How To Get The Jimi Hendrix Clean Tone 

4:00 That chord and sound together, ANGELIC

All that to say...use a Fuzz Face and roll your guitar's volume back a bit. Great playing! Going to get one of these.

It's a beautiful tone to play around in, when you first cleaned it up and found your sweet spot, I heard you from the other room, your excitement in the notes reminded me of a young doe leaping around trying to find it's feet on a sunlit mountain side. Good call man, inspiring.

i used to keep my guitar volume at full and only use the amp for volume and effects, new technique learned today, cheers!

I have legit started tuning my guitars like you do at 1:57. Tone has improved tremendously.

Thanks very much for this Mike..that’s exactly how I’m running my fuzz now and it sounds great :) I wanted a pedal that just added a bit of dirt but never really found an OD I like, the fuzz sounds a bit different and adds a bite to the clean tone.

Always get something useful from your demos Mike, many thanks for what you do for us it is much appreciated.

Best fuzz face demo on RU-vid. No other pedal does this trick. Well demonstrated. Shame the big ones are so bloody dear for what they are. Gotta be a big one.

This really helped me, just like the licks you teach now and than, you'r the man!

wow you just gave me something to really practice and work on..awesome !!!

Oh my God that one section is one of the best guitar playing.. I've ever heard honestly!!!..when you achieve the sweet spot with the fuzz ..

Actually, I've found that running my strat through a crybaby wah ( disengaged) gets pretty close to that punchy sound hendrix had..

Dude, I forgot how great this video is. I’m so glad the algorithm recommended it to me again!

Mike great video - using the volume knob on a strat is so underrated. I have been playing since the mid-90s and I only JUST started messing around with it.

I can't tell you how much this video inspired me. Thank you!

WOW !! AMAZING ! That was a really great tip on how to get the Hendrix tone :D :D

Sounds fantastic and wonderful playing!

beautiful playing mate! feelin it!

Awesome playing and vibe Mike Bradley ☆☆☆☆☆!

Excellent! And great playing. Thank you!

Love your playing! Very inspiring!

Thanks Mike, great video! I feel like I new to start paying you for this! much appreciated!

Read the title, people - "How To Get The Jimi Hendrix Clean Tone" not "How to Ape Jimi Hendrix". It's THE SOUND he's talking about, and it sounds beautiful! Brill job, Mike :)

nice video can't wait to put it to the test. thanks

I think i could listen to a strat with fuzz everyday for the rest of my life,..excellent video

Answered the questions I had after watching your Hendrix licks video.

Just subscribed and love your channel! You're really fun to watch. Great hair man!

Always wondered how you guys who turn down your guitar to achieve a semi clean tone from a fuzz or dirt pedal compensate for your loss of volume?

That sounds great! I really enjoyed your playing!

Absolutely brilliant thank you

Great video, delicious tone!

Great tip! Thank you

Here's the most important lesson - be Jimi Hendrix

Pieuw Pieuw wieuw!!! Great sound man and nice Amp!!

AWESOME! Great thanks !

Hi, that sounds great! Finally someone with a strat plus. I own one too, and always thought the lace sensors sound a bit sterile. Perhaps I should try a fuzz! How do you adjust pickup height? Close to the strings or down? Cheers

Lovely sound

Man it would be really great if you could do a tutorial on those Hendrix licks you were playing. Great playing btw!

Nice one Mike, love it! ... It would be great to see more of these tone vids. I was thinking about getting a supersonic, do you think you could get a nice John Mayer type tone out of it? Keep up the good work buddy.

So funny I'm back from the future. It's Dec 2021. Tomorrow the Fuzz Pedal, I ordered on ThanksGiving here State Side, will be here as I discovered this truck via another, RU-vidr, a Stevie Ray Vaughan Style blues player Nic . Funny how the Algo rthyms keep repeating. I've been playing guitar since 1998 ,and JUST found this was the " Bondo, I needed to fill in the Sound, IVE BEEN CHASING ,Since Day 1. Thank you and a great tip

Hi Mike, just stumbled across your channel - very refreshing - thanks..

Never occurred to me to try cleaning up on my fuzz pedal for that kind of tone... Can't wait to get home from work & try it on my Strat & Thorpy Muffroom Cloud. Cheers Mike 👍🏻

sounds great man. great video

I just subscribed on your cool site haha so keep me updated and everyone else please!!!

nice strat, classic look and colours

Great lesson and playing sir!

Thanks' for the video!Enjoyed your suggestions' on tone!A lot of people say that the "Germanium Fuzz-Face" is more touch- sensitive,than the "Silicon"?Would love to see an A-B test by you!

i have seen other guitar channels and you are a excellent guitar player.

Thanks man! You're a great musician!

Beautiful tone.

Some good playing there!

Dude awesome video!!! Love your Chanel! In another note I wanted to share the way I got that tone , if your like me and don't have the fuzz face I got it by combining two pedal First - Fuzz ( I did it with a big muff) Second - treble booster (I did it with a blues driver and uses it as a booster) The rest is the same has in the video , roll the volume down and I think you'll get something like in the video at least for me it works

I love my fuzz face for this reason. When playing live just roll the volume off a touch for the rhythmy bluesy sound. Then when it comes to the solo you just bump the volume to 10 and BOOM you cut through the mix and have soaring leads that melt the audiences ears.

Awesome video....thanks

Awesome -- thanks!

What where you settings for the Bass and treble?

Its a very similar tone to SRV's Lenny

Great playing man!

Thank you Mike that was helpful, I appreciate the effort you have put into sharing your knowledge. I have a BigMuff rtaher than a FuzzFace, so I'm hoping I can do the same with it, and donlt see why not! Going through your tone control settings on guitar and amp would also have been good. Looks like you cut mids on the amp?

Very sweet!! 🎸🎸🎸

soundz great mate. love the supersonic

top notch advice 🎸

Hi, is it correct that it seems here at 9:55 that there is a highly noticeable difference in levels when u adjust the volume knob? Meaning at low volume knob numbers, the sound will be lower? Which does make sense? I was expecting that at different volume knob numbers, only the texture will differ.

nice info mike, some tips on playing this style would be great if poss, semi walk through kind of thing?

Love it cos your loving it bro Keep thrashing the axe 😊

You do have a Jimi Hendrix clean sound despite what others might say. Good job.

Excellent video. I ask you to please answer some questions. How would you describe this sound sonically?. They call this one glassy?. If so, the glassy sound is bright but not harsh?. Some say the glassy sound goes a little overboard in the high and upper mid frequencies. The sound in this video also has the midrange scooped?. Thank you very much for answering.

I love the sound. Supersonic sound superb.

knew about the trick but I watched anyway because I like your playing and personality.

Mike you're fantastic thanks I've heard many guitarists try to sound like jimi Red House is very hard to sound like him the opening part

Knowledge is tone! great playing mate very Hendrix indeed

When he's jamming at around 4:12, what scale is he using? I'm working on my scale licks but they all sound shit.

Mike,i have the Boss Katana.Can it do the trick?Ah that pedal. Great,i wasn't paying attention,again😮Joe Bonnemasa fuzzface mini with a germanium chip inside.Allright!!

Beautiful Tone, Mike. Will have to do the same with my Fuzzface. Although I haven't got round to getting a supersonic, hopefully the VOX AC30 will do the job. I Have become quite a fan of your work. Would love a video on some Hendrix licks like the ones in this video in the near future. Cheers. :)

Hello Mike or anyone in the chat. They don't sell that specific pedal here in Canada seems like it's discontinued and dunlop does not ship to canada :( which other fuzz pedal would you recommend?

Jimi's cleanish tone was the best especially with a Univibe.. I love that sound! Great job on this!

Is that the Stage 100 to your left? I played through one for awhile. Best small gig solid state amp for me.

Nice playing man ! Most of the Fuzz Faces used by Jimi would have had Silicone transistors . But I like my Williams MkI which is built using NOS components inc. Germanium transistors and that cleans up brilliantly too . At Monterey I don't think he had any pedals , just straight into the amps. If you haven't already buy the Fender Hendrix Strat - You won't be dissapointed: You can sound like Dick Dale on it too :-)

what do you think about the blues junior? I think its a pretty good amp for gigging.... a mic'd blues junior is pretty sweet id say

Awesome! Is it an improvisation based on Wind Cries Mary? Sounds great, I'd like to learn it!

I'm getting a fuzzface right now then. Excellent video!

any notable difference in sound with a Ge ship vs. Si chip?

Yes YEs please would love a Jimi hendrixs licks video

Thanks Mike! Would a Tube Screamer work for this affect?

Does it matter really what colour fuzz for your clean Hendrix tone?

Hey Mike ! Great video mate, but quick question here : Will this volume knob trick still work with my Strat ? Because I've got a treble bleed on my volume pot and I don't own the fuzz pedal yet, i just wanted to know if it'd still work like that. Thanks in advance !

Thank you!

Germaniums give you the early Hendrix sound. If you really want that early stuff you hear, go germanium. It's sludgy, awesome, but its very inconsistent. It is very sensitive to temperature, humidity, so it will sound different in different places (or times of day). Silicon transistors Hendrix used later, you can hear it on Band of Gypsies I believe. These are the "blue" Fuzz Faces normally. I don't think I will ever be much of a fuzz/Hendrix player but I went with silicon (AnalogMan), because this was Gilmour's choice by Meddle (abandoning the germanium) until he found the Big Muff by the time of the Animals album/tour (the Time solo is a great example of super loud amp and a silicon Fuzz Face). It is less sensitive, brighter and sharper, and seems a bit less sensitive to guitar volume, although it still very much is. Just for shits and giggles I'm going to get a germanium, may end up preferring it, but the whole "better" thing comes from people having a preference for their favorite guitarists tone in a certain period of time. Just my two cents for people wondering about his Fuzz Face comments.

4:48 how do I learn how to do that? He is just riffing right? Anyone got any tips? If i had to guess I’d day music/note theory is huge?

That amp and guitar combo are not too shabby either! - Meaning that's fabulous equipment. Just about perfect to my way of thinking.

Great video, just came across your videos a week or two ago.... gotta check out some more!

can you tell more about your amp settings and speaker

Very nice! Can u please give your tabs for the licks my friend?

Very nice sounds, thanks. My 2 cents - apart from using Marshalls Hendrix was well known for playing Fender BASSMAN's (bit of a clue there).I figure that was one of the reasons he was able to get a thick fat tone from a strat. Also, maybe I am missing something but surely you don't need a pedal to give you "edge of breakup" sound from a small valve amp?Cheers

Nice tone!

I've been habitually playing with guitar volume high and amp set low, just thinking tiz better that way coz I might knock the volume-pot. Great clip yes this does help, now I ought to try with low amp-gain & high amp-volume vs the other way around.

very useful.

That sound is so nice, thanks for that. I found that I could replicate what was done here by putting my shitty black star fly 3 on over drive and my guitar on around 4 in volume. No where near as nice sounding but I'm getting a taste of that sound.

Nice touch you got there man. So come to think of it with this set up you're sort of using the Fuzz as a compressor. Then this also explain the "spongy" feel.

Really helpful thanks m8!