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Exhibition featuring unseen Jimi Hendrix archive material praised as ‘surreal’

A collection of previously unseen material belonging to Hendrix is set to go on display.

Evening Standard

"An unforgiving beast, but the sort of amp I would urge every player to experience at least once": Marshall x Jimi Hendrix 60th Anniversary JMH Half Stack review

Paying tribute to 60 years of one of the most iconic pairings in guitar history, Marshall releases a signature Hendrix amp bundle, featuring not only an amp and cab, but a Fuzz Face and some very collectable extras.

Guitar World

"I don't think there is any musician that I've worked with that has ever come close to that." How Jimi Hendrix recorded Purple Haze – on a guitar he'd never played before

The story behind the song that established Jimi Hendrix's psychedelic credentials

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Jimi Hendrix was here: An interactive London map

Hotels, hangouts, crash pads, recording studios, sweaty gigs, swanky nightclubs… and where it all ended in tragedy: Jimi Hendrix was here

Louder

"We did seven encores. We ran out of material and were forced to play Jimi Hendrix tunes. Imagine that, opening for Cream and finishing with Hendrix tunes?" The story of the legendary James Gang

With a classic funk-rock sound, the rise of rock'n'roll cowboys the James Gang looked unstoppable, inspired by a real kick-ass guitarist who would both make and break the band

Louder

Words of wisdom by Jimi Hendrix: "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens" — The hidden power of wisdom, success, and true understanding— What life lessons shaped his success?

Words of wisdom by Jimi Hendrix, “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens,” reveals a timeless truth about success, growth, and human understanding. This powerful life lesson shows that real intelligence is not only about facts, but about awareness, patience, and emotional wisdom. Jimi Hendrix’s journey as a legendary musician proves that…

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"He thought that the band should be a democracy, and it was more like a brutal dictatorship": The tangled story of Dire Straits, the million-selling band who quit at the height of their fame

How Dire Straits went from the pubs of London to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s

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"This old lady really freaked out and said: 'Turn the backing track down!'" How Jimi Hendrix recorded the song that established his otherworldly abilities

A month after arriving in London, Jimi Hendrix recorded a song that transformed ancient blues into modern hard rock

Louder

"Are you a guitarist too?" The day that rock legends Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Brian May and Jeff Beck met Queen Elizabeth II

"It doesn’t matter at all that she did not know who we are"

Louder

“It’s possible to play a great solo without many notes if the rhythm is interesting”: How to funk up your blues solos

Taking cues from John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix and Nile Rodgers, this lesson offers three examples of phrases that add rhythm and movement to blues

Guitar World

“He took some small songs of mine that nobody paid any attention to and turned them all into classics”: 11 cover songs that Jimi Hendrix made his own – including one that became Eric Clapton’s favorite Hendrix track

Once Hendrix turned his Stratocaster upon a song it would never be the same again. Just ask Bob Dylan

Guitar World

Stompbox stalwarts Morley and DOD team up for a "WTF" 3-in-1 pedal with stackable fuzz wah and octave effects – and it glows in the dark

The Wah-ocTo-Fuzz combines the '80s analogue octave sounds of the DOD FX35 with '70s- Morley Power Wah and Power Fuzz circuits

MusicRadar

Gered Mankowitz: Photographs charts The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix photographer’s 65-year career

Gered Mankowitz’s “most comprehensive book yet” offers amazing photos of Mick Jagger, Joan Jett, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and more

Digital Camera World

"It’s a really interesting insight into what his life behind his rock star image looked like." Jimi Hendrix memorabilia to go on display at former London home

Jimi Hendrix fans will get a new look at his life via a new exhibition

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Guitar World

“You’re not going to get the perfect guitar just because it’s old and cool and original and worth money”: Eric Johnson tells us why vintage is not always best (even if he regrets selling his ’54 Strat)

The guitar-tone guru reflects on the instruments that have passed through his hands, and offers some advice for anyone shopping for a new guitar

The Guardian - UK

Food orders and phone bills: Jimi Hendrix memorabilia to go on display in London

Exclusive: Exhibition to include letters, work permits and dry cleaning tickets that reveal little moments of domesticity in rock icon’s life

Guitar World

“There was no master plan apart from we didn’t want to do the Thin Lizzy/Status Quo blues bendy thing”: Bruce Watson on the birth of Big Country, Stuart Adamson’s legacy and the secret to bagpipe guitar

Bruce Watson shares the guitar story of the Scottish rock stalwarts, the "Itch and Itch" amps so crucial to his tone, and how “Scotland’s answer to Jimi Hendrix” was the heart of Big Country's sound

Guitar World

“Mick came in with his Les Paul, plugged in to my amp and fiddled with the controls. All of a sudden there it was, the full Ziggy Stardust tone”: The post-Bowie career of Mick Ronson, rock ’n’ roll’s most quietly spoken guitar hero

Sure, he made a massive imprint on David Bowie’s classic early ’70s albums. But Mick Ronson also worked with Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Elton John, Roger McGuinn, Morrissey, Ian Hunter and many others

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“He falls on the floor in a fetal position and puts his hands on his ears. ‘Oh my god, I can't believe it! That was in my dream’”: The time Jimi Hendrix was knocked off his feet by Eddie Kramer’s tonal technique

Kramer looks back on borrowing from the Beatles... and that game-changing day at the studio that forever defined Hendrix's sound

Guitar World

“I didn’t have a guitar, so he let me play this Strat that he got from Jimi’s old guitar tech. It was the best-playing guitar ever”: My Chemical Romance's Ray Toro was strictly a Les Paul man, until he got his hands on one of Jimi Hendrix's Strats

A guy named Jimmy gave him a guitar owned by Jimi, and it was a revelatory experience

Guitar World

“We once came close to an Angine de Poitrine tribute guitar. This might be the next best thing…” All the guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including a Sting-approved limited-edition Fender

An Angine de Poitrine-inspired double-neck, another cool collab from Fender, and the ultimate Tube Screamer clone? All that and more in this week's gear round-up

Louder

"I learned this note-for-note because it really touched me emotionally; it was so vulnerable." The eight songs that fuelled Steve Stevens' teenage rock'n'roll dreams

Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens recalls the songs that rocked his world during his formative years

The Independent UK

Roger Daltrey pays tribute to Keith Altham, legendary rock music publicist of The Rolling Stones and the Who

Renowned publicist is credited with giving Jimi Hendrix the idea to set his guitar on fire in 1967

MusicRadar

“We built the amps, Hendrix made them scream”: Marshall celebrates 60 years of Jimi Hendrix with “cosmic” anniversary collection including hand-wired amp, Fuzz Face and more

Finished with a "cosmic" black-and-purple design, the JMH head is joined by a matching cab and Dunlop Fuzz Face, and an Acton III Bluetooth speaker

Marshall x Hendrix Bluetooth speaker celebrates 60 years since rock icon first plugged in

These special edition models have a unique covering.

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