Countercultural stardom : respangling the stars & stripes.Electric Ladyland : expanding his hyper-connected visions.Axis: Bold as Love : voyaging deeper into the studio universe.American fire sacrifice : a psychedelic Transatlantic return.Landing in London : the Experience and the Bag O’Nails.Unstable employment : military mismatches and Chitlin’ tourin’.Childhood & family : Seattle struggles and one-string ukuleles.So, here’s an overview of his incredible life and innovations… Jimi Hendrix, my first musical hero, remains my favourite guitarist. Since adopted by countless guitarists, often those wielding longer-neck electrics. Interestingly, his longtime tech Roger Mayer also describes how it helped to counteract intonation issues from playing ‘ upside-down‘ ( more below!). Aside from matching better with his vocal range, the looseness allowed for wider bends and deeper whammy-dives, as well as reducing hand strain – a significant factor for someone so inseparable from his strings. ![]() ![]() Jimi had a mix of motivations for winding lower. Total tension is ~11% lower than Standard, giving a noticeable ease of fretting (albeit along with a slight volume decrease), and bringing a subtle freshness to the over-familiarity of EADGBE. Countless artists have tuned ‘ one semitone down ’ over the ages – both as a timbral/register choice, and as a method of safely breaking in new strings on any chorded instrument. ![]() Eb Standard, while most famously showcased by Jimi Hendrix in the late 1960s, has been in use for centuries.
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