Shimla Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Lately I've been devoting a lot of time to learning Hendrix songs and getting them down tight. It's a labor of love and taking some serious study. A muso friend commented, "you can't play Hendrix on an SG!" Hell you can't! Sounds great to my ear. I don't have a Bigsby vibato unit fitted for 'tremolo' effects and would like to hear from players who have one fitted and how you like it - how it compares to using a whammy on a strat, how well your ax stays in tune after using it....I recently had the old girl (a '74) re-fretted and am now thinking about putting the Bigsby on her. Are many of you out there playing much Hendrix on your Gibsons? Appreciate your feedback!I just finished a tribute article to Hendrix with some cool video attached. If you're into Hendrix you might want to check it out here: http://hubpages.com/hub/Jimi-Hendrix-Guitar-Wizard-from-Neptune-and-Beyond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 This guy certainly never said it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I was going to say... Hendrix played on SGs and Vs... You can play Hendrix on anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Show this to your muso friend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TZeCntatHQ P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I have a B5 on my SG and my only regret was not getting it sooner. Very smooth operation & feel and tuning has not been an issue unless I really push the bar down. It also looks cool as hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shimla Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 I have a B5 on my SG and my only regret was not getting it sooner. Very smooth operation & feel and tuning has not been an issue unless I really push the bar down. It also looks cool as hell Thanks EVOL - just what I wanted to hear - going to check into it tomorrow- you fit it yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Thanks EVOL - just what I wanted to hear - going to check into it tomorrow- you fit it yourself? No, I had a locale luthier and guitar tech mount it. He did it a lot cleaner than I would have and he filed down the old stop bar posts to shiny domes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shimla Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 No, I had a locale luthier and guitar tech mount it. He did it a lot cleaner than I would have and he filed down the old stop bar posts to shiny domes. I think I will go the same way - finally found a great luthier in Chiang Mai who recently re-fretted it beautifully. Bit nervous about picking it up but all was good thank god. Thais don't have the best reputation for precision work..Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I have coil-taps on my Gordon Smith SG It is the cat's whiskers for Hendrix style I am playing it right now Notes with my LH Words with my RH V...'Scuse me while I tip this guy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Cooper Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Show this to your muso friend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TZeCntatHQ P. That sounds just like Hendrix! Probably only because Noel Redding is playing a Fender bass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 That sounds just like Hendrix! Probably only because Noel Redding is playing a Fender bass... LOL! I knew there just had to be a Fender solution in there somewhere! Thanks! P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Your friend is quite ignorant when it comes to Jimi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Sorry, double post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG FAN Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 If they reissued a big guard SG Custom in white like Jimi's, I'd get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Have to borrow your thread for one question; But does actually matter what guitar you use to play the any song in? Saw a video of someone who said that one shouldn't play "Hey Joe" on humbucker, since it would come out all muddy (I think he said that). Just wonder, since it seems to be such a big deal for some people. It doesn't matter if I have a 335 and Fender Super Reverb like the artists that I listen to, it won't come out the same anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 When I saw Hendrix in July of 1970, he played a good number of songs with his SG. He switched a couple of times between the Strat. and the SG. When you have Marshalls made up to your specs, a lot of things sound great through them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Have to borrow your thread for one question; But does actually matter what guitar you use to play the any song in? Saw a video of someone who said that one shouldn't play "Hey Joe" on humbucker, since it would come out all muddy (I think he said that). Just wonder, since it seems to be such a big deal for some people. It doesn't matter if I have a 335 and Fender Super Reverb like the artists that I listen to, it won't come out the same anyways. For years, the Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore used and was known for playing Fender Stratocasters live and in the studio. When I, as an inexperienced guitarist, was interested in getting Blackmore's In Rock tone, specifically the solo from "Child in Time," I asked a guy at a guitar store for some advice. Guy asked what I was playing, I told him it was a Gibson SG Special. "Well," he said, "There's your problem! You need yerself a Strat to do "Child in Time."" Lo and behold: "Child in Time" was recorded on a Gibson ES-335. More famous story: Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page is famous for playing Gibson Les Pauls. Every time someone wants to cop a Led Zeppelin song or solo, they go out and buy a Les Paul and plug it into a Marshall amp. So, would it surprise you at all to know that the entirety of the electric guitar work on Led Zeppelin, their first album, was recorded on a Fender Telecaster through a teeny-tiny Supro amp? The same goes for the solo on the famed "Stairway to Heaven" from their fourth album. Yet Jimmy himself would play those songs, in the coming years, on a Les Paul fitted with humbuckers, and thousands of guitarists following in his footsteps would hear that album and then proceed to try capturing those tones on a Les Paul? Ain't no rule saying you've gotta use the same guitar as the guy who originally played it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 It's all in the fingers man, its all in the fingers I love playing death metal on a jazzbox. If I were to ever start a death metal band, I would get a Gibson ES-137 and wear it down to my ankles. I saw a great jazz guitar player, he used an ESP or Jackson, the one with the skulls on the finish. I hate to admit it, but Active pickups work great for super cleans and he sounded amazing. The rest of the jazz band was going to kill him and kept *****ing because "his guitar looked bad". While it may have been true, it sounded great and isn't that what matters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shimla Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 When I saw Hendrix in July of 1970, he played a good number of songs with his SG. He switched a couple of times between the Strat. and the SG. When you have Marshalls made up to your specs, a lot of things sound great through them. "When I saw Hendix" - how I wish I could utter those words and they be true.....alas I was but one year old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 For years, the Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore used and was known for playing Fender Stratocasters live and in the studio. When I, as an inexperienced guitarist, was interested in getting Blackmore's In Rock tone, specifically the solo from "Child in Time," I asked a guy at a guitar store for some advice. Guy asked what I was playing, I told him it was a Gibson SG Special. "Well," he said, "There's your problem! You need yerself a Strat to do "Child in Time."" Lo and behold: "Child in Time" was recorded on a Gibson ES-335. More famous story: Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page is famous for playing Gibson Les Pauls. Every time someone wants to cop a Led Zeppelin song or solo, they go out and buy a Les Paul and plug it into a Marshall amp. So, would it surprise you at all to know that the entirety of the electric guitar work on Led Zeppelin, their first album, was recorded on a Fender Telecaster through a teeny-tiny Supro amp? The same goes for the solo on the famed "Stairway to Heaven" from their fourth album. Yet Jimmy himself would play those songs, in the coming years, on a Les Paul fitted with humbuckers, and thousands of guitarists following in his footsteps would hear that album and then proceed to try capturing those tones on a Les Paul? Ain't no rule saying you've gotta use the same guitar as the guy who originally played it. That is exactly what I mean! BTW. Did you buy a Strat afterwards? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 That is exactly what I mean! BTW. Did you buy a Strat afterwards? :P No, I didn't, but I really want a Strat in my collection. Just so you know: yes, Ritchie Blackmore has a lot to do with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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