2014年11月2日星期日

Jimi Hendrix exploded our idea of what rock music could be

His fame was punctuated with his rendition of the Star Spangled Banner in 1969, before his death in 1970. Jimi also pioneered and popularized many new techniques gibson flying v hendrix with the guitar, including use of amplifier feedback, wah-wah pedals, and playing chords with one’s thumb instead of the standard barre chord method. Jimi’s guitar of choice was the Fender Stratocaster, which he flipped and restrung to be played left-handed, giving it unusual sound characteristics the Stratocaster was not intended to have. He also played a Gibson Flying V, and used a King Vox-Wah pedal, a Uni-Vibe Phaser, and a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, with Marshall amplifiers. _44986505_guitar512 Music in London had reached a tumultuously creative moment when Hendrix arrived and was perfectly poised to receive him. "The performers were just your mates who played guitars," recalls Altham. "It was tight – everyone knew everyone else. It was just Pete from the Who, Eric of Cream, or Brian and Mick of the Stones, all going to each other's gigs."

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