“He placed my fingers on the fretboard and shouted, ‘Grab the whammy bar…’ With his hands free, Jimi wrapped the towel I’d given him around his waist and dropped his trousers”: When Jimi Hendrix’s tech had to play his guitar after a wardrobe malfunction

Jimi Hendrix plays his custom Flying V at Isle of Wight.

The life of a guitar tech is not all glamour. They get to travel but there’s too much going on to go sightseeing. They hang out with the band but there’s too much going wrong to goof off. And the job has only grown over the years as live rigs grow more complicated, stage shows more professional.

But back in the day it was a riot. You did not know what might happen next – especially when Jimi Hendrix was your client.