whilst certain amp, guitar or pedal can give you a sense of achieving, it's by no means the answer.

well, it's great to sound like Hendrix or Stevie Ray and i may add takes a lot of talent to do that, but unfortunately it won't get you very far in the big game!

The main point is that most of aplayer's sound is in their fingers.

if you listen to Scott Henderson, Mike Landau, Jeff Beck and other greats, you'll hear that most of them use a wide variety of sounds and effects, they have many signature sounds.

If this is a revelation to you, don't be too disheartened, beacause it means that your unique touch is in your own hands.

But if you really wan to play like one of your idols, getting a similar tone is only a small part of the task. Expect to spend much more time analysing what notes they play and how they play them.

We all have our own subtle approach and techniques, like timing variations, note attack, bends,...

Certainly, many of us could do worse than sounding like Hendrix. Whether you like Jimi's playing or not, remember that he used the guitar in a radically different way than those before, and he was one of the pioneers that demonstrated many of the techniques we take for granted today.

But unless you're in a Hendrix cover band, why would you want to play like Hendrix??

if you're planning to emulate your guitar hero, learn from these greats masters, but apply those learnings to your own music.

For a start it's easier, but more importantly, it's a way of continuing their great work their great work, and a way for you to refine your own style and techniques.

Seriously copying a single artist in fine details does not ultimately say anything new, and wastes the time you could use to develop your own character.

Start taping every jam you have, wheter it's practicising along with a backing track or with a band. Listen to it the next day as you will discover 1 or 2 riffs you played by accident you didn't pick up on at the time, learn those accidents!

Do this continously and you will start to catalogue a series of your own riffs to use for your improvisations.

You'll find you'll start t moving away from the "you gotta use this new amp or pedal..you'll sound like Henderix" syndrome and start discovering yourself as an individual player on the field, thus giving yourself an edge.

Appreciate and respect the great guitarists you admire but search for your own thing.

 

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