<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Jimi-hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/jimi-hendrix Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:15:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “That changed everything for me. ‘It doesn’t hurt. I could play like this all day long. And it sounds great!’’ How a Hendrix hack helped The Collect Pond’s Danny Moffat play through his health issues ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-collect-pond-absence-of-something NK2oLdZnVGFVcXq5ALVCGN Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The promoter was panicking and asked me to headline. I didn't have a band with me. And I didn't have any solo material prepared”: Paul Gilbert’s completely unplanned Jimi Hendrix tribute set for first-ever digital release ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/paul-gilbert-unplanned-jimi-hendrix-tribute-rerelease 7muy9UkTFQW2JKTh9QfgNo Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:11:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “After the set, Hendrix came knocking on the dressing room door and said, ‘I want you to come on tour with me’”: Chicago bassist Peter Cetera reflects on signing for Columbia Records, opening for Jimi Hendrix and why Paul McCartney changed everything ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/peter-cetera-opening-for-jimi-hendrix EzsespbgdyQskbhcRvnsCE Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don’t think anyone has changed the world as much with their guitar”: Grammy-nominated Malian changemaker Fatoumata Diawara reveals her biggest guitar hero ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/fatoumata-diawara-reveals-her-biggest-guitar-hero okQALz9NgXXsAeozthm8pn Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:37:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “At the end of the show, Jimmy goes, ‘The way you mix rock and Indian music is something I’ve never seen before’”: Meet the psych-rockers merging Hendrix with 600-year-old Hindustani classical music tradition – who count Jimmy Page among their fans ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/karma-sheen-sameer-khan-interview sU8RZ5eXhXL7HrxKDd2DQU Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:20:00 +0000 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:50:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “More than the return of an iconic instrument”: Mosrite Guitars – the underdog firm loved by Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, and Johnny Ramone – is back ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/sho-bud-mosrite-mark-ii i3FiZkxRSCgbrU4VoFWG5Z Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:10:26 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 20:11:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If Hendrix were alive today and we were friends, how would he write an instrumental song?!” Mateus Asato is stepping out on his own with a debut solo album – and a track that pays homage to his hero ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mateus-asato-announces-debut-album-with-jimi-hendrix-inspired-track oygQKuxKFXWChSccAyyX2Q Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:02:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He came ripping into the hotel room and said, ‘Um, do you know this?’ He slapped down a lick that lasted 10 minutes”: When Jimi Hendrix gave Billy Gibbons a guitar lesson unlike any other ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/billy-gibbons-jimi-hendrix-hotel-story pG9kJKAf3x9EcBetkWJSF6 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:45:00 +0000 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:39:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I didn’t know him or trust him. But I gave him all of that money in the hope he would bring me a Strat. I had no idea if I’d see him again”: Rammstein’s Richard ZK on the coffee shop rendezvous in East Germany that got him his first Fender ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-richard-zk-got-his-first-fender MYfdg8GWxb84Z9oYKSr7N3 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 11:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I forgot to turn my guitar off. A lady passed by, and her dress tail hit the G string. I’ll never forget that. I’ve been doing it ever since”: How Buddy Guy accidentally stumbled upon guitar feedback – a tool that would shape his sound and style ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-buddy-guy-accidentally-stumbled-upon-guitar-feedback x9nFaZcbCr7UcbbRSVtX6c Sat, 27 Dec 2025 07:16:35 +0000 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:59:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He would have wanted his fellow musicians to receive everything to which they are entitled”: The estates of Jimi Hendrix’s bandmates are suing Sony over streaming rights ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/noel-redding-mitch-mitchell-estates-sue-sony uxHLPJ6xxbTqZEg5ehgGxH Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:18:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘I canceled a gig to come watch you play, could I steal some licks from you?’ That’s when we got to know each other”: Buddy Guy recalls the first time he met Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/buddy-guy-recalls-the-first-time-he-met-jimi-hendrix mi7f2X8pyVaAybVRqRGCgT Sun, 07 Dec 2025 14:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was completely ignored by the guitar press of that time period”: Vernon Reid on the guitarist he believes is massively underrated – even though he kept “the Hendrix voice” alive ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/vernon-reid-on-the-guitarist-he-believes-is-massively-underrated TumkZQ3zWXKshuLoAvKFDJ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A single-note solo played over just bass and drums runs the risk of sounding empty… The solution is to include some chord tones”: How to use triads in blues solos like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/techniques/how-to-use-triads-in-blues-solos pmiofWdGMbockKmJzvx4tJ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:57:13 +0000 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:11:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You’ll laugh, but I thought he used to play too loud”: Buddy Guy remembers the first time he saw Jimi Hendrix play – and the warning he used to give him before gigs ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/buddy-guy-on-jimi-hendrix-playing-too-loud 7LpMrJ8FRwNeaQ29bbpkmF Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:22:51 +0000 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:49:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The guy in the support band was playing a Jazz Bass. We agreed to swap instruments… That guy was Ian Hunter who went on to form Mott the Hoople”: Leo Lyons on the bass that appeared at Woodstock, has been played by Hendrix, and is on three UFO classics ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/bass-guitars/leo-lyons-1962-fender-jazz-bass gjnTpCqjEhz2z7qfzs8s8Z Sat, 27 Sep 2025 09:20:00 +0000 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:39:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s ugly, but if you want probably the best-sounding Stratocaster in the house...” Norman’s Rare Guitars is home to some of the finest Strats in the world – but you’ll never guess which one sounds the best ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/normans-rare-guitars-mexican-hendrix-strat-in-ultraviolet uR2avay3JG2sPt7wG5f8LN Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:36:55 +0000 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:56:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Duane Allman told me he was inspired to pick up slide guitar because he saw me playing with the McCoys. That blows my mind”: The life and times of Rick Derringer, the all-American guitar hero ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-life-and-times-of-rick-derringer J5QbED4x2mvGmk6gADNawM Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:20:00 +0000 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:25:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A kid came in, plugged into an amp and started. It was extraordinary. I went out the next day to find records by this character, 'Jimi Hendrix…'”: David Gilmour on the first time he saw Hendrix play – in the company of the Beatles and Rolling Stones ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-the-first-time-he-heard-jimi-hendrix RASN4dnSLX8bpQbujRzTZP Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:19:00 +0000 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:03:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was a bit of a disaster. I plugged my guitar in, and it was instant feedback”: John McLaughlin remembers his nightmare jam session with Jimi Hendrix – when he was forced to play acoustic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mclaughlin-disaster-jimi-hendrix-jam emXM2MErW2qnENK5bPcuT7 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:51:09 +0000 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:50:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A good guitar solo should sound like an orgasm. I can hear it in Eddie Van Halen’s playing, and Jimi Hendrix. I live for the juicy notes”: Carlos Santana on playing like a soul singer and his visitations from B.B. King, Miles Davis and Stevie Ray Vaughan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/carlos-santana-sentient b2sB4gnnRDYkeXQMcduhvK Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:51:37 +0000 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:53:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “At the end of the service, they would just shred, and I would sit there and watch with my jaw to the floor, not moving”: Steve Lacy reflects on his guitar origins – and how it all goes back to church and Guitar Hero ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-lacy-reflects-on-his-guitar-origins EYJpnucbsJWQ8mksStJwX9 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:54:48 +0000 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:57:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Electric Legoland: Jimi Hendrix is now available in Lego form – and it comes with a Strat ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mopop-lego-jimi-hendrix uiBrPfmqZfrekYATkkTmSV Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:38:55 +0000 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:43:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had that guy on the phone and said, ‘Give me one good reason why we should sell you the guitar?’ He said, ‘The money.’ I said, ‘That’s not a good reason’”: Why Uli Jon Roth turned down a $9 million offer for Jimi Hendrix’s iconic black Strat ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/uli-john-roth-jimi-hendrix-black-strat rR7DawbaBkwwzeWCBkqsN3 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:10:02 +0000 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:19:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Recovery is a long road”: Traffic co-founder and George Harrison session player Dave Mason cancels all of his 2025 tour dates after a health setback ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-mason-cancels-2025-tour-dates bvKD7oxjdKc3UpDJodres9 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:27:23 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:38:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jimi was staying at a hotel in Times Square. He had his hair set in pink curlers and we would just talk band drama”: Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews on befriending Hendrix, booking Chuck Berry and the birth of pedal culture ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/mike-matthews-electro-harmonix-talks-hendrix-and-over-50-years-of-pedal-culture 7aQsFvNeGgfXPK3BzUft9G Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:04:55 +0000 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:05:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Let’s get Hendrix to play on it.’ His manager said, ‘Jimi’s playing shows back-to-back.’ So we got Jimmy Page”: The hit ’60s single that was supposed to feature Jimi Hendrix… but ended up with Jimmy Page ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/donovan-jimi-hendrix-jimmy-page-hurdy-gurdy-man KjEiZyxAujLXY7yREcQAx3 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:19:38 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:39:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Young talent is just as capable of doing justice to Hendrix’s legacy”: The next generation of guitar stars join legends of the game to honor Jimi Hendrix at the 2025 Experience Hendrix tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/next-generation-join-guitar-legends-to-honor-jimi-hendrix-2025-experience-hendrix-tour gmgUbtW2cCkpc4srfG6zSg Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:50:40 +0000 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:17:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Hendrix said, ‘Mike, I gotta quit. I want to form my own band.’” I said, ‘Then you’ve got to sing’”: Why Jimi Hendrix might never have started his solo career if it weren’t for Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-jimi-hendrix-might-never-have-started-his-solo-career-if-it-werent-for-mike-matthews XpPtcG7jfeiRMd2mgQ4qgJ Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:56:31 +0000 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:10:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He flips a bass upside down, and we do Otis Redding. Then I got a phone call, ‘Jimi’s in the studio. Would you come down?’” How a 3am jam with Hendrix led Andy Fairweather Low to guest on a Jimi classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andy-fairweather-low-jamming-with-hendrix UuT4qSuQdJsnsTCrUbSQm6 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:31:49 +0000 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:34:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'll never forget meeting Jimi at that club in New York in 1968. I'm so grateful we had the chance to become friends”: Buddy Guy returns to the stage after officially retiring from touring last year to honor Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/buddy-guy-returns-to-the-stage-to-honor-jimi-hendrix RMC7aKZDjEmQXt5L29eTGi Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:18:40 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:38:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It had been really poorly refinished with chunks of wood missing. And you know what? It may be the best-sounding Strat I’ve got”: How Andy Timmons gave a bargain guitar a new lease of life – taking inspiration from Hendrix and Beck ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-andy-timmons-gave-a-bargain-strat-a-new-lease-on-life x4TVK7jDvz5EC3MfJtZzPJ Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:46:22 +0000 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:58:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘The only way we can play 40 minutes is if we include Purple Haze.’ This guy grabbed me and said, ‘You got a lot of nerve!’” Billy Gibbons once covered Jimi Hendrix hits while supporting Hendrix on tour – and the guitar hero watched ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/billy-gibbons-covers-jimi-hendrix-in-front-of-hendrix rJcsvFNV7Q6QFEaCfndyKG Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:27:08 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:08:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “For someone like Hendrix, who had known poverty, it had to be exhilarating to think, ‘I’m on the cusp of this unimaginable place’”: The remarkable untold story of Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios – from the man who helped him build it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/eddie-kramer-john-mcdermott-jimi-hendrix-electric-lady-studios-interview V5wZc8zUUvUMcxPtpbsYVf Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:05:20 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:02:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I plugged into a Marshall stack – and it sounded awful. I could hardly play... Jimi Hendrix came onstage, plugged into the same amp – and it sounded like a cataclysm”: Brian May on the one time he experimented with a Marshall stack ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/when-brian-may-played-through-a-marshall-stack 4PtDPg8scaEgTwFAqUJvbT Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:04:00 +0000 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:59:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You heard a lot of musicians, but nobody played guitar like him”: In 1965, Jimi Hendrix appeared on TV backing an obscure soul duo – and you can already feel his brilliance ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jimi-hendrix-on-tv-1965 z9QCZZbs2Vc3b8Wuy8dA4N Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:18:01 +0000 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:02:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jim Morrison was carried out. Jimi Hendrix was there. We were all getting drunk”: Ritchie Blackmore recalls the first time he saw two-hand tapping – at a wild show in 1968 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ritchie-blackmore-tapping-story W3NGmmnwiPcXUPX9LjYRKE Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:45:00 +0000 Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:18:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I used my P-Bass in the studio and my Jazz Bass live, because it projected a little louder”: Originally recorded as a B-side, this riff-driven blues became a Jimi Hendrix classic – and bassist Billy Cox played a pivotal role ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/billy-cox-on-jimi-hendrix-izabella 5CaSwQbX5qCeed2G2phcF4 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:49:14 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:18:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I played and sang Suffragette City and everyone else was doing Foxy Lady – I was so drunk, I didn’t even know”: The Cure’s Robert Smith on his disastrous first show as a singer and guitarist... when he butchered a Jimi Hendrix classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robert-smiths-disastrous-first-gig urWrth2cupxFzhBrx7Esnh Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:20:10 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:10:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jimi Hendrix came in with an old Duo-Sonic. I had just put together a Strat I’d strung up left-handed, and I went, ‘I’ll trade you.’ I was docked three weeks’ pay”: Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter recalls the questionable guitar deal he made when he met Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jeff-skunk-baxter-jimi-hendrix-guitar-deal Gthx96Cnx9pwfLDAnCE3Ln Mon, 09 Dec 2024 15:55:24 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:10:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I remember watching Jimi when I was younger, while he was in the room with me. I’d have my social studies book, but I was listening and watching him”: Ernie Isley lived with Jimi Hendrix – then took his place to write hit after hit in his brothers’ band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ernie-isley-jimi-hendrix-isley-brothers-zeal-stratocaster 2XWXBhHVXFdLka9PMv6ppa Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:01:29 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:22:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Was smoking Hendrix’s Strat my wildest studio experience? Oh, certainly not! We always went full tilt. There was never a dull day!” Steve Cradock on his star-studded session with Paul McCartney, SGs vs Teles – and the joint he laced with Hendrix’s guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-cradock-hendrix-joint-recording-paul-mccartney-fender-vs-gibson 927UJAMW7UTmwRyJx2Uu2e Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:00:10 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:51:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That’s true. We smoked Jimi Hendrix’s guitar... I thought it’d be fun to crumble a bit of the wood off and pop it inside a joint”: Steve Cradock once smoked the shavings of Hendrix’s Strat by rolling them in a page from the Bible ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-cradock-jimi-hendrix-smoking-stratocaster cqWRTTbsZuXYtX9DHDA55Z Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:04:16 +0000 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:38:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I yelled, ‘Paul, George, Ringo and John, you guys were just wonderful!’ He said, ‘Ernie, if it were not for the Isley Brothers, the Beatles would still be in Liverpool’”: Ernie Isley on the time he met Paul McCartney – and they jammed Twist and Shout ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ernie-isley-on-meeting-paul-mccartney g5Kt4B7covbH8yWBJgbCGR Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:42:09 +0000 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:24:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He came into the house, had this brand-new guitar in a case, and they said, ‘Ma, this is the new guitar player we just hired, Jimi Hendrix’”: Ernie Isley on growing up with Hendrix and witnessing his fast-developing guitar playing in his living room ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ernie-isley-on-growing-up-with-jimi-hendrix FsdidzHfnnCYMgieKgdGJk Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:04:56 +0000 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:59:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There are long winding passages, it’s almost womb-like… That’s something that would have really spoken to a guy like Jimi”: How Jimi Hendrix masterminded the ultimate sonic playground where Led Zeppelin and The Clash came to record ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jimi-hendrix-electric-lady-studios-boxset 84oXyDucSpn5xtkea6ZXh6 Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:33:34 +0000 Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:34:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A great statement guitar. It looks fantastic, plays well and sounds superb”: Epiphone Jimi Hendrix Love Drops Flying V review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/epiphone-jimi-hendrix-love-drops-flying-v-review 98RiEczgA8WBrXRLnBigF3 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:50:53 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They’re a lot tighter and smoother. You can hear more guitar, and these are far superior to all the other versions of these tracks”: Never-before-heard Jimi Hendrix demos are up for auction – and expected to sell for $260,000 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/never-before-heard-jimi-hendrix-demos-up-for-auction pimZ38mTAB4mEDbbvxwuL3 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:46:36 +0000 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:21:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I doubt there’s going to be another Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page or Eddie Van Halen”: Joe Perry on why the age of the guitar hero might be over – even though the instrument still has a bright future ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/joe-perry-guitar-heroes-modern-guitar-scene R6qsDVGpa9zNjP8waADwwA Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:38:03 +0000 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:28:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think it makes me sound more like Hendrix, don’t you?” David Gilmour saves Comfortably Numb performance after his Jimi Hendrix guitar strap snaps mid-song ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmour-jimi-hendrix-guitar-strap-fail-rome hhi6KKCrMhvwhRsagidXz8 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:42:10 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:17:41 +0000