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Jimi's Equipment |
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Jimi Hendrix used probaly hundreds of guitars throughout his very short but amazing life. Most of these guitars were of course, Fender Stratocasters. From 1966 to 1968 Jimi used an assortment of rosewood-neck model and on rare occassion he would use a maple-neck model. In the Fall of 1968 Jimi acquired two new Strats. The first one was a black maple-neck model. The second Strat Hendrix purchased was a blond-maple neck model. As the book, Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy points out, "these two models remained Jimi's main choice of guitar for the rest of his career." |
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Although Jimi is most identified with the Fender Stratocaster, he owned and played many other makes of guitars. For example, he owned a '59 Hofner Club 40. Jimi also owned an Epiphone Acoustic, and a '67 Gretsch Corvette. Along with these guitars Jimi owned a Fender Jaguar and a Fender Jazzman. Towards the beginning of his career, Jimi purchased a Gibson Flying-V. Jimi can be seen playing this guitar in a few pictures from his '67 American tour. In 1970 Jimi purchased a black Flying-V. This guitar was used in live performance for songs such as "Hey Baby(Land of the New Rising Sun"), as well as a few other melodic numbers. A few other Gibson guitars that Hendrix owned included a black Les Paul, and a white SG Custom type 2. Jimi played this SG for his September 9, 1969 appearance on the "Dick Cavett Show." |
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Hendrix Live at the Isle Of Wight |
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A guitar that Jimi never owned, yet deserves a mention, is a 1960 12-string-Zemaitis Acoustic. Jimi played this particular guitar on 'Getting My Heart Back Together Again' in the documentary film See My Music Talking. This guitar now hangs in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. |
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Strings
Jimi played with Fender Rock 'N' Roll light-gauge strings, using a regular E string for a B and sometimes a tenor A string for a little E (.010, .013, .015, .026, .032, .038). Through the very early parts of his career Jimi tuned his strings to the standard tuning of E, A, D, G, B, E, but sometime after June of 1967 he tuned his guitar down half a step to B-flat, A-flat, and so on. This tuning not only made it easier for Jimi to sing but it also made it easier for him to do string bends, which of course was one of Jimi's trademark techniques |
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Amplifiers
Jimi Hendrix is probably best known for using Marshall amps. However, Marshall's were not the only kind of amplifiers he used. Very early in his career Jimi used a Silvertone with a 2 x 12 cabinet. From 1965 to 1966 Jimi played through Fender amps. He primarily used a Fender Twin Reverb. This amp had two 12 inch J.B. Lansing D120F speakers. Among this amp's features was it Reverb and Tremolo units. During the first rehearsal sessions of the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966, Jimi used a 30-watt Burns amplifier that Chas Chandler had purchased for him.
In 1968 Jimi acquired brand new Fender Dual Showman amps. The speaker cabinets of these new amps featured two 15-inch J.B. Lansing speakers |
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