@mister muleboy: He wasn't that tall, but everyone who met him remarked on his unusually large hands. So it wasn't just his talent -- the size of his fingers allowed him to physically execute things that most guitarists could not. And according to Cynthia Plaster Caster, yes, all of his extremities were proportional.
Even after springing for a Strat, Cry Baby wha-wha, fuzz box and all the other gear he used, I still can't figure out how he got some of those crazy sounds.
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I could have seen him perform for free at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.
I chose to go bike riding with my friends.
Honestly-back then I probably would not have been able to take it in. A square-but not a square.
9th grade , shy, acne, nerdy...
At 57 years and looking back-there are not to many things I regret. But I do wish I'd shown a more teenage recklessness and went to his performance.
Yeah Hendrix was that daring and I was that square. And the young people back then (sorry if I sound still square) were that edgy...
What the fvck happened?
I never realized how big Hendrix must have been.
That STrat looks pretty damned small in his hands. . . .
His pirate shirts always made him look waif-like, I guess.
Well, except for competing with Forrest Tucker and Uncle Miltie, of course
Actually, I've never heard a description of his plaster.
this comment is all over the place. . . .
@mister muleboy: He wasn't that tall, but everyone who met him remarked on his unusually large hands. So it wasn't just his talent -- the size of his fingers allowed him to physically execute things that most guitarists could not. And according to Cynthia Plaster Caster, yes, all of his extremities were proportional.
Even after springing for a Strat, Cry Baby wha-wha, fuzz box and all the other gear he used, I still can't figure out how he got some of those crazy sounds.
Rock is dead!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSUxVwk3ugU
Hmmm...he wasn't opening for the Monkees at this show, by any chance?
Oops, no, that was in 1967.
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