At my 17th birthday party in 1967 a friend raced in and in an excited state pulled off what ever record was on the turntable and , yelling to the crowd, ‘ everyone shut up and listen to this. He then played Stone Free, flipped the record over , and played Hey Joe. My life changed. The next afternoon I went to his house where he played all of Are You Experienced which he had bought that morning. It was absolutely mind blowing. I’m still in awe of Jimi.
Hendrix was seemingly from another planet, with his fluid technical mastery, exotic mix of styles, overall flash and style. But he was from Seattle. Growing up, Hendrix was played a lot on the radio, but I wasn't clear if that was just because he was local or not. Spanish Castle Magic was named for a roadhouse called "The Spanish Castle" just south of Seattle. Keep up the great content!
You can thank the British for Jimi Hendrix ... Americans wanted nothing to do .. the English are the ones who understood him best and then the Americans finally caught on
@@ant1738 And you can thank the American blues artists for giving Clapton, Alvin Lee, Paige, and every other 60's-70's British guitar player songs to play and influence on the entire Brit guitar movement.
I just sit back and listen to that first album they put out in '67 and I sit there in shock every time. The progressions he was playing, the riffs, the guitar licks, the solos. Nobody was doing that in '67, it just didn't happen. Then you listen to the bootlegs from their Fillmore East sets in '69, it's like he wasn't human...
I don’t think - over my 15 years of “playing”.. that I’ve ever been as.. interested in any content as much as you. It’s like a friggin history lesson. You talk with such a genuine tone. I’m fresh to your channel, kinda checking out Hendrix mostly. But man, I’m gonna stick around. Excellent content dude, thank you.
I think we shouldn’t forget what a fantastic songwriter/composer Hendrix was. So many great songs with so many styles. Sometimes rocking, sometimes lyrical and delicate. What a great genius of popular music and a tremendous loss
Jimi will always be the greatest. His music is still as great as it was back then. Jimi is still relevant and not just because he was a trailblazer but because his way of playing and his music are still great. That concert was from Stockholm Sweden, not Switzerland and to me it was his worst concert ever. He was fed up, tired and I wish it hadn't been filmed.
I would also like to learn some of that allmans ,skynyrd , John Mayer’s kinda southern blues rock influenced playing on paradise valley and born and raised
My first concert was The Jimi Hendrix Experience in the Boston Gardens on Nov 16, 1968. I was only 13! I was totally amazed. I didn't start playing guitar until I was 16. But I soon realized what a musical force he was. I have spent the last 49 years on and off working on playing his songs. And for the most part, they are not easy to play! So now I have a basement full of 100 Watt amps and Stratocasters. I recently bought a Marshall Super100JH model which is a reissue of the amp Jim Marshall made for him when he arrived in England in 1967.You are completely correct when you said: "Jimi Hendrix is the most imprortant electric guitarist in the history of the instrument. Period." The main thing he gave me was: I will never quit playing guitar.
Thanks for the Jimi! Legend has it they were ticked off cause there were "NO" drugs before the gig. For the 2nd show that night.....they were more upbeat and it was a better show.
Have been listen (and attempting to play) Hendrix for decades and continue to be in awe, especially the ease in which Jimi plays complicated rhythm parts. Everyone has a favorite of Jimi's and mine is Bold as Love (Olympic Studio Version). His tone and approach on this version just kill me.
Had a teacher band at high school called Men At School that played a bunch of pop music but they also played Foxey Lady and Purple Haze. I remember finding out the artist and went to the record store and bought Are You Experienced. I was so amazed that those two songs were on that album, and the rest of it were just complete mind blowers. Thanks for this, Dave, it makes me reexamine my roots.
As usual your lessons are so good it’s scary. I’m glad you’re aware and impart how important Hendrix was/is. Only minor issue ... America came after Hendrix.
Dave B - Your lessons are inspiring. I wait with baited breath to see what you've produced. I first heard jimi at my cousins in 1969....Electric Ladyland in stereo into my 15 year old brain??!!! So started playing within 6 months and still addicted!! Just keep doing what you're doing..... Its probably the camera lens but your hands look way bigger than mine.... Maybe why you're so damned good!!
Indeed it is correct! Hendrix cannot be compared. There's no one even in the same building as Jimi- never will be again. / your video is really outstanding. I'm going to work on these riffs-cool bro!!
What made Jimi Jimi is his ability to bend every note his lead guitar playing his rhythm guitar playing always bending notes...and Hendrix loved Terry Kath!!!...
Another Amazing lesson. Hendrix never stops to blow my mind. His rhythmic ability and creativity were incredible. Thank you! One of my favorite lessons is still the Steely Dan you did. I always refer back to it to work on those Mu chords.
I feel so blessed to live in the era of the greatest guitar players. I will never come close to their greatness, but I still keep on pickin. BTW, I love your lessons too. Keep ‘em comin.
It was June, 1967. I was 12 and my west coast cousins came for a visit to the Black Hills with their surfer shirts. All they could talk about was "Purple Haze, Donnie Jim, Purple Haze!!
VIDEO REQUEST: Dickie Betts lesson using hexatonic scales for harmonizing guitar parts Hendrix would use Drop D tuning on his flying V in 1970 Live concerts, The songs names Peoples Peoples and Room full of mirrors studio tracks had those old blues licks like red house
Good call. The major scale minus the 7. I use this all the time, helps break me out of the generic scale shred and forces me to play a bit more melodic.
@@tonepoet There is two different hexatonic scales major and minor its minus the 4th and 7th but duane allman and dickie betts used the hexatonic scale to use triads a semitone apart building triads to create hexatonic scales. I'm not sure how they did it or how its does
I’ve been watchin your vids for a few months now. Maybe more. And I just want to say I appreciate ya man. You remind me of the 5 watt world guy. Knowledgeable and been around the bock.
Great review of Hendricks and his impact .. Although I believe there are three Archimedean points from my perspective which changed the attitude of guitar categorically ... In other words who changed the direction and influence many people universally ... 1. Hendrix 2. Van Halen 3. Yngwie Malmsteen - even though it was Uli John Roth who truly infused the Neoclassical guitar movement .. into rock Guitar
@@xplorer3475 that was not the focus of my comment. Of course they couldn't play each other styles ... It's a global perspective ... When people hurt Hendrix they wanted to be Hendrix ... When Van Halen emerged everyone and their brother was playing eruption ... When yngwie malmsteen was on the scene a harmonic minor scale and sweep arpeggios came to the forefront it's not as if other guys weren't doing it ... Al Di meola was another huge turning point as well as Alan Holdsworth ... My comment meant on a world or grand scale. .
Usually he tuned down a half step, but on these examples it's obvious that he tuned down a whole step ( just as some of the songs on Band of Gypsys, as it was a mix of songs from different gigs) It's as simple as that. Don't overthink... I really like what you're doin' anyway! Great examples.Great playing.
About the above footage: ‘On the whole, I can’t understand why anyone on this tour who saw us could have liked us. There was a lot of filming for Swedish TV and compared to similar films in 1967, we were a different group. Jimi was sullen and removed and actually slagged off the audience during the first set. He rarely bothered to sing. I paced grimly in my corner and turned my back on him. The sparkle was gone, very gone, replaced by exhaustion and boredom which showed in the sloppy repeats of the hits as we stared at the crowd with dead eyes. We hated playing Sweden. Always the same problem- no drugs. We were forced to drink the killer Schnapps and it brought on Jimi’s mood for the first set. In desperation I went out between shows and with much persistence managed to score a leaper. We huddled anxiously over the dressing room table, crushed the pill into a powder, shared it out, and snorted it. The second show was much more together and enthusiastic. But no wonder Chas was leary when Jimi approached him about management during our Swedish tour. Besides, Jeffrey owned Jimi. And even Jimi didn’t want the Experience to break up. It was his only sure earner.’ Are you Experienced, The inside Story of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Noel Redding &Carol Appleby, 1990, @pp.113&114.
Very enjoyable history of Hendrix, I was expecting to learn some licks, but I got much more fun listening to you talking. Great video. After learning Hendrix, I notice that he inspired many guitar players at and after his time. Cheers from Indonesia.
About Jimi's out of tune, yes it was often the case on his live performances. I think his strats vibratos were maybe badly adjusted, and as well strings badly mounted. On SG's, a vibrola is even worse, the way to put strings on can be the cause too, if you add nut and bridge problems..Don't know if he had bad guitar tech, or no tech at all. Anyway, we love Jimi for ever.
I love this lesson -- from the caveat that the lesson is out of tune to the very end. I remember well seeing Jimi, Jeff Beck and everyone else spending at least five minutes tuning at full volume before playing their first song back in the 60s! Nobody thought anything of it. And yes, Jimi was very funny. And so was Jeff Beck for that matter.
My guess is the only strings available to Jimi that day were too heavy for the mood. Used to have a hard time finding the strings I wanted in ‘67. Multiplied by possible language and schedule issues, finding the wanted gauge could have been weird.
Here's one our originals th-cam.com/video/thaNgXzZ_rA/w-d-xo.html with our attempt at Hendrix style guitar with a Psychedelic video that captures the Zeitgeist of the Era. Would love your feedback!
Thanks David for another detailed technical analysis of "classical" rock guitar. What tickles me is that my millineal era guitar teacher, as well as you, teach us old farts how we learned it all "wrong" and drag us back in line :-) Damn.... unlearning/relearning is much more difficult than learning !!! Great Late Nite session !!!
Jimi's later stuff was very progressive/experimental sounding arrangement-wise. It would've been cool to hear what he was going to keep doing in that direction.
Chuck Berry , Jimmy Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen the game changers .. there’s hundreds of outstanding guitar players in rock music that are virtuoso’s but those 3 are the Einstein’s of rock !!
Great vibrato on this Dave! I think when musicians don't use a tuner or tuning fork, the guitar strings will stretch and end up a half or full step lower. He's basically tuning relative to where most of the strings are and then Noel tunes to him. Interesting because it shows he didn't have perfect pitch. I feel like hard rock starts with Hendrix. His chords and rhythm playing are unreal.
People can argue about who the "greatest" electric guitarist is. But it's clear Hendrix is the most "influential" guitarist. Hendrix also was a hell of a songwriter, singer, performer and even bass player.
Hendrix was not only a legendary guitarist but also a great singer and composer. Uniquely blended rock, soul, blues, modal stuff, r and b, etc. into his own unique creation. Has there been anything like “Little Wing” before or since? So ahead of his time...
Child of the 60's .. loved the evolution of the 3 minute pop craftmanship , esp Beatles, Kinks, Who. Then I heard Stone Free and THE chord. What was that ?? Add cowbell and I was hooked. Monochrome to technicolour right there. Picked up a guitar and played .. life journey.
You can't compare hendrix to modern guys such as vai, as technically these guys are decades ahead. However the innovation that hendrix had for his time, in my opinion has never been obtained by any electric player. You could still here hendrix play today and be mesmerised by his rhythmic ability and soloing prowess. A true pioneer and original.
Hendrix, EVH, and Holdsworth are just completely different players. It's like comparing Jim Brown, Jerry Rice and Lawrence Taylor. They changed their positions forever, just like Hendrix, EVH and Holdsworth forever changed their particular genres. One is not "better" than the other. They'll be remembered forever for their impact. There are guitar wizards all over the world but very few will be remembered a hundred years from now ala, Hendrix, EVH, Holdsworth, Robert Johnson etc. JMO. Maybe Brewster! Love your work Dave.
15:25 My Mom and Dad saw Hendrix in Va Beach in 1968 -- I was in the womb -- I don't know if that really counts but I think it means that technically I was in attendance at a Hendrix concert!
Great lessons!! You know most of these guitar instructors begin their lessons with a little jam in the style of the lesson they're about to teach. I'd love to see you jam a little in this same format if possible. You know so many styles that I think it would really hot.
Yea he was awesome & i saw a video of Buddy Guy who influenced alot of guitarist like Hendrix, Clapton, Paige. Beck, & T.I. I was listening to one of Buddy's songs & I heard licks he was doing that I had heard Paige do but the song was recorded long before Zeppelin or Hendrix were around. Buddy's is flashy & crazy good, It's no wonder these guys were listening to him. Check him out if you haven't.
A request (or at least something to check out): *Stimpy Lockjaw.* th-cam.com/video/-eOSSmJIGdA/w-d-xo.html Thanks for another awesome lesson David. When I was a kid we all knew Jimi was probably the most important electric guitarist ever. But that even this paled in comparison to the messages in his songs. In that way, very few bands even came close to Jimi as a song writer. I know most think it's VanHalen and or Holdsworth, and although those are easily two of the greatest guitarists ever for different reasons (and I'm a huge fan oh both), my personal feelings are that only Steve Vai so far has done as much as Hendrix did for the electric guitar by opening up it's possibilities to a much greater extent than anything before. Anyway, many decades later and I still love playing Jimi's tunes because they're still just as funky, bluesy, ballsy and filled with thoughtfulness, sensitivity, an unquenchable personal spirituality and a solid foundation of wisdom.
Seems tht at the time Jimi was doin things on guitar tht nobody was doin . Ironic tht nowdays if a player has been at it for a while . They are doin some if not alot of those same things . His way of playin is just about everywhere . Adjusted to fit but its there . Just my thinkin . Love the channel .
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At my 17th birthday party in 1967 a friend raced in and in an excited state pulled off what ever record was on the turntable and , yelling to the crowd, ‘ everyone shut up and listen to this. He then played Stone Free, flipped the record over , and played Hey Joe. My life changed. The next afternoon I went to his house where he played all of Are You Experienced which he had bought that morning. It was absolutely mind blowing. I’m still in awe of Jimi.
Hendrix was seemingly from another planet, with his fluid technical mastery, exotic mix of styles, overall flash and style. But he was from Seattle. Growing up, Hendrix was played a lot on the radio, but I wasn't clear if that was just because he was local or not. Spanish Castle Magic was named for a roadhouse called "The Spanish Castle" just south of Seattle. Keep up the great content!
You can thank the British for Jimi Hendrix ... Americans wanted nothing to do .. the English are the ones who understood him best and then the Americans finally caught on
@@ant1738 And you can thank the American blues artists for giving Clapton, Alvin Lee, Paige, and every other 60's-70's British guitar player songs to play and influence on the entire Brit guitar movement.
@@pizzulo81 I don’t think any one of them would disagree.
No he wasn't. He's just one and then a long line of great guitar players.
@@ant1738 Shut up.
I just sit back and listen to that first album they put out in '67 and I sit there in shock every time. The progressions he was playing, the riffs, the guitar licks, the solos. Nobody was doing that in '67, it just didn't happen. Then you listen to the bootlegs from their Fillmore East sets in '69, it's like he wasn't human...
The most important rock guitar player ever. I couldn't agree with you more. Thanks for the vid🎶✌
I don’t think - over my 15 years of “playing”.. that I’ve ever been as.. interested in any content as much as you. It’s like a friggin history lesson. You talk with such a genuine tone. I’m fresh to your channel, kinda checking out Hendrix mostly. But man, I’m gonna stick around. Excellent content dude, thank you.
You remind me of my best "real life" guitar teachers in that you make the viewer feel at ease and keep them engaged without overloading.
Great, Great perspective on Hendrix Dave. Very well said 🍺’ski.
I think we shouldn’t forget what a fantastic songwriter/composer Hendrix was. So many great songs with so many styles. Sometimes rocking, sometimes lyrical and delicate. What a great genius of popular music and a tremendous loss
Hendrix will always be my favorite guitarist.
Jimi will always be the greatest. His music is still as great as it was back then. Jimi is still relevant and not just because he was a trailblazer but because his way of playing and his music are still great.
That concert was from Stockholm Sweden, not Switzerland and to me it was his worst concert ever. He was fed up, tired and I wish it hadn't been filmed.
Would love to see you do a lesson on how Dickie Betts navigated the major pentatonic scale.
I second that!
Third
I would also like to learn some of that allmans ,skynyrd , John Mayer’s kinda southern blues rock influenced playing on paradise valley and born and raised
He’s recently submitted a Dickie Betts post
Awesome dude!!
50 years later we still embrace the genius of Hendrix 🤘🤘
Hendrix was the man! Thanks for this one!
My first concert was The Jimi Hendrix Experience in the Boston Gardens on Nov 16, 1968. I was only 13! I was totally amazed. I didn't start playing guitar until I was 16. But I soon realized what a musical force he was. I have spent the last 49 years on and off working on playing his songs. And for the most part, they are not easy to play! So now I have a basement full of 100 Watt amps and Stratocasters. I recently bought a Marshall Super100JH model which is a reissue of the amp Jim Marshall made for him when he arrived in England in 1967.You are completely correct when you said: "Jimi Hendrix is the most imprortant electric guitarist in the history of the instrument. Period." The main thing he gave me was: I will never quit playing guitar.
I am happy this video exists. Amazing take on Hendrix.
Love Hendrix and I especially love your presentation of Jimi. Thanks so much!
Thanks for the Jimi! Legend has it they were ticked off cause there were "NO" drugs before the gig. For the 2nd show that night.....they were more upbeat and it was a better show.
Excellent lesson to the immortal Blue Flame that Jimi ignited! 🔥
Awesome lesson... I LOLed at 0:06 but appreciate the explanation. That's tricky stuff
Thanks for letting us see once again why hendrix is so important well done
Great great lesson Hendrix was and is the greatest guitarist of all time IMO
You got a great set of ears. Thank you for figuring out those licks for us, man.
...Sir,"WE" are on the same page!!!...Life-time "Jimi" fan...(...actually,my nick-name in high school!)...Thank you for "ALL" that you do!!!
Have been listen (and attempting to play) Hendrix for decades and continue to be in awe, especially the ease in which Jimi plays complicated rhythm parts. Everyone has a favorite of Jimi's and mine is Bold as Love (Olympic Studio Version). His tone and approach on this version just kill me.
Axis is absolutely my favorite Hendrix album, and _Bold As Love_ is easily one of my fave songs of his.
That was a great lesson! Thanks David 🤘
I was listening to Hendrix since I was in Junior High School but never truly appreciated his playing until I listened to his blues.
Had a teacher band at high school called Men At School that played a bunch of pop music but they also played Foxey Lady and Purple Haze. I remember finding out the artist and went to the record store and bought Are You Experienced. I was so amazed that those two songs were on that album, and the rest of it were just complete mind blowers. Thanks for this, Dave, it makes me reexamine my roots.
Never clicked on a video as fast in my life 🎸🔥
Awesome Dave. Great job. Thanks.
As usual your lessons are so good it’s scary. I’m glad you’re aware and impart how important Hendrix was/is. Only minor issue ... America came after Hendrix.
Very Cool, great licks and info.
Indeed, in Blues - Rock music history, there's a before and an after Jimi Hendrix, like no one else.
Dave B - Your lessons are inspiring. I wait with baited breath to see what you've produced. I first heard jimi at my cousins in 1969....Electric Ladyland in stereo into my 15 year old brain??!!! So started playing within 6 months and still addicted!! Just keep doing what you're doing..... Its probably the camera lens but your hands look way bigger than mine.... Maybe why you're so damned good!!
Indeed it is correct! Hendrix cannot be compared. There's no one even in the same building as Jimi- never will be again. / your video is really outstanding. I'm going to work on these riffs-cool bro!!
What made Jimi Jimi is his ability to bend every note his lead guitar playing his rhythm guitar playing always bending notes...and Hendrix loved Terry Kath!!!...
Terry Kath Lesson !!!! That would be great!!!
Another Amazing lesson. Hendrix never stops to blow my mind. His rhythmic ability and creativity were incredible. Thank you! One of my favorite lessons is still the Steely Dan you did. I always refer back to it to work on those Mu chords.
Fantastic video sir - the way you deliver your lessons, break them down & add the nuggets of info for context; awesome!
Fantastic video. Great delivery and knowledge
I feel so blessed to live in the era of the greatest guitar players. I will never come close to their greatness, but I still keep on pickin.
BTW, I love your lessons too. Keep ‘em comin.
It was June, 1967. I was 12 and my west coast cousins came for a visit to the Black Hills with their surfer shirts. All they could talk about was "Purple Haze, Donnie Jim, Purple Haze!!
Been waiting for more Hendrix!!!! Thanks, David!!!
Enjoyed the chat at the start man. Thanks for teaching me the gods way!
VIDEO REQUEST: Dickie Betts lesson using hexatonic scales for harmonizing guitar parts
Hendrix would use Drop D tuning on his flying V in 1970 Live concerts, The songs names Peoples Peoples and Room full of mirrors studio tracks had those old blues licks like red house
You're awesome. Dickie Betts, good one. Hey btw, Jimi Hendrix was tuned down to D for Machine Gun on the original Fillmore concert in Band of Gypsys.
Good call. The major scale minus the 7. I use this all the time, helps break me out of the generic scale shred and forces me to play a bit more melodic.
@@tonepoet There is two different hexatonic scales major and minor its minus the 4th and 7th but duane allman and dickie betts used the hexatonic scale to use triads a semitone apart building triads to create hexatonic scales. I'm not sure how they did it or how its does
Well put MR. Brewster keep up the good work really enjoyed the wolf Holfman licks and so many others 👍🏾
Love it..... Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video!!
I’ve been watchin your vids for a few months now. Maybe more. And I just want to say I appreciate ya man. You remind me of the 5 watt world guy. Knowledgeable and been around the bock.
You do a great job!! Thanks
Another AWESOME vid -Thanks!!!
Great review of Hendricks and his impact ..
Although I believe there are three Archimedean points from my perspective which changed the attitude of guitar categorically ... In other words who changed the direction and influence many people universally ...
1. Hendrix
2. Van Halen
3. Yngwie Malmsteen - even though it was
Uli John Roth who truly infused the
Neoclassical guitar movement .. into rock
Guitar
All of them couldn't play each other.
And you have Paco .... Another untouchable god.
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@@xplorer3475 that was not the focus of my comment. Of course they couldn't play each other styles ... It's a global perspective ... When people hurt Hendrix they wanted to be Hendrix ... When Van Halen emerged everyone and their brother was playing eruption ... When yngwie malmsteen was on the scene a harmonic minor scale and sweep arpeggios came to the forefront it's not as if other guys weren't doing it ...
Al Di meola was another huge turning point as well as Alan Holdsworth ...
My comment meant on a world or grand scale. .
Excellent vid . I always enjoy JH interactions with the audience “ this song is for the girl in the third row with the yellow underwear “
Hendrix's use of chromatic ideas was so cool.
thank you ....great video
Usually he tuned down a half step, but on these examples it's obvious that he tuned down a whole step ( just as some of the songs on Band of Gypsys, as it was a mix of songs from different gigs) It's as simple as that. Don't overthink... I really like what you're doin' anyway! Great examples.Great playing.
Hendrix was my 1st guitar hero, then VH, then Zappa and Jerry Garcia.....
Hes my favorite guitarist, just bought the signature guitar and i love it
Love this. Thank you.
About the above footage:
‘On the whole, I can’t understand why anyone on this tour who saw us could have liked us. There was a lot of filming for Swedish TV and compared to similar films in 1967, we were a different group. Jimi was sullen and removed and actually slagged off the audience during the first set. He rarely bothered to sing. I paced grimly in my corner and turned my back on him. The sparkle was gone, very gone, replaced by exhaustion and boredom which showed in the sloppy repeats of the hits as we stared at the crowd with dead eyes. We hated playing Sweden. Always the same problem- no drugs. We were forced to drink the killer Schnapps and it brought on Jimi’s mood for the first set. In desperation I went out between shows and with much persistence managed to score a leaper. We huddled anxiously over the dressing room table, crushed the pill into a powder, shared it out, and snorted it. The second show was much more together and enthusiastic. But no wonder Chas was leary when Jimi approached him about management during our Swedish tour. Besides, Jeffrey owned Jimi. And even Jimi didn’t want the Experience to break up. It was his only sure earner.’
Are you Experienced, The inside Story of the Jimi Hendrix Experience,
Noel Redding &Carol Appleby,
1990, @pp.113&114.
we lent Noel a bass when he came here to new zealand mid-90s
Always great lessons!!
Great man!!! I always look forward to your Late Night Lesson's
Very enjoyable history of Hendrix, I was expecting to learn some licks, but I got much more fun listening to you talking. Great video. After learning Hendrix, I notice that he inspired many guitar players at and after his time. Cheers from Indonesia.
You’re on it! Thanks!
Great lesson. Would love to see more Hendrix lessons.. Great channel by the way.
About Jimi's out of tune, yes it was often the case on his live performances. I think his strats vibratos were maybe badly adjusted, and as well strings badly mounted. On SG's, a vibrola is even worse, the way to put strings on can be the cause too, if you add nut and bridge problems..Don't know if he had bad guitar tech, or no tech at all. Anyway, we love Jimi for ever.
At The mention Jimi strat I believe was a 3 bolt on neck .. those were a b**** to keep in tune they would slip all the time
@@ant1738 Nope, 3 bolts appeared in 1972, so..
They were using no tuners, he played a half step low, and he really jerked the hell out of the vibrato bar.
I love this lesson -- from the caveat that the lesson is out of tune to the very end. I remember well seeing Jimi, Jeff Beck and everyone else spending at least five minutes tuning at full volume before playing their first song back in the 60s! Nobody thought anything of it. And yes, Jimi was very funny. And so was Jeff Beck for that matter.
My guess is the only strings available to Jimi that day were too heavy for the mood. Used to have a hard time finding the strings I wanted in ‘67. Multiplied by possible language and schedule issues, finding the wanted gauge could have been weird.
Here's one our originals th-cam.com/video/thaNgXzZ_rA/w-d-xo.html with our attempt at Hendrix style guitar with a Psychedelic video that captures the Zeitgeist of the Era. Would love your feedback!
man your vibrato is insanely good! and the tone...
“Jimmy and the Band is out of tune the whole time “ At last I have something in common with the great man 😂🇬🇧👍
Thanks David for another detailed technical analysis of "classical" rock guitar. What tickles me is that my millineal era guitar teacher, as well as you, teach us old farts how we learned it all "wrong" and drag us back in line :-) Damn.... unlearning/relearning is much more difficult than learning !!! Great Late Nite session !!!
Jimi's later stuff was very progressive/experimental sounding arrangement-wise. It would've been cool to hear what he was going to keep doing in that direction.
Check out First Rays of the New Rising Sun
Chuck Berry , Jimmy Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen the game changers .. there’s hundreds of outstanding guitar players in rock music that are virtuoso’s but those 3 are the Einstein’s of rock !!
Great vibrato on this Dave! I think when musicians don't use a tuner or tuning fork, the guitar strings will stretch and end up a half or full step lower. He's basically tuning relative to where most of the strings are and then Noel tunes to him. Interesting because it shows he didn't have perfect pitch. I feel like hard rock starts with Hendrix. His chords and rhythm playing are unreal.
Alvin Lee is one you absolutely should cover.
Love the lessons 🤘
People can argue about who the "greatest" electric guitarist is. But it's clear Hendrix is the most "influential" guitarist. Hendrix also was a hell of a songwriter, singer, performer and even bass player.
Good shit man
Hendrix was not only a legendary guitarist but also a great singer and composer. Uniquely blended rock, soul, blues, modal stuff, r and b, etc. into his own unique creation.
Has there been anything like “Little Wing” before or since? So ahead of his time...
Child of the 60's .. loved the evolution of the 3 minute pop craftmanship , esp Beatles, Kinks, Who. Then I heard Stone Free and THE chord. What was that ?? Add cowbell and I was hooked. Monochrome to technicolour right there. Picked up a guitar and played .. life journey.
I always felt Hendrix and Santana both had some very tasty and sophisticated rhythm playing going on as well.
You can't compare hendrix to modern guys such as vai, as technically these guys are decades ahead. However the innovation that hendrix had for his time, in my opinion has never been obtained by any electric player. You could still here hendrix play today and be mesmerised by his rhythmic ability and soloing prowess. A true pioneer and original.
Ahead of what?
Another great video, I think the concert was actually in Stockholm, Sweden.
*Nice post.*
This is a really great lesson
Great presentation and delivery. Newbie to your channel. You take the words and feelings about Jimi right out of my thoughts.
Hendrix, EVH, and Holdsworth are just completely different players. It's like comparing Jim Brown, Jerry Rice and Lawrence Taylor. They changed their positions forever, just like Hendrix, EVH and Holdsworth forever changed their particular genres. One is not "better" than the other. They'll be remembered forever for their impact. There are guitar wizards all over the world but very few will be remembered a hundred years from now ala, Hendrix, EVH, Holdsworth, Robert Johnson etc. JMO. Maybe Brewster! Love your work Dave.
Frank Marino said something like. ..Jimi is the standard by which most rock guitar players will be judged by
15:25 My Mom and Dad saw Hendrix in Va Beach in 1968 -- I was in the womb -- I don't know if that really counts but I think it means that technically I was in attendance at a Hendrix concert!
"I don't always casually play exactly like Jimi Hendrix. But when I do...."
😁👍 really enjoyed this
Thanks for the lesson! Btw, this is not from Switzerland but Stockholm, Sweden. They played two shows of which one was filmed, both recorded.
Great lessons!! You know most of these guitar instructors begin their lessons with a little jam in the style of the lesson they're about to teach. I'd love to see you jam a little in this same format if possible. You know so many styles that I think it would really hot.
thank you !
"This lesson is out of tune" hahahaha.
HEY! Who said you can use a picture of my Guitar for this lesson??? Come on B🐓!!
hey! where was the dog at the computer?!? i love that part ;O)
Well done sir
Yea he was awesome & i saw a video of Buddy Guy who influenced alot of guitarist like Hendrix, Clapton, Paige. Beck, & T.I. I was listening to one of Buddy's songs & I heard licks he was doing that I had heard Paige do but the song was recorded long before Zeppelin or Hendrix were around. Buddy's is flashy & crazy good, It's no wonder these guys were listening to him. Check him out if you haven't.
Lighting one up now!
A request (or at least something to check out): *Stimpy Lockjaw.* th-cam.com/video/-eOSSmJIGdA/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for another awesome lesson David. When I was a kid we all knew Jimi was probably the most important electric guitarist ever. But that even this paled in comparison to the messages in his songs. In that way, very few bands even came close to Jimi as a song writer.
I know most think it's VanHalen and or Holdsworth, and although those are easily two of the greatest guitarists ever for different reasons (and I'm a huge fan oh both), my personal feelings are that only Steve Vai so far has done as much as Hendrix did for the electric guitar by opening up it's possibilities to a much greater extent than anything before.
Anyway, many decades later and I still love playing Jimi's tunes because they're still just as funky, bluesy, ballsy and filled with thoughtfulness, sensitivity, an unquenchable personal spirituality and a solid foundation of wisdom.
Thx for the tip. Not on Spotify though :(
Seems tht at the time Jimi was doin things on guitar tht nobody was doin . Ironic tht nowdays if a player has been at it for a while . They are doin some if not alot of those same things . His way of playin is just about everywhere . Adjusted to fit but its there . Just my thinkin . Love the channel .