Post by j365 on Jun 23, 2019 14:31:19 GMT
forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/jimi-hendrix-cultural-icon-or-just-lucky.853026/
“Off the back of another thread i thought it'd be good to start a debate about Jimi Hendrix.
Now, a few years ago I caused uproar on a guitar forum when I begged to differ about Hendrix as a guitarist. My opinion was as follows. At the time (The 60's) Hendrix was a shot of adrenaline to the music scene, he changed the way a guitar could be played and other guitarists rightly so were in awe of him.. Clapton and Townshend to name just 2. However with the passage of time we've had other guitarists who's come along that in my mind are technically better. Satriani, Vai and Petrucci are virtuoso players that technically play better than Hendrix.
As you can imagine this caused a stir on the forum as I dared to not brown nose Hendrix, but to me he was a pioneer that moved the goal posts, then other guitarists such as the aforementioned Satriani, Vai and Petrucci came along with the likes of Van Halen took what Hendrix did and took it to another level. Without Hendrix showing them the way they likely wouldn't have progressed.
To me Hendrix wasn't a cultural icon, he was in the right place at the right time playing weird guitar..... No mojo, no deal with the devil.... just plain lucky. Obvioulsy now we look back on Hendrix in reverence, but why?
He was a guitar player that knew blues scales, could play pretty fluidly, with wah wah pedals and fuzz face pedals and the odd Uni-vibe for good measure.... A lot of what he did was based around the fact he played with feedback to get the sustain he needed to sound good. Basically he turned everything up to 11, and played with the end result..... The end result was excellent, and totally different for the time.... But in this day and age doesn't sound too far out there IMHO.
I love Hendrix, I find a lot of his albums though a bit hit and miss...... There's some songs on Electric Ladyland I can't listen to (Little Miss Strange). Do his albums deserve to be classed as classic albums in the true sense??....... There's not a Sgt Pepper, or Dark Side among them, so i don't think so.”
“Off the back of another thread i thought it'd be good to start a debate about Jimi Hendrix.
Now, a few years ago I caused uproar on a guitar forum when I begged to differ about Hendrix as a guitarist. My opinion was as follows. At the time (The 60's) Hendrix was a shot of adrenaline to the music scene, he changed the way a guitar could be played and other guitarists rightly so were in awe of him.. Clapton and Townshend to name just 2. However with the passage of time we've had other guitarists who's come along that in my mind are technically better. Satriani, Vai and Petrucci are virtuoso players that technically play better than Hendrix.
As you can imagine this caused a stir on the forum as I dared to not brown nose Hendrix, but to me he was a pioneer that moved the goal posts, then other guitarists such as the aforementioned Satriani, Vai and Petrucci came along with the likes of Van Halen took what Hendrix did and took it to another level. Without Hendrix showing them the way they likely wouldn't have progressed.
To me Hendrix wasn't a cultural icon, he was in the right place at the right time playing weird guitar..... No mojo, no deal with the devil.... just plain lucky. Obvioulsy now we look back on Hendrix in reverence, but why?
He was a guitar player that knew blues scales, could play pretty fluidly, with wah wah pedals and fuzz face pedals and the odd Uni-vibe for good measure.... A lot of what he did was based around the fact he played with feedback to get the sustain he needed to sound good. Basically he turned everything up to 11, and played with the end result..... The end result was excellent, and totally different for the time.... But in this day and age doesn't sound too far out there IMHO.
I love Hendrix, I find a lot of his albums though a bit hit and miss...... There's some songs on Electric Ladyland I can't listen to (Little Miss Strange). Do his albums deserve to be classed as classic albums in the true sense??....... There's not a Sgt Pepper, or Dark Side among them, so i don't think so.”
