Jimi Hendrix “The music I might hear, I can’t get on the guitar. It’s a thing of laying around daydreaming... If you pick up your guitar and just try to play, it spoils the whole thing”: Jimi Hendrix on translating his ideas to the guitar, and the joys of club gigs In 1970, at the peak of his stardom, Hendrix sat down with GP for a chat about songwriting, informal jams, and some of his favorite guitar players "Advice? Sometimes you are going to be so frustrated you want to give up – you’ll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you’ll be rewarded.” Jimi Hendrix talks technique, songwriting, making records and more in this 1968 Guitar Player interview Electric Ladyland was released 25 October 1968. Guitar Player interviewed Jimi Hendrix shortly before the album's release... The History of the Fender Duo-Sonic A favorite of Jimi Hendrix, this petite powerhouse gives a taste of authentic pre-CBS Fender without the five-figure price tag Latest Jimi Hendrix “He Said, ‘I Just Canceled a Gig, ’Cause I Wanted to See You’”: Buddy Guy Talks Befriending Jimi Hendrix By Gary Graff published 7 June 23 How the blues icon met Jimi (and was invited to kick Leonard Chess’s butt!) “I Could Never Play Like Him”: Steve Vai Talks Jimmy Page, Brian May and Jimi Hendrix By Mark McStea published 23 May 23 In this insightful interview, the guitarist reveals his “biggest influences” and “favorite rock song in history” The Fender Vibratone Brought Acid-Tinged Sonics to Recordings by Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds, Cream, Pink Floyd, Todd Rundgren and Stevie Ray Vaughan By Dave Hunter published 23 May 23 Here’s why many guitarists will never settle for anything less than the sound of a true rotary-speaker cabinet “He Swept Us All Aside and Put Us in a Bin”: Jeff Beck On Jimi Hendrix By Barry Cleveland published 20 April 23 In this fascinating interview extract from the ‘GP’ vault, Beck recalls the impact of Hendrix among his peers Favored by Angus Young, Pete Townshend and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Here’s How the Gibson SG Came to Be By Mick Taylor published 27 March 23 This classic electric guitar design has come to hold a unique place, both tonally and visually, in rock and roll history “He’s the Best Guitar-Playing Mechanic You’ll Ever Hear”: Roger Mayer Looks Back On Jeff Beck’s Formative Years in the Surrey Delta By Rod Brakes published 27 March 23 From leafy England to the streets of New York and back, the gear innovator shares some heart-warming stories about his unique relationship with the late guitar hero “You Couldn’t Get the Information Because People Were Making It up on the Spot”: June Millington of Fanny Recalls Life in the Late-’60s Rock Scene By Sue Foley published 17 March 23 As one of the first all-female rock and roll bands to enjoy major-label status their place in music history is undisputed “People Talk About the Good Old Days, but the Good Days Are Today”: Television Guitarist Richard Lloyd Reflects on His Highly Influential Career in Music By Richard Bienstock published 23 February 23 The most galvanizing guitarist to emerge from New York’s CBGB scene recalls a lifetime of nerve-tingling axe work How Jeff Beck Threw Down the Gauntlet in 1968 With ‘Truth’ By Bill Milkowski published 10 February 23 His debut studio album set benchmarks for guitar heroes Listen to Tropical F*ck Storm's Epic Cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)” By Rod Brakes published 3 February 23 This 17-minute-long version of the sprawling 1968 classic pays homage to the high priest of psychedelic rock 123456789Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MOST READ1The Allman Brothers Band’s Dickey Betts has died at 802“Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it”: Jimmy Page on his “Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul3How Robin Trower crafted his blistering tonal triumph, Day of the Eagle4Gary Clark Jr. never asked to be a guitar savior 5Best Travel Guitars 2024: Top Portable Instruments From Lowden, Furch, Martin and more
“He Said, ‘I Just Canceled a Gig, ’Cause I Wanted to See You’”: Buddy Guy Talks Befriending Jimi Hendrix By Gary Graff published 7 June 23 How the blues icon met Jimi (and was invited to kick Leonard Chess’s butt!)
“I Could Never Play Like Him”: Steve Vai Talks Jimmy Page, Brian May and Jimi Hendrix By Mark McStea published 23 May 23 In this insightful interview, the guitarist reveals his “biggest influences” and “favorite rock song in history”
The Fender Vibratone Brought Acid-Tinged Sonics to Recordings by Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds, Cream, Pink Floyd, Todd Rundgren and Stevie Ray Vaughan By Dave Hunter published 23 May 23 Here’s why many guitarists will never settle for anything less than the sound of a true rotary-speaker cabinet
“He Swept Us All Aside and Put Us in a Bin”: Jeff Beck On Jimi Hendrix By Barry Cleveland published 20 April 23 In this fascinating interview extract from the ‘GP’ vault, Beck recalls the impact of Hendrix among his peers
Favored by Angus Young, Pete Townshend and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Here’s How the Gibson SG Came to Be By Mick Taylor published 27 March 23 This classic electric guitar design has come to hold a unique place, both tonally and visually, in rock and roll history
“He’s the Best Guitar-Playing Mechanic You’ll Ever Hear”: Roger Mayer Looks Back On Jeff Beck’s Formative Years in the Surrey Delta By Rod Brakes published 27 March 23 From leafy England to the streets of New York and back, the gear innovator shares some heart-warming stories about his unique relationship with the late guitar hero
“You Couldn’t Get the Information Because People Were Making It up on the Spot”: June Millington of Fanny Recalls Life in the Late-’60s Rock Scene By Sue Foley published 17 March 23 As one of the first all-female rock and roll bands to enjoy major-label status their place in music history is undisputed
“People Talk About the Good Old Days, but the Good Days Are Today”: Television Guitarist Richard Lloyd Reflects on His Highly Influential Career in Music By Richard Bienstock published 23 February 23 The most galvanizing guitarist to emerge from New York’s CBGB scene recalls a lifetime of nerve-tingling axe work
How Jeff Beck Threw Down the Gauntlet in 1968 With ‘Truth’ By Bill Milkowski published 10 February 23 His debut studio album set benchmarks for guitar heroes
Listen to Tropical F*ck Storm's Epic Cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)” By Rod Brakes published 3 February 23 This 17-minute-long version of the sprawling 1968 classic pays homage to the high priest of psychedelic rock