Noel Redding "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... Hendrix Fans Demand Release of “Holy Grail of Lost Films” Documenting Final U.K. Performance The 1969 concert at the Royal Albert Hall on February 24 was to be the last show in Europe for Hendrix's original line-up. The Estates of Jimi Hendrix and Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell are Suing Each Other – Here's What's Going On Heirs of the late musicians are enveloped in a legal battle over copyright and streaming royalties that's taking place on multiple continents. Latest Noel Redding Watch Jimi Hendrix’s Masterful 12-String Acoustic Rendition of “Hear My Train A Comin’” By Rod Brakes published 5 January 22 Video This impromptu post-interview acoustic blues performance is now the stuff of legend. Video 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 READ1Follow the lead of players like Mark Knopfler, Albert Collins, and Lindsey Buckingham, and open the door to new techniques and textures, with this primer in fingerstyle rock guitar2“If a modern shred axe with a bayonet-sharp headstock and a floating Floyd suits your musical vibe, you’ll be thrilled with how useful this new guitar is”: Jackson American Series Virtuoso review 3“I was playing the Breeders' Divine Hammer, and my whole hand cramped up, I couldn’t move it... It seemed so simple, but it was something I would never play”: J Mascis went electric for his new solo album, but (mostly) without his usual Jazzmaster4“I was using a Telecaster because it had a really clean tone for my fingerstyle approach. Fleetwood Mac's pre-existing sound was much fatter, and they felt the Tele really didn’t fit”: Lindsey Buckingham on his turn to Turner guitars 5“I went to Mickie Most's office with an acoustic guitar and played it. It was almost like one of those clichéd movie moments: he said, ‘That’s going to be a hit!’”: Session guitar ace Chris Spedding reveals the stories behind five of his best songs
Watch Jimi Hendrix’s Masterful 12-String Acoustic Rendition of “Hear My Train A Comin’” By Rod Brakes published 5 January 22 Video This impromptu post-interview acoustic blues performance is now the stuff of legend.