Jimi Hendrix – James Marshall Hendrix

Posted by Guitar Addict on January 9, 2011 9 comments

James Marshall Hendrix

The legendary guitarist James Marshall Hendrix is more popular with Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle on November 27, 1942. Guitarist who uses the style of Blues & Rock this game had joined in several bands including the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Gypsies, and The Velvetones. Effect of his music is Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, BB King, Buddy Holly, Howlin ‘Wolf and Robert Johnson. Want to know what kind of guitar used by Hendrix? He used a Fender Stratocaster guitar and effects used are the Vox Clyde McCoy, Roger Mayer Octavia, and Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face.

Jimi Hendrix’s childhood often pretend to be a guitarist after he witnessed the appearance of BB King. He use the ukulele for a guitar. Then his father bought him a guitar second hand with price of $ 5 at the time he was 16 years of seeing his son was so interested in playing guitar. Then he joined the band The Velvetones which only lasted for 3 months. In the following summer his father bought an electric guitar Supro Ozark 1560 S. Then he joined the band, The Rocking Kings.

Did you know that Jimi Hendrix ever be a U.S. soldier, but because he was injured he was forced to stop being a soldier and went on to become a guitarist. Although he had died, but he will always be remembered.

This is one of his video on Youtube:

Slash – Saul Hudson

Posted by Guitar Addict on July 28, 2010 2 comments

Slash (Saul Hudson) Photo

Slash is a stage name of Saul Hudson. Slash was born on 23 July 1965 in Hampstead and raised in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. He’s a former lead guitarist of Guns N’ Roses (1985-1996), then he formed Slash’s Snakepit and current Velvet Revolver guitarist. He also released the debut solo album, Slash. It was released in April 2010 and ranked #1 on the Billboard charts.

When he was young boy, he dropped out of high school to focus on music.  And in a Rolling Stone magazine article, he remarked:

My big awakening happened when I was fourteen. I’d been trying to get into this older girl’s pants for a while, and she finally let me come over to her house. We hung out, smoked some pot and listened to Aerosmith‘s Rocks. It hit me like a fucking ton of bricks. I sat there listening to it over and over, and totally blew off this girl. I remember riding my bike back to my grandma’s house knowing that my life had changed. Now I identified with something.

He also owns more than 100 guitars! One of  his favorite guitars is Gibson Les Paul Copy. For amplifiers, he only uses Marshall amps and he used the new Marshall Vintage Modern 2466 amp for the recording of Velvet Revolver’s second album.

Slash's Guitar Collection

He ranked #2 (10 Best Electric Guitar Players of All-Time) on Time Magazine in August 2009. Gigwise also list Slash (Saul Hudson) on #21 of the “50 Greatest Guitarists Ever”.

This is one of his video on Youtube:

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