video, Aledort got a good part of the tone and style.
Gotta love that fat drive =D
Great video overall, thanks Andy and Guitar World
Damn nice tricks man thank u..Where can i find this kind of backing jamtracks like Hendrix?
Man, you really nailed it! You sound just like Hendrix! How did you get your gear to sound like that? Awesome video, Thank-you.
Hi....my dear old friend..AMAZING TUTOR ...GREAT GREAT ...The next time pleaseLittle Wing complete SRV version.
Best Best😘
There are already many versions of that tutorial, let him do his thing 😋🤟
If you slow this to .75 he sounds absolutely cooked.
Who knows great stuff andy.👌
Ehi, great lesson! The tone is so tasty! What kind of overdrive pedal have you used? The classic TS 9 or what?
How to solo to be yourself! That’s me! Jimmy did he’s thing and went his way!!
Thanks for a great lesson. It just goes to show it's not the number of notes per second, it the amount of soul per measure.
Andy is Badass!! You seen him in the Hendrix Experience ?? KWS too!!!
Why does everyone ask for Tabs?? U can't Tab Soul!!
I’m gonna sound overly dramatic and weird but every time I hear Jimi come alive in someone’s playing it literally makes me tear up
wow those are great explanations. could you please list the gear you are using to produce such a great sound. I'm always trying to improve my gear to get a fat and clean sound like that ...
I think I’m plugged straight into an EVH III head thru a 4x12 bottom...
Good licks very inspiring, and good teacher!! :) oh and nice relic strat! :o
Sick man! Very Hendrixy. What amp/pedals and pickups were you using?
When are you playing on long island again
Thx
You can tell he got a lot of his technique from ‘Who Knows’.
U @ calculus I bees @ addition . Nice sound nice blues.
what guitar is he using?
This is a gtr I made from parts back in 88, custom neck/replica of my 61 w maple board & 22 frets, Seymour Duncan SSL-1L pickups...great gtr
Wasn't there a part of this lesson that broke down the rhythm part??
How are you getting that tone ?? Pedal ?
What kind of Strat is this? I'd love to have one.
Dario Martinez looks like a fender classic player Stratocaster
Sebastian Kinsler thank you!
Dario this is a Strat I built from parts back in 88, w Seymour Duncan SSL-1L pickups...great gtr
what are the chords used in the backing track?
+NJay9 well not chords but bass tabs
HOW TO GET THIS TONE
Lol you can tell Andy enjoyed the Classic Rock days quite a bit
Who Knows?
what song is that ?
A take-off on Band of Gypsys “Who Knows”...
My floyd rose does not like it when I bend one note and fret another. It always pulls the other note way out of tune.
That’s a very big drawback w Floyd’s (not a fan)...a stock Strat trem, screwed down pretty tight, sounds the best IMO
I see a lot of Elmore James and Albert King style pre bends going on in Jimi's riffs. Jimi was obviously influenced by all the greats. LOL.. you can see Andy holding back making sure he doesn't break any of the Hendrix Band of Gypsy Copyrights..
Just remember everybody, there are tons of Jimi imitators out there. Make sure you use your own creativity and come up with something fresh. It's what Jimi would want (probably lol)
2:17 slow lick
dont play this video in slower speed youll never take Andy seriously again
ha
sooo high
I can't stop playing all his videos half speed now...
F***ing hilarious...
Stoned out of his mind
man post the tab for that shit damm
Who is the 'greatest' is a matter of opinion.
in order to truly sound like Jimi, you need to learn how to let go and just play free, it's what some call the zone. you gotta be feeling it. your licks are amazing and they are very Jimi esque. but without a sad heart, the complete lack of knowledge of sheet music, and being self taught. you have a so chance of hitting the spot. close, but no cigar. still love it, you learn something new every day
Why does everyone just assume that Jimi knew nothing of sheet music? Is there any proof? I doubt having learned it would've made him a worse player.
Javier Valles it's not an assumption, he actually didnt, completely self taught, his family backs it up, he might have dabbled in sheet music yes but his music was completely free form, based on sound and sheer experience. learning sheet music wouldn't have made him a worse player, considering his already abundant experience learning by himself, however it wouldn't have the raw unadulterated sound he became famous for.
He definitely knew his shit around a scale. You dont need sheet music for that. But I know from my band the feeling of the zone. It is nothing you can bring up just on command infront of a camera. You need your friends, and your time. I bet even Jimi couldnt just jam his full heart from 0 to 100
Eric Sikes easy killer this brother is a bad assed dude he can teach
How to play like Jimi? You can't! He is the undisputed guitar king , have to say though you did sound like him :D ( and maybe a mix of SRV but that's awesome )
So just imagine basically
Was he just joking at the end when he said "E sharp" instead of F.......?
Well it is the same thing anyway
***** yeah that's what I meant. I should have expressed it better! They are enharmonic.
My point was that there is no such thing as an E sharp... it's called an F.
There is such a thing. Same pitch. Just written differently. Just like an A# can be written as Bb
***** They are enharmonic regardless you know that right?
If you wanna Jam like Jimi you just gotta have the feeling, not the technical way we
Sounded more like SRV to me but there's nothing wrong with that!
+Slack Jicholson Dude have another listen that sounded nothing like SRV :)
+Slack Jicholson well if it did, where do you think he got it from!
SRV was a huge Hendrix fan so that'd be why haha
Andy, can you slow it down and post up the tabs too? Some of us are not experts yet, but want to be.. but there is still a gap, we need the bridge, the water is a little fast and deep to follow it that fast.. for my eyes, ok? Slow it down and tell us exactly where the notes are and show some tabs, we will actually get it faster that way, at least I will.. I get frustrated trying to follow your fingers with my eyes..
+Michael Craig Hey Michael, I get the frustration but I think that it is a really good practice to get this by ear. You can play the video at half speed or even at quarter speed! I do this all the time and it's also how Jimi learned it. Cheers, and good playing man!
+Quintenkonijn well my ears are not good at learning by ear, or I would have already done it long ago.. so I need the tabs. and practice it that way too.. how can the video be slowed down to quarter or half speed anyway? If I had the tabs and slowed it down I could get it...but I am no good at ear training, I already tried many times many years..I already know..that is why I need the tabs.
+Michael Craig click the cog button in the bottom right (the one used to adjust the video quality)
Michael Craig Michael you are so grumpy
dang 37 likes no dislikes ;)
I think your weed dealer might be the best that ever lived aswell judging by your eyes mate
& I never smoke pot! Just the way it is....
they don't know... what I know...
isn't c# simply b
behic karatas you've got it backwards: b# is actually c
behic karatas Cb would be B
You can't :P
все люди с Guitar World выглядят как алкаши, почему?
But why would you solo like Hendrix?
Why wouldn't you ?!
Rodin Khalil To understand why, you would have to be "Experienced". Andy is indeed Experienced.
+Rodin Khalil 00:18 Jimi Hendrix, revered as probably the greatest electric guitarist if not the greatest guitarist that ever lived. He's endlessly fascinating and listening to Hendrix there's always things to learn, he played with so much inspiration, so much inventiveness and um, what can I say, just one of the greatest ever.
Rodin Khalil you need to purchase and listen to Hendrixs Blues album. Then you'd understand.
people can't sound like Jimmy... ok, it's too dificult
After Hendrix guitar music is so predictable.
Pentatonics, scales. Every video is so same! Nothing unique! Nobody teaches how to be creative, how to express emotions by guitar etc! I hate
daumoro why don’t you make a video then?
Can’t agree with you on Hendrix. Weak voice, mediocre song writing. He was an innovator but the psychedelic stuff doesn’t hold up.
frank costa I like his voice
this is far more refined than jimis raw 60's sound. unfortunatly he let srv take over this jimi lesson. Andy looks old, worn down and just straight burned out in this vid. its better to burn out than fade away I guess.
Wrong! Wrong! All wrong! ...If it ain't left-handed, it ain't right! Southpaw power, y'all.