Editing Jimi Hendrix (section)

== Equipment ==

=== Guitars ===
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Hendrix played a variety of guitars but was most prominently associated with the [[Fender Stratocaster]].<ref>{{harvnb|Moskowitz|2010|ppp=125–126}}; {{harvnb|Heatley|2009|pp=62, 168–171}}.</ref> He acquired his first in 1966, when a girlfriend loaned him enough money to purchase a used Stratocaster built around 1964.{{sfn|Shapiro|Glebbeek|1995|p=671}} He used it often during performances and recordings.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=62}} In 1967, he described the Stratocaster as "the best all-around guitar for the stuff we're doing"; he praised its "bright treble and deep bass".{{sfn|Unterberger|2009|p=211}}

Hendrix mainly played right-handed guitars that were turned upside down and restrung for left-hand playing.{{sfn|Shapiro|Glebbeek|1995|pp=37–38}} Because of the slant of the Stratocaster's bridge pickup, his lowest string had a brighter sound, while his highest string had a darker sound, the opposite of the intended design.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/000039.html#tribute|title=Seven Fender Stratocaster Models That Pay Tribute to Jimi Hendrix|last=Wilson|first=Tom|work=Modern Guitars Magazine|date=November 13, 2004|access-date=September 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922153814/http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/000039.html#67#tribute|archive-date=September 22, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Hendrix also used Fender [[Fender Jazzmaster|Jazzmasters]], [[Fender Duosonic|Duosonics]], two different [[Gibson Flying V]]s, a [[Gibson Les Paul]], three [[Gibson SG]]s, a Gretsch Corvette, and a [[Fender Jaguar]].{{sfn|Heatley|2009|pp=168–171}} He used a white Gibson SG Custom for his performances on ''The Dick Cavett Show'' in September 1969, and a black Gibson Flying V during the Isle of Wight festival in 1970.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|pp=116–117: Gibson SG Custom; 134–135: 1970 left-handed Gibson Flying V}}{{refn|group=nb|While Hendrix had previously owned a 1967 Flying V that he hand-painted in a psychedelic design, the Flying V used at the Isle of Wight was a unique custom left-handed guitar with gold plated hardware, a bound fingerboard and "split-diamond" fret markers that were not found on other 1960s-era Flying Vs.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|pp=74–76: 1967 Flying V; 134–135: 1970 Flying V}}}}

=== Amplifiers ===
During 1965 and 1966, while Hendrix was playing back-up for soul and R&B acts in the US, he used an 85-watt [[Fender Twin]] Reverb amplifier.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=54}} When Chandler brought Hendrix to England in October 1966, he supplied him with 30-watt [[Burns London|Burns amps]], which Hendrix thought were too small for his needs.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=66}}{{refn|group=nb|During their second rehearsal, the Experience attempted to destroy the Burns amps that Chandler had given them by throwing the equipment down a flight of stairs.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=66}}}} After an early London gig when he was unable to use his Fender Twin, he asked about the [[Marshall amps]] he had noticed other groups using.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=66}} Years earlier, Mitch Mitchell had taken drum lessons from Marshall founder [[Jim Marshall (businessman)|Jim Marshall]], and he introduced Hendrix to Marshall.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|pp=66–67}} At their initial meeting, Hendrix bought four speaker cabinets and three 100-watt [[Marshall 1959|Super Lead]] amplifiers; he grew accustomed to using all three in unison.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=66}} The equipment arrived on October 11, 1966, and the Experience used it during their first tour.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=66}}

Marshall amps were important to the development of Hendrix's overdriven sound and his use of feedback, creating what author [[Paul Trynka]] described as a "definitive vocabulary for rock guitar".{{sfn|Trynka|1996|p=18}} Hendrix usually turned all the control knobs to the maximum level, which became known as the Hendrix setting.{{sfn|Unterberger|2009|p=215}} During the four years prior to his death, he purchased between 50 and 100 Marshall amplifiers.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=122}} Jim Marshall said Hendrix was "the greatest ambassador" his company ever had.{{sfn|GP staff|2012|p=52}}

=== Effects ===
[[File:1968 King Vox Wah pedal.JPG|thumb|left|upright=0.55|alt=A color image of a 1968 King Vox Wah pedal. The foot pedal is black with chrome accents and has a "King Vox Wah" label on the top.|A 1968 King Vox-Wah wah-wah pedal similar to the one owned by Hendrix{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=105}}]]

One of Hendrix's signature [[effects unit|effects]] was the [[wah-wah pedal]], which he first heard used with an electric guitar in Cream's "[[Tales of Brave Ulysses]]", released in May 1967.<ref>{{harvnb|Heatley|2009|p=104}}: {{harvnb|Unterberger|2009|p=216}}: One of Hendrix's signature guitar effects; {{harvnb|Shapiro|Glebbeek|1995|p=687}}.</ref> That July, while performing at [[The Scene (performance venue)|the Scene]] club in New York City, Hendrix met [[Frank Zappa]], whose band [[the Mothers of Invention]] were performing at the adjacent [[Garrick Cinema|Garrick Theater]]. Hendrix was fascinated by Zappa's application of the pedal, and he experimented with one later that evening.{{sfn|Shadwick|2003|p=117}}{{refn|group=nb|The wah pedals that Hendrix owned were designed by the [[Thomas Organ Company]] and manufactured in Italy by JEN Elettronica Pescara for [[Vox (musical equipment)|Vox]].{{sfn|Heatley|2009|pp=104–105}}}} He used a wah pedal during the opening to "[[Voodoo Child (Slight Return)]]", creating one of the best-known wah-wah riffs of the classic rock era.{{sfn|Unterberger|2009|p=216}} He also uses the effect on "[[Up from the Skies]]", "Little Miss Lover", and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming".{{sfn|Heatley|2009|pp=104–105}}

Hendrix used a [[Dallas Arbiter]] [[Fuzz Face]] and a [[Vox (company)|Vox]] wah pedal during recording sessions and performances, but also experimented with other guitar effects.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=73: Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face; 104–105: Vox wah-pedal; 88–89: Octavia; 120–121: other effects}} He enjoyed a fruitful long-term collaboration with electronics enthusiast [[Roger Mayer (engineer)|Roger Mayer]], whom he once called "the secret" of his sound.<ref>{{harvnb|Heatley|2009|p=88}}: "the secret" of Hendrix's sound; {{harvnb|McDermott|2009|p=28}}: Hendrix's long-term collaboration with Mayer.</ref> Mayer introduced him to the [[Octavia (effects pedal)|Octavia]], an [[Octave effect|octave-doubling]] effect pedal, in December 1966, and he first recorded with it during the guitar solo to "Purple Haze".<ref>{{harvnb|Heatley|2009|p=88}}: first Hendrix recording with an Octavia; {{harvnb|McDermott|2009|p=28}}: Mayer introduced Hendrix to the Octavia in December 1966.</ref>

Hendrix also used the [[Uni-Vibe]], designed to simulate the modulation effects of a rotating [[Leslie speaker]]. He uses the effect during his performance at Woodstock and on the Band of Gypsys track "Machine Gun", which prominently features the Uni-vibe along with an Octavia and a Fuzz Face.<ref>{{harvnb|Aledort|1998|p=40}}; {{harvnb|Heatley|2009|pp=120–121}}.</ref> For performances, he plugged his guitar into the wah-wah, which was connected to the Fuzz Face, then the Uni-Vibe, and finally a Marshall amplifier.{{sfn|Shapiro|Glebbeek|1995|p=689}}
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