Thread: Jimi Hendrix

Jimi who?

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Originally Posted by BritChick

Jimi who?

Ooooo, that's cold.

Heh jimi hendrix has got to be one of the best guitar players of all time.

I had a guy at work actually start to argue with me a couple months ago saying that Pince is a better guitarist than Hendrix... I almost hadto bludgeon him with tape dispensor.

I used to listen to him while on 'Boomers'

Been a long time though. I rarely listen to him anymore, same with Pink Floyd.

Originally Posted by pmech

I had a guy at work actually start to argue with me a couple months ago saying that Pince is a better guitarist than Hendrix... I almost hadto bludgeon him with tape dispensor.

As a guitar player myself, I hate to say it but its true. Like it or not. Its not just a matter of personal taste because I like Jimi's playing better than Prince's, but yeah....note for note, Prince is better.


The best overall guitar player of all time (and this is NOT based on taste) is Edward Van Halen. Bar none.

You sir, while a respected member of this IM community, are dirty for saying that..... DIRTY DIRTY DIRTY.

I think he was a better guitar player than either Lennon, McCartney or Elvis without any doubt. But as far as influence on music and the music culture, the Beatles basically made and remade music in their own vision from 1963 until they broke up.

Prince and Eddie were technically better, but when it comes down to who emptied their soul everytime they played Jimi out did everyone thats why he hit an off note here or there cause no ones soul is perfect.

I love the story Eric Clapton tells about a night in England when he was with Pete Townsend and Pete told him to come check out this young fellow downstairs playing. They stood there and watched Hendrix for 3 minutes and Eric Clapton turned to Pete Townsend and said, "We're done."

I like Jimi, and he was a good guitar player. I play as well. I've been playing for almost 30 years (29 to be exact). BTW, Metal V...what kind of setup do you have ATM?

Having said that, the guitar player I consider the best would be Rory Gallagher.

Jimi was the shit man, much better music than any of that other shit. much love to Hendrix. plus he come from my hometown baby!! Elvis can't touch him

Technicality aside Jimi played what he "heard" id like to see someone try and do anything close to what he did and not get the shit boo'd out of them...but yeah old eddie van halen is a fucking shredder.

I like a guitarist that can jam with real feeling and not trained skill. I rank Jimi at the top, Jerry Garcia then Carlos Santana then Dave Mathews. I really like someone that invents sounds too like Tom Morello, but Jim tops that list too.

dave mathews band....lolz

Originally Posted by Stickboy

I like Jimi, and he was a good guitar player. I play as well. I've been playing for almost 30 years (29 to be exact). BTW, Metal V...what kind of setup do you have ATM?

Having said that, the guitar player I consider the best would be Rory Gallagher.

Dayum. havent been at it as long as you, but Im almost there. ATM I have I think......A Gibson V with a custom mirror pickguard outfitted with Duncan Livewire Metal pickups. 3 Jackson Randy Rhoads RR1s (the real shit, not bolt on neck bullshit) 2 of which are original and one with the Duncan Livewires, an 80s Dean V with Duncan Invader pickup, an early 80s Ibanez Destroyer getting hot roded, and an Ibanez Paul Stanley PS10 Iceman. Im also waiting on 2 new Jackson King Vs from the Jackson custom shop. Sound wise, I play through a POD pro rackmount pre-amp powered by a Peavy 5150 halfstack. Pedals are Boss DD3, Harmonizer, Equalizer, Noise Gate, Bad Horsie Wah, and a Phase 90.



Edward Van Halen is THE GREATEST guitar player in the history of rock guitar, not because he's my favorite (he isnt) but because of all he has done. No one else even comes close.

1) Eddie changed the way guitar was played. Before him, there really was no such thing as a popular shredder. Even though he didnt invent 2 handed tapping, he definately pioneered the concept and brought it to the forefront. Among many other things, he pioneered the use of the Floyd Rose tremelo with the locking nut for dive bombs and other effects. He pioneered the use of false and tap harmonincs as parts of songs, not just fills. He pioneered effects sweeps like what he does at the end of Eruption by turning the effect controls AS IT IS PLAYING.

2) Eddie changed the way the guitar was heard. Before him, you pretty much had fat humbucker sound like from a Les Paul, or thin single coil sound like from a Stratocaster. Eddie came out with the "brown sound" to the rhythm part and the Phase 90 sweep to the solos. People came to expect those sweeps and they became synonymous with metal solos. He added a "sustainiac" to his amps that added extra treble and power that also became synonymous with metal playing.

3) Eddie changed the way the guitar was BUILT. Before him, metal basicaly had the ugly and chunky Gibson Les Paul, or the thin sounding Fender Stratocaster. Eddie wanted a sound between both. So he took a humbucker pickup and chiseld the single coil hole on a stratocaster body to accomodate the humbucker, took all the controls except the volume out of the guitar body, removed the old tremolo and added the Floyd Rose locking nut system, and single handidly changed the way the guitar was to be built from then on. Before him, no one had ever even thought of doing all that and if they did, they didnt make it popular.

He did.

Now, pretty much all major guitar companies build similar guitars.



No other person, not Randy Rhoads, not Yngwie Malmsteen, not Prince, not Jimi, has ever done ALL that. And Eddie did it all before he recorded his first album.

^^case closed

Originally Posted by Metal V Player

Dayum. havent been at it as long as you, but Im almost there. ATM I have I think......A Gibson V with a custom mirror pickguard outfitted with Duncan Livewire Metal pickups. 3 Jackson Randy Rhoads RR1s (the real shit, not bolt on neck bullshit) 2 of which are original and one with the Duncan Livewires, an 80s Dean V with Duncan Invader pickup, an early 80s Ibanez Destroyer getting hot roded, and an Ibanez Paul Stanley PS10 Iceman. Im also waiting on 2 new Jackson King Vs from the Jackson custom shop. Sound wise, I play through a POD pro rackmount pre-amp powered by a Peavy 5150 halfstack. Pedals are Boss DD3, Harmonizer, Equalizer, Noise Gate, Bad Horsie Wah, and a Phase 90.

Wow. I have a much simpler setup, but I don't play in a regular band. I'm inclined to think we play different styles. I assume you are playing metal, whereas I perfer more bluesy type rock stuff.

My setup is pretty much a stock '87 Les Paul Custom lite (original owner), and two strats. One has a humbucker mod on it, the other is stock - both with rosewood necks. Amps: A couple of Crates, the primary being a GT80DSP. Effects: MXR Distortion +, Flanger, Crybaby.

I'm seriously considering dropping the $2700 on the Rory Gallagher Strat though. (Shhhhhh. Don't tell the wife)

Edward Van Halen is THE GREATEST guitar player in the history of rock guitar, not because he's my favorite (he isnt) but because of all he has done. No one else even comes close.

I'm not denying VH is great. I consider him more innovative though. I love the TONE on the first VH album.

You need to check out Rory Gallagher's work, seriously. Check out any of his live albums and tell me this guy doesn't smoke. The studio albums are great, but the live albums bring that spark.

Originally Posted by Stickboy

I'm seriously considering dropping the $2700 on the Rory Gallagher Strat though. (Shhhhhh. Don't tell the wife)

This is straight up. When and IF you do, there's no need to spend retail. Let me hook you up with my friend Chad who works at Guitar Center (unless you already have a hookup. most musicians do). He still gives me 40 off retail even though I dont work there anymore, and he generaly gives it to anyone I reffer to him. Yeah he can have it shipped to you too.


Yeah, I play metal. But right now Im concentrating more on heavy duty techno dance metal. The strange thing is that I dont listen to too much metal. I listen to the likes of Barry Manilow, Tony Bennett, Sinatra, Kool and the Gang.... that sorta stuff.

Originally Posted by Metal V Player

This is straight up. When and IF you do, there's no need to spend retail. Let me hook you up with my friend Chad who works at Guitar Center (unless you already have a hookup. most musicians do). He still gives me 40 off retail even though I dont work there anymore, and he generaly gives it to anyone I reffer to him. Yeah he can have it shipped to you too.

It's a $4400 guitar, so I think my guy being straight (he works at guitar center too, LOL), but ask him as an inquery what he could sell it to you for. It's a Fender custom shop piece, so it's a bit pricy. I'm still debating if I should drop the $$ or not.

Originally Posted by Stickboy

It's a $4400 guitar, so I think my guy being straight (he works at guitar center too, LOL), but ask him as an inquery what he could sell it to you for. It's a Fender custom shop piece, so it's a bit pricy. I'm still debating if I should drop the $$ or not.

That sounds about right if its a Fender Custom Shop, although Id NEVER pay over 200 dollars for any bolt on neck guitar. Regardless of who made it. Yeah, I know, to each his own and its all about feel. I just think Fenders are overpriced boat paddles, no offense. S'ok.... most people think my "pointy" guitars are an eyesore. I gotta have neck through or set neck, though. My two Jacksons are costing me 3 grand each with all the modifications I want.


Sounds like a good deal to me, I know how much they pay for Fenders. They pay a hell of a lot more for most of them than even the Paul Reed Smiths. ESPECIALLY custom shops. But I'll ask Chad just the same. Im gonna talk to him tommorow cause my cousin in Mexico wants another guitar.

Jimmy Hendrix could a lot with so few notes. I liked him but he wasn't "Mr. guitar revolutionary" for me, as the rock pundits claim.

He was a great musician but a villinous dope fiend. I used to have all his old LPs He another great music guy of the 60's who strangled on his own puke?.Didnt he?...........take care..........................Rich

Great guitarist, shitty-ass singer. This man had no voice, should've let somebody else do the singing. (The way Eddie Van Halen did.)

I personally like that raw sound of his voice and the way he accompanied it with the guitar, especially on Machine Gun when he sings "Machine gun
Tearing my body all apart"

Originally Posted by Metal V Player

That sounds about right if its a Fender Custom Shop, although Id NEVER pay over 200 dollars for any bolt on neck guitar. Regardless of who made it. Yeah, I know, to each his own and its all about feel. I just think Fenders are overpriced boat paddles, no offense. S'ok.... most people think my "pointy" guitars are an eyesore. I gotta have neck through or set neck, though. My two Jacksons are costing me 3 grand each with all the modifications I want.

I don't mind strats. I don't really like bolt on necks either, but having broke one before - it sure is a hell of alot cheaper to get it fixed.

The Les Paul is what I play the most. Nice comfortable neck. I'll never sell this guitar.

Sounds like a good deal to me, I know how much they pay for Fenders. They pay a hell of a lot more for most of them than even the Paul Reed Smiths. ESPECIALLY custom shops. But I'll ask Chad just the same. Im gonna talk to him tommorow cause my cousin in Mexico wants another guitar.

Ok, sweet. I would try and get it from one of the big online stores, but I don't like buying a guitar that hasn't been in my hands before I lay down the money.

If not the guitar, I may grab another amp. Something else I'm seriously looking at is the GNX4. I already kind of have a mini recording studio, so that would something cool to add to it.