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SG John said:
I still think Hendrix was the best rhythm player at the time, or maybe still. Everyone raves about his lead playing, but totally miss what is going on in the rest of the song. That is why his songwriting was so good. After years of backing up so many soul, R&B, and funk bands before he changed from Jimmy James to Jimi Hendrix, he had to be the best rhythm player to get the gigs. Listen to Dolly Dagger. That is the example of his Chitlin' Circuit rhythm playing ever put to tape. Also, his use of Major 9 chords is a throw back to early sixties R&B. It's why I still think he was one of, or the best player ever. He had all the bases covered with his playing styles.
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Speaking of Dolly Dagger, I am a much bigger fan of his later output, solo and Band of Gypsies, etc., than I ever was of the Experience stuff. Ezy Rider is easily one of my top 10 songs of all time.
 
gball said:
Speaking of Dolly Dagger, I am a much bigger fan of his later output, solo and Band of Gypsies, etc., than I ever was of the Experience stuff. Ezy Rider is easily one of my top 10 songs of all time.
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Ezy Rider is also great example of his rhythm playing. He had more control over his later output than he did with the earlier recordings. Chas Chandler would be in the studio calling the shots, where later it was Jimi, Eddie Kramer, Mitch Mitchell, and which ever musicians Jimi decided to invite over to Electric Lady.
 
gball said:
I'm gonna need to don a helmet for this comment, but I am not really much of a fan of Jimi's guitar playing. I prefer a lot of his contemporaries and many more that came after (while acknowledging the influence he had on all of them). One example: Trower, who I think played circles around him.

What I feel he was best at was songwriting, and he never gets quite the credit he deserves because everyone is so fixated on the guitar playing. And I believe an underrated singer - the guy didn't have a "classically" good voice but damn he could emote.
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Inspector #20 said:
I like Yngwie's Stratocaster rhythm tone....

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Nothing wrong with it, pretty generic hard rock tone from the era sounding kinda like everyone did at the time, but nothing there that really gets my attention due to that fact. Obviously the guy can play his turd-cutter off, but he was such a wank the two times I saw him it kind of colored my perception of him. He is a fantastic interview though and I will always listen to what he has to say.
 
SG John said:
I still think Hendrix was the best rhythm player at the time, or maybe still. Everyone raves about his lead playing, but totally miss what is going on in the rest of the song. That is why his songwriting was so good. After years of backing up so many soul, R&B, and funk bands before he changed from Jimmy James to Jimi Hendrix, he had to be the best rhythm player to get the gigs. Listen to Dolly Dagger. That is the best example of his Chitlin' Circuit rhythm playing ever put to tape. Also, his use of Major 9 chords is a throw back to early sixties R&B. It's why I still think he was one of, or the best player ever. He had all the bases covered with his playing styles.
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Not to derail, but anytime I see or hear Yngwie, I can't help but think of the infamous Dimebag Darrell video where he tries to give Yngwie some donuts.

I would post the video but there is some NSFW language coming out of Yngwie's mouth: apparently he doesn't like deep fried cake rings lmao

Go to YouTube and type Yngwie Donuts, first two results will definitely get a chuckle out of anyone who hasn't seen this
 
As Stratocasters go, its a rock-solid guitar. The custom-built, adjustable pole piece, stacked humbuckers allow close-to-the-string positioning with zero wolftones.

DiMarzio built the 16.5k AlNico9 44AWG Neanderthal Bridge Pickup for me.

The custom-made, brass saddles, eliminate the brinneling and tuning problems you encounter with stamped, steel saddles and the hand-carved collar on the tremolo arm, locks the arm to the bridgeplate (with a wave/spring washer for tension snd arm movement) so 100% tremolo arm movement is directed to the bridge.

Since putting this guitar together - in 2020 - from a Fender body i got from @SG John, the guitar spent some time touring locally with me in Bad Dog, along with my work in the studio.

To date, it has appeared on over 500 commercial sound recordings...

The strap shown is one i made in 1980 and the same strap that appears in the black & white 1981 photo of me...

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