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Billy Gibbons performs onstage with ZZ Top at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, Tennessee on October 23, 1973

“It was considered a no-no to chain two Fuzz-Tones together. But I saw Hendrix chain five of them!” Billy Gibbons remembers opening for Jimi Hendrix with his pre-ZZ Top band the Moving Sidewalks

By Jackson Maxwell published

Before the long beards, sold-out arenas, spinning fur guitars and MTV stardom, Billy Gibbons cut his teeth in a psychedelic group called the Moving Sidewalks, who opened for – among other A-tier rock acts – one James Marshall Hendrix...

Jimi Hendrix onstage performing live at Monterey Pop in 1967

“Are You Experienced? wouldn’t come out for two weeks. Nobody knew what to anticipate...”: Hear a pre-fame Jimi Hendrix perform to an unsuspecting audience of Mamas and Papas fans

By Matt Parker published

“Thanks anyway,” quips Hendrix on this previously unreleased recording of Killing Floor – the first taster from the new Hollywood Bowl 1967 live album

Billy Cox and Greg Sover have covered the Jimi Hendrix track Remember

“You would make Jimi proud if he heard that solo”: Greg Sover and Jimi Hendrix bassist Billy Cox cover Hendrix’s deep cut, Remember

By Matt Parker published

The Philadelphian guitarist and singer steps up to fill some of the biggest shoes in guitar history – with David Bowie’s amp along for the ride

Vito Bratta performs onstage with White Lion

Vito Bratta recorded White Lion’s All You Need is Rock 'n' Roll with Jimi Hendrix’s black Stratocaster – and Leslie West’s Marshall amp

By Matt Owen published

West's 100-watt Mountain Marshall is still owned by Bratta, who got his hands on the fabled Strat through Al Kooper – who was gifted the guitar by Hendrix himself

Little Richard reprimanded Jimi Hendrix for playing his guitar behind his head

That time Little Richard reprimanded Jimi Hendrix for his guitar showmanship: “Don’t you ever play your f**king guitar behind your head again!”

By Matt Parker published

Graham Nash recalls seeing the rock ‘n’ roll icon dress down the guitarist post-show

Bass player Billy Cox of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys performs onstage during the Experience Hendrix concert at The Wiltern on March 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California

"I thought, 'Wait a minute – we never practiced this…'" Jimi Hendrix bassist Billy Cox remembers Woodstock

By Richard Johnston published

From the archive: Billy Cox on Hendrix, Band of Gypsys, his influences and that Woodstock show

Slash onstage with Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell

Slash once partnered with Jimi Hendrix’s bandmates for a stirring tribute cover of Hey Joe in honor of the guitar great

By Matt Owen published

Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox supported Slash and Steve Winwood as the supergroup paid tribute to the guitar master in scintillating style at the UK Music Hall of Fame ceremony

George Benson performs on stage during Festival Jardins de Pedralbes at Jardins de Pedralbes on July 4, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.

George Benson on the time he met Jimi Hendrix, how Peter Frampton changed the course of his career and what Paul McCartney made of his Beatles tribute

By Joe Bosso published

One of the all-time jazz guitar greats on upsetting guitar companies, receiving praise from Frank Sinatra, and what it was really like working with Miles Davis

Jimi Hendrix performs onstage at the 1969 Newport Pop Festival (left), a 1968 Fender Dual Showman 2x15 speaker cabinet Hendrix used for the performance

A Jimi Hendrix stage-used 1968 Fender Dual Showman cabinet is headed to the auction block

By Jackson Maxwell published

Acquired by Hendrix due to his need for more onstage firepower, the cab features a pair of 15-inch JBL 130 speakers, and was most prominently used for the guitar hero's performance at the 1969 Newport Pop Festival

Steve Vai performing Hey Joe in a world record guitar ensemble

Steve Vai leads 7,968 guitarists in a world record-breaking performance of Jimi Hendrix classic Hey Joe

By Matt Parker published

Fellow shred icon Michael Angelo Batio was also among the massive lineup of guitar players in Wrocław, Poland

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne names his dream supergroup – and it features three guitarists

By Matt Owen published

The Black Sabbath icon was asked by Metal Hammer Guest Editors Jack Black and Kyle Gass about the musicians – alive or dead – he'd love to collaborate with. Safe to say it would have been a supergroup for the ages

(from left) Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales and Marcus King perform onstage at the Bluesfest festival in Byron Bay, Australia

Eric Gales, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Joe Bonamassa and Marcus King preview 2023's star-studded Crossroads Festival with incendiary Red House cover

By Jackson Maxwell published

The four blues guitar giants came together for an unforgettable jam at the Bluesfest in Byron Bay, Australia earlier this month

Jimi Hendrix plays his 1964 Fender Jazzmaster (left), Jimi Hendrix's 1964 Fender Jazzmaster

Jimi Hendrix's ultra-rare 1964 Fender Jazzmaster purchased by Jim Irsay

By Jackson Maxwell published

The owner of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts also added a 1992 Gibson Hummingbird played by Bob Dylan at Bill Clinton's presidential inauguration concert in 1993 to his extraordinary collection

Tim Commerford and a pedalboard

Dunlop Cry Baby Bass Wah: the most recognizable effects pedal ever made?

By Nick Wells published

Classics don’t come much more heavyweight than the Cry Baby wah-wah and the 105Q Bass edition is no exception

Jimi Hendrix playing guitar in 1969 – though not at Woodstock festival in this image

Every guitarist should hear this isolated guitar track of Jimi Hendrix performing Voodoo Child live at Woodstock

By Matt Parker published

A guitar recording from the most famous gig of Hendrix’s career can now be experienced unobscured

Jimi Hendrix

Add fire to your pentatonic phrasing with this lesson in Jimi Hendrix's soloing approaches

By John Wheatcroft published

We might never reach Hendrix levels of god-like genius on the guitar, but how he phrased his leads is a lesson to us all. Here, we look at four examples that will expand your blues vocabulary

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix’s isolated guitar tracks from Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) studio outtakes have been posted on YouTube and they sound incredible

By Jonathan Horsley published

Enjoy a half-hour of electric guitar magic as Hendrix thinks out loud via the medium of Fender Stratocaster

Dunlop Authentic Hendrix '68 pedal

Dunlop honors Jimi Hendrix's iconic effects with Authentic Hendrix '68 Shrine mini pedals

By Matt Owen published

Four pedals inspired by the Uni-Vibe, Octavio, Fuzz Face and Band of Gypsys Fuzz are included, featuring artwork remixed from John Van Hamserveld's Shrine Auditorium concert poster

Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck – the ultimate interview: one of the electric guitar's most prolific innovators reflects on his sprawling career

By Alan di Perna published

In this classic 2009 Guitar World interview, the guitar legend waxed lyrical on his formative years with The Yardbirds, how his radical technique inspired a new era of instrumental guitar, and his musical relationships with Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton

[L-R] Steve Vai and Randy Hansen

Watch Steve Vai perform Jimi Hendrix's Midnight in honor of the late guitar icon's 80th birthday – with a professional Hendrix tribute artist

By Sam Roche published

The surprise duo put their fingers – and teeth – to work in a blistering lead guitar performance at Seattle's Moore Theater