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Marshall X Jimi Hendrix 60th Anniversary
Marshall x Jimi Hendrix 60th Anniversary JMH Half Stack review

By Pete Emery Published

Paying tribute to 60 years of one of the most iconic pairings in guitar history, Marshall releases a signature Hendrix amp bundle, featuring not only an amp and cab, but a Fuzz Face and some very collectable extras.

Guitar Amps
Mike Matthews from Electro-Harmonix posing with a cigar in front of stacks of pedals in boxes
How Mike Matthews saved pedal pioneers Electro-Harmonix from the brink

By Janelle Borg Published

When Electro-Harmonix went bankrupt in the mid-’80s, Matthews was forced to pivot and find an alternative market for his business, away from the States

Guitar Pedals
John Mayer
How to funk up your blues solos

By Richard Barrett Published

Taking cues from John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix and Nile Rodgers, this lesson offers three examples of phrases that add rhythm and movement to blues

Techniques
Jimi Hendrix performs live backed by Noel Redding on bass.
11 cover songs that Jimi Hendrix made his own – including one that became Eric Clapton’s favorite Hendrix track

By Mark McStea Published

Once Hendrix turned his Stratocaster upon a song it would never be the same again. Just ask Bob Dylan

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Guitarists
Jimi Hendrix performs live on stage playing a black Fender Stratocaster guitar with The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 24th February 1969
The time Jimi Hendrix was knocked off his feet by Eddie Kramer’s tonal technique

By Janelle Borg Published

Kramer looks back on borrowing from the Beatles... and that game-changing day at the studio that forever defined Hendrix's sound

Guitarists
[L-R] Ray Toro of My Chemical Romance plays a Gibson Les Paul onstage, and Jimi Hendrix plays a white Strat onstage at Woburn Pop Festival 1968.
My Chemical Romance's Ray Toro was a Les Paul man, until he got his hands on one of Jimi Hendrix's Strats

By Jonathan Horsley Published

A guy named Jimmy gave him a guitar owned by Jimi, and it was a revelatory experience

Guitarists
Marshall x Jimi Hendrix 60th Anniversary
Marshall honors Jimi Hendrix with limited edition drop

By Matt Owen Published

Marshall is celebrating 60 years since the late guitar legend first plugged into one of its amps

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Guitar Amps
Jimi Hendrix seated in centre with, on left, drummer Mitch Mitchell and, on right, bassist Noel Redding of the Jimi Hendrix Experience in London, circa August 1967
Heirs of Jimi Hendrix's bandmates lose years-long royalties dispute against the Hendrix Estate and Sony Music

By Janelle Borg Published

The judge concluded that, as per the original contract, the musicians signed their rights away, and that “the first owners of the copyrights… were the producers”

Bands
Good times in 1967: Dave Mason hanging out with the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
When Dave Mason met Jimi Hendrix and played on the greatest cover of all time

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Hendrix had arrived in London, his greatness was about to come, and the late Traffic guitarist Dave Mason was there to witness it

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Guitarists
Photo of Dave MASON; of Traffic playing guitar in the recording studio - at Command Studios
Dave Mason, Traffic co-founder who played with Jimi Hendrix and George Harrison, dies aged 79

By Matt Owen Published

The English guitar great also worked with Fleetwood Mac, the Rolling Stones and Michael Jackson across his storied career

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