Before he owned his own real electric guitar, Jimi Hendrix had to make his own with whatever he had. As a child, Hendrix (who was known as Buster at the time) was able to electrify his acoustic guitar ...

'Wordless stories of the soul': revisiting the genius of Jimi Hendrix.

Jimi Hendrix first started his career as a backing guitarist for rock ‘n’ roll legends like Little Richard and The Isley Brothers. But long before he began performing as a professional guitarist, he ...

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Mike McCready has said that it wasn’t until he saw Stevie Ray Vaughan that he truly understood the trademark thumb technique of his first guitar hero, Jimi Hendrix. The new issue of Guitarist is on ...

Jimi Hendrix began playing the guitar at a very young age, but would be unable to own one until he was a teenager. With a mind full of blues inspiration from the likes of B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, and ...