Hendrix...

[magpie_man]

Are you a guitarist?

Honestly his hammer-ons aren't that hard to do, try harmonic tapping whilst dive bombing it:lol:

Hendrix made things look harder then what they were because of his flair, honestly his stuff is taught to school kids these days:lol:

Add to that, guitar is is so far more advanced these days thanks to one Eddie Van Halen who made the guitar more complex and more versatile in styles.

Yeah but Van Halen came onto the scene more than a decade later. Technicalities aside, Hendrix was one of, if not the, most influential guitarists ever. While his riffs and licks may be basic by today's standards, at the time they were ground-breaking. He and chuck berry helped popularise heavily guitar-focused rock, paving the way for the likes of van halen, vai, page, blackmore etc.

 

[dannyboy]

Ron, why have you stopped playing the guitar?

Isn't it obvious....with comments like:

...you'll soon hear stuff that Hendrix didn't even know existed

and

......Hey Joe like Jealous Guy was chosen because i knew the others would be able to handle it.

He has too many calluses on his hands from other activities

 

[Christmas Ape]

While his riffs and licks may be basic

Hendrix's playing was anything but basic.

Ron would have you believe otherwise but he's full of sh*t.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Isn't it obvious....with comments like:


and


He has too many calluses on his hands from other activities

Yeah good post, one of your best:lol:

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Hendrix's playing was anything but basic.

Ron would have you believe otherwise but he's full of sh*t.

Are you a guitarist? if so stop wasting my time as Hendrix guitar was well before the guitar changed and became more techinical, do your research and just because he was influential ( like Kurt Cobain) doesn't mean he was techincal brillant.

Would you like me to post some tableture to compare Hendrix against Vai? if you are a guitarist it should shut you up.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Yeah but Van Halen came onto the scene more than a decade later. Technicalities aside, Hendrix was one of, if not the, most influential guitarists ever. While his riffs and licks may be basic by today's standards, at the time they were ground-breaking. He and chuck berry helped popularise heavily guitar-focused rock, paving the way for the likes of van halen, vai, page, blackmore etc.

Chuck Berry was the masrto who invented the style, Hendrix finished it off.

Yes at the time he was brillant, never said he wasn't. He was totally unique and inspirational, however his playing is very basic considered to others these days because of far more technical players. The guitar has evolved alot since Hendrix starting with Page & Blackmore.

Van Halen 1 as sold more guitar music books then Jimi Hendrix's Experience, both albums considered the most influential albums of all time.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

So you only play for other people? It used to be about the music man.....;-)

I was sick of people wanting to be like Tim Rogers and not Steve Vai:lol: ;-)

I might pick it up oneday

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Isn't it obvious....with comments like:


and


He has too many calluses on his hands from other activities

Just to answer this tripe again, my stuff is more techinal because half the stuff i do such as sweep picking, harmonic tapping, tapping, dive bombing etc wasn't invented when Hendrix was around, his stuff was just hammer-ons which are very simplistic and any amauter guitarist can do ( i did at 13), but i'm sure you knew all this already.

Argurably Hendrixs hardest song was Little Wing ( which i have alot of respect for) i mastered at 15 performing at my year 10 school certificate graduation in front of the school, to suggest songs like Hey Joe, Fire, Foxy Lady etc are complex :lol: dude seriously need to do some research or become more diverse with your guitar influentials :lol:

Speaking of wanking...:lol:

 

[Ron Jeremy]

judge for yourself, show me where jimi plays at the same speed or shows anything but just a hammer-on. as guitar students i assume you'll be able to pick what is more complex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0XVJaiN6Fc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_lwocmL9dQ

Now Hendrix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_k00iqNpxw

lol, as you can see whilst Hendrix was a legend of his time, his guitar playing is nothing compared to what we have now. The guitar is more then a hammer-on and fancy bandana, his playing was inspirational by the fact the amount of emotion he shows was sensational, but on his playing was outdated from 1977 onwards.

 

[N.Hindmarsh_Fan]

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitar-all.html

According to most links I could find, Hendrix and Page are always amongst the top with Van Halen trailing. The above link is an overall genre guitarist list, looks pretty fair to me.

I'm no guitarist but I would rather listen to Hendrix over Van Halen. Its all good and well to be able to play the guitar in a technical manner, but if the sound coming from the guitar isn't flowing and isnt appealing then its much like a person who is good at tricks with a soccer ball but put him on the field and he can't do much else but show boat.

Anyways, that's why I reckon.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitar-all.html

According to most links I could find, Hendrix and Page are always amongst the top with Van Halen trailing. The above link is an overall genre guitarist list, looks pretty fair to me.

I'm no guitarist but I would rather listen to Hendrix over Van Halen. Its all good and well to be able to play the guitar in a technical manner, but if the sound coming from the guitar isn't flowing and isnt appealing then its much like a person who is good at tricks with a soccer ball but put him on the field and he can't do much else but show boat.

Anyways, that's why I reckon.

Hendrix solos dont flow:? like Van Halen they didn't really have the flow on affect of someone like Slash who was renowned for it.

It's all about techincal ability, if you cannot play in the first place then emotion is irrelevent. David Lee Roth was just a sensationla, charismatic showman, but would you call him the best singer of all time because of these attributes?

Eruption is appealing, it's widely regarded as the solo that changed the guitar, keep doing the research and you'll see this;-)

Eddie was the complete guitarist, he had all the tricks, diversity actually according to the great Frank Zappa who thanked Eddie for reinventing the guitar, that says that guitar needed to change to have an impact on aspiring guitarist, Eddie certainly did that. His guitar playing influenced everyone from Kirk Hammett to Diamond Darrell, his guitar was used by Michael Jackson in Beat it and one last thing, please dont bring polls into it:lol: according to Rolling Stones Kurt Cobain is ranked as the 13th best guitarist of all time:lol: polls have agendas, always have and always will....and c**k rock is always discriminated against in these polls, so much so Joe Satriani was even in the top 100....you still want to bring polls into it?:lol:

 

[Ron Jeremy]

I rate Hendrix higher then Page, only because Page didn't bring anything to the guitar which wasn't already there, same with Blackmore.

 

[newtownbluebags]

far

 

[newtownbluebags]

scape

 

[OVP]

I think you'll find that FunkyMonk was the only douche who rated fruciante that much. Speaking of which did he get banned? Haven't seen him around the boards with RHCP spam lately.

I think a big consensus on this board from guitarists is that he was overated, muchly based on the fact that they can play his songs too. Personally i think he was brilliant, perhaps not purely as a guitarist, but as an artist he was outstanding.

You're kidding arent you ? Dont listen to these fools ... without Hendrix .. there is no crossover blues ... therefore there is NO Blues-based HARD ROCK ala ACDC etc. Hendrix would leave a HUGE legacy if noone found him.

 

[Christmas Ape]

Argurably Hendrixs hardest song was Little Wing ( which i have alot of respect for) i mastered at 15 performing at my year 10 school certificate graduation in front of the school

So play it.

A virtuoso like you should be able to knock it out easy.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

So play it.

A virtuoso like you should be able to knock it out easy.

I did at 15, i don't need to prove myself, you dont believe me then i couldn't care less:lol:

 

[Ron Jeremy]

You're kidding arent you ? Dont listen to these fools ... without Hendrix .. there is no crossover blues ... therefore there is NO Blues-based HARD ROCK ala ACDC etc. Hendrix would leave a HUGE legacy if noone found him.

You mean without Berry? he was the guy that started it and influenced Hendrix' style

 

[Ron Jeremy]

I never said that Hendrix wasn't inspirational, he was, my argument is that his stuff isn't very complex.

 

[strewth_mate]

I mastered Little Wing when I was 5. Snaps to me...