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not just strumming the Strat.
But, what else was unusual about the way Jimi Hendrix played his Fender Stratocaster?

2007-04-08 16:15:12 · 7 answers · asked by David 6 in Entertainment & Music Music

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2007-04-08 18:06:32 · update #1

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The Strat's easy action and narrow neck were also ideally suited to Hendrix's evolving style and enhanced his tremendous dexterity--Hendrix's hands were large enough to fret across all six strings with his thumb, and he could play lead and rhythm parts simultaneously. Another remarkable fact about Hendrix is that he was left-handed, yet used right-handed Stratocasters, playing them upside-down. Hendrix restrung his guitars so that the heavier strings were in their standard position at the top of the neck. He preferred this layout because the tremolo arm and volume and tone controls were more easily accessible above the strings, but it also had an important effect on the sound of his guitar: because of the stagger of the pickups' pole pieces, his lowest string had a bright sound while his highest string had a mellow sound—the opposite of the Strat's intended design. This effect was exaggerated by the slant of the Strat's bridge pickup, and the varying length of the strings behind the nut caused by the Strat's six-a-side headstock.

2007-04-08 16:21:49 · answer #1 · answered by Dani G 7 · 0 0

Jimi Hendrix thought and breathed through his guitar. The sounds produced were like mental gymnastics. It is not the same as playing a song, or elaborating on a blues riff. Tons of people can play just as well, but they are technically playing an instrument - well, make no mistake. He slept with it, ate off it, talked through it, made it talk back to him, had sex with it, all while being a fairly quiet guy. It will never happen again.

2016-03-17 22:08:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2016-05-18 05:09:15 · answer #3 · answered by Josephine 2 · 0 0

I know he played with his teeth, behind his back and for guitar sounds on electric ladyland he used a comb on his strings.
He also used his thumb to hold notes on the bottom e string.

2007-04-08 16:20:03 · answer #4 · answered by Kaingel 3 · 0 0

Many of the sounds common to rock music today were first made famous by Hendrix. I.e., the wah sound, the overdriven sound, the "fuzz" sound, and many styles of soloing. He was the first of rocks true innovators.

2007-04-08 16:31:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

He could also bend a string that was out of tune so it was pitch perfect on-the-fly. He pretty much wasn't human.

2007-04-08 16:27:36 · answer #6 · answered by Sheep Cloner 3 · 0 0

I remember seeing a film clip of him playing with his teeth at one point.

2007-04-08 16:19:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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