Jimi Hendrix

Jimi used stock Fender pickups that sounded different because he was left handed and he took right handed guitars and reversed the guitar and the nut and restrung the guitar that way. The sound was different because the part of the pickup that picked up the high strings would pickup the low strings. You can capture this tone by reversing your pickups.

Kindergarten all the way through High School. He never went on to college.

Jimi Hendrix is PRICELESS. He played for the love of music. Simple as that.

I think you would need to know the value of his "estate" which would be all his worldly goods and monies he was due to at the time of his death, his estate is probably worth far in excess of what it would have been when he died with all the royalties from record sales since his death

Hendrix never had any children.

He was stationed with the screaming eagles. That's the 101th airbone.

Most addicts know how to use, so this makes me think Jimi wasn't an addict, just a guy who miscalculated his dosages. You have to know your dealer, what he provides, and you learn to judge the dose by using the same stuff over and over. Another case in point; Janice Joplin was no addict, but she liked the occasional hit. She died from an OD as well, using more powerful H than she was used to. I know this for a fact, as I know some of her band mates who were with her at the time. I think Jimi went in the same way. Really a shame.

He played a Fender Stratocaster, a Gibson Les Paul, a Gibson SG all upside down with strings flipped to the left hand position. There was also a custom Paisley Gibson Flying V set for a left handed player.

only one-all along the watchtower reached number 20 in 1968

Hard to believe, isn't it?

Jimi Hendrix had at least 2 children. He had a daughter who was born in 1966 called Tamika Laurence James. He also had a son called James Daniel Sundqvist who was born in 1969.

Jimi Hendrix is alledged to have a daughter but it was never proven. NEW COMMENTOR: My name is Ryan & added what I know to this answer previously & what I added I must assume was deleted by someone else that commented! That being said I DO NOT delete anybodys words, thoughts or time that they share online! I can tell you that one of Mr. Jimi's children is a friend of mine that actually over the last year or so has came out of his private lifestyle & has let some of the world in on who is father is! His name is John Andrade! Now a few years before my old neighbor & friend from where I grew uP in Seattle at by the name of Al Hendrix past away he made good with one of Jimi's kids & included her in on the family name & bloodline by giving her a nice amout of money! I Washington State you cannot step up & say that you are so & so's son or duaghter and sue thee estate of someone that has past away they must be alive! Well the person that Mr. Al Hendrix had was approached by claiming Jimi was her papa was something Al wrestled with in his mind for a long time! Finally coming to the conclusion that Jimi was/is her father! KEEP IN MIND THAT MORE & MORE PEOPLE POP UP CLAIMING THIS & CLAIMING THAT WHEN YOU ARE A DEAD ICON in hunt of the name recogtion & a payday!

Jimi Hendrix had a massive effect on the music scene in the second half of the 1960s. Unable to get a break at home he moved to London in the years 1965/66 where he literally blew the minds of everyone he met and changed the course of popular music with his unique musical ability. The likes of Pete Townsend of the Who and Eric Clapton were left open mouthed at his mastery of the guitar that seemed to act as a natural extension of his body. The amazing thing about Hendrix was his ability to bring young people of all colors together under his banner at a time when racial tension was rife in the U.S. He returned home a superstar. Hendrix also liked to get high on L.S.D. and other illicit substances which a lot of people copied to 'tune in' to his sound. So it's true to say that he would not have been popular with the ruling establishment. However, it is probably safe to say that Jimi Hendrix is the most influential guitarist of his generation if not every generation since the 1960s.

Jimi died on September 18th 1970. Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose at age 27 years old

Jimi Hendrix was essentialy self-taught, starting on a broom with a wire, then a ukelele, then an acoustic guitar. He watched and listened to other musicians and learned from them. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Gypsy by Harry Shapiro & Caesar Glebbeck (1990).

He never came close to having a number one hit.

His only top 40 chart entry was "All along the watchtower" which peaked at number 20 in Sept. 1968.

Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942.

Machine Gun, the song played by Jimi Hendrix was played to honor the troops in Vietnam.

A cancelled check is worth anywhere from $700-$1400. Albums signed by Morrison and the rest of the Doors are extremely rare and can bring up to $10,000.

The first formal band he was in was called The Velvetones.

he actually never said what religion he had, but he once said, "music is my religion" so......infer from there i guess.

There original drummers name is John Bonham but I am not sure about there replacement drummers for there reunion concerts. It's Jason Bonham, his son.

Hendrix got his first real guitar when he was 15. He got his first electric guitar from his dad when in 1959 when he was 17. He became professional in 1963 when he was 21. But he was never taught to play guitar.

He was Born in Seattle, Washington. He was an artist so he was always on the move.

Mostly Fender Stratocasters, but he also used others like the Epiphone Wiltshire, Fender Jazzmaster, Fender Duo-Sonic, Gibson Flying V, Washburn Acoustin, Epiphone Acoustic, Gibson Les Paul custom, Gibson ES-335, Epiphone Casino, Fender Mustang, and Gibson Acoustic J-200.

Growing daisies above his grave