INSANE Hendrix Lick YOU must Know! Pentatonic Blues Bends 

That first lick was vintage SRV. Tone and everything.

Matthew Scott has me on Reverb looking for Pre-CBS strats like, "maybe I can take out a loan..."

I hear Joe Bonamassa is looking for you . . . wants to meet you at high noon out on the street.

Love this lick, thanks. I saw Jimi play in Oakland, April of '69, what a show and my ticket cost 4.50! Wish I could go back in time for that show....rock on.

MY GOD, that bend and vibrato at 0:32 is WHY I LOVE guitar! Why I started playing and practicing guitar obsessively when I was 14 and still do now that I’m 31 years old. From your gorgeous collection of instruments and amps to your skill in, not only playing and your ability in teaching people so well, but being so inspirational with the skill and knowledge in which you ply your craft. Plus you present yourself as a very humble, nice guy! You are a true treasure my friend! Keep it up mate!

You don’t know how long I’ve been trying to find someone teach this lick in an actually understandable way. Been listening to Hendrix and Stevie use this for years and now I can finally play it cheers Matt!

"I hope this lick helps get you through the week somehow" I feel a lot of love in that one hahahaha

That's a great looking beat up Strat.

Keep the lessons coming, you don't just teach the lick, you teach the how to. awesome

Jimi is my favorite and the G.O.A.T in my opinion as well.....I haven’t picked up a guitar in over a year due to life responsibilities....but when I watch and hear you play, it motivates me to pick the guitar up again....🙏🏻👌🏻👍🏻✌🏻

dude i was even impressed by your switch at 0:10

0:39 I WANT TO LEARN that beautiful lick. I see you play that sometimes. its sounds awesome.

That vintaged sunburst color is amazing, adding the great tone and play, sweet!!

Philip Sayce attack! 💥

Jimi is def the greatest guitarist of all time.. I respect and like all guitarist but HENDRIX is the only reason I ever even picked up a guitar in the first place.

Man, you already look like Mona Lisa

Easily one of the best players I've ever heard, and I'm not talking about Jimi...

I been trying to get this lick right for years ..I was trying to do it with my ring finger only..sometimes it sounded fairly close..but this is dead on accurate...appreciate you man! You're playing is stellar!..

Just discovered your channel! Love it man! Some great playing and incredible instruments \m/

I love your lesson stuff. I try not to play exacly what you do i try to incorparate the way you do it into my own playing. Keep the lessons coming along with everything else.

Very good lesson; well demonstrated and verbally explained.

Bro showed me this bb king Hendrix - like a rolling stone ,wow I was totally blown away by what I heard , collaborations from those guys always get me. Hendrix is big influence, little wing , bold as love two very obvious choices Awe dude I can totally geek out on it. Love it. Good videos dude keep up the good work

Best looking and sounding strat I've seen in a long long time

Great lesson,thanks! Cheers from Buenos Aires,Argentina. 🤜🏽⚡️🤛🏽

Thanx for the lesson dude....I'm so glad I went back to electric!!

Very good explained. I get it in 5 minutes. Thanks. Awesome old Strat you have ❤️❤️❤️. Sounds great!!!!!!

Man you got some serious skills.. You have got a really amazing feel for music and technical ability. I played the guitar from when I was 10 till I was 20 then I gave it up when I moved back to the uk for a few years, I'm now 38 and I have picked it back up.. I wish I never gave it up, I'm back loving it. I wish I had RU-vid when I was younger, it makes such I difference. Thanks for you vids, love from Australia!!

So many great solos have that lick in it. I like to play the double stop too it sounds really interesting and unexpected. Jimi was the king then Stevie took it to the next level with the crazy vibrato and fast runs. To me they are equal, soul brothers from different mothers.

You're one of the few youtubers where 'insane' actually means amazingly good.

very helpful addition to my bag of tricks

That tone of the neck pickup is just killer.. Nice playing !

New drinking game: take a shot every time Matthew switches pick ups... 💀

That small lick brought some new wind into my solo improvising thx!

Hey Matthew! I’m going to let John Frusciante knows that you stole his strat!

This video is freeking amazing. I'm going to watch it so many times

Screamin' lesson Matt ! ! I like it because it pulls the essential sounding Jimi/Stevie nuance riffs that they were able to learn from Albert King. So happy to have found this page ! !

His compound bends off the B and G in box 1 of the minor pentatonic were great. I really got into them when I started listening to Band of Gypsy's and Cry of Love. I am sure he did these earlier in Red House but I love the phrasing and Dynamics. I may be simple but when first learning compound bends it's tricky. Cool lick and great tone, phrasing and vibrato.. I always get the Albert King vibe from Jimi and SRV when they play descending minor pentatonic licks really bending into the root releasing a bend from the. 5th to the forth then descending the scale and playing the low root ending on the second octave. Even Eric Johnson, Bonamassa and Eric Gales cascading descending sequences often end just like these Hendrix evolution of Albert King. You find the same thing in hard rock when good players lead style is based on pentatonics (which regardless of what ppl people say believing they have advanced be beyond pentatonics, if you modal playing is not focusing on the right chord tones pl it s taking advantage of the blues style while adding additional diatonic notes where appropriate, the licks just end up sound like scalar patterns played in 3 octaves using shapes instead of listening to the melodies implied by the chords. Excellent job.

My bil seen Hendrix at western reserve college lucky dog.....I remember the radio stations announcing his passing..and they played his songs.

Very helpful, thanks. (I saw Jimi Hendrix twice in 1967).

This is a lot harder than it looks. Very cool trick

I'd be happy to have 1/10th the talent you have. Awesome playing as always!

Watching you jam inspires me to play more everyday! Your videos are also causing a love affair I'm having with Strats here lately. Your tone is incredible!

I need this guys tone and talent

Cant concentrate cuz of that gorgeous strat.. this is my dream guitar...

Thanx for all your videos, playing technic,as well as giving us a tour of your newest acuisition 👍😁

Commenting because I want the algorithm to show me more stuff like this

No argument here bro...we share not only the love of Strat tones, but Jimi too and Albert King was among his faves too!

K little jimi that intro was fabulous...awesome guitars..cool hendrix lick..

jesus christ the intro is one of the best things I've ever heard, not even kidding

Excellent, stuff i've learned playing jimi's songs, for years!,.. Great playi'n !

Makes sense, this is helping me on my journey thanks bro

I really dont care who is the best. For me right now you are, cause I am learning so much from you! Thanks amigo

Such a breath of fresh air to hear a young guy like you say Hendrix is the best ever! So many people only listen to Purple Haze and/or Foxy Lady and think that's all he did. But there is so much MORE!!! People should listen to the Hendrix Blues album. He changed the whole paradigm more than even Van Halen did. So instead of thinking he was only good for his time and that shredders nowadays would blow him away one needs to consider his playing in the proper context. NO ONE had done what he was doing in the late 60's. No one had seen that kind of playing before. He was arguably more of a shock to the guitar world than Van Halen was in 78.

Ur vibrato is right up there with the best

Loved every second of it

I’ve seen countless guitar lessons on RU-vid and your way of explaining the concepts both logically and musically is really really great. Especially considering how tasty your playing is

Help get you though the week.! What a sweet thing to say. I'm on it bruv.

Please Matt, more lesson 🙏 🤘🎸

Ok, I'll play along. SRV was the king of guitar for me...until I really looked into Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix wins because he was the innovator, SRV played Hendrix better than Hendrix did, but Hendrix came up with all that stuff. When I heard the album Hendrix: Blues, and Electric Ladyland (not talking about the hits) I was blown away. I really need to find a forum where people talk about this stuff. I miss the early days of the internet.

I bet you're helping a lot of people, just good to have something new to try.

Great lesson!

Matt makes most everything sound similarly badass. That's when you know it's in the fingers.

You look like a young Gilmour.

I’m pretty sure that bending trick on the B and G strings was something Hendrix picked up from Elmore James. That’s why it kind of has that slide guitar sound. Great vid!

Recently got back into guitar and basically forgot how to play everything except my improvised blues licks and pentatonic licks this will help me get some inspiration into playing more plz do more Hendrix/srv style licks like this

Thanks man a fellow jimi rocker you rock man 🎉

more of this please!!!

Strat tones are unreal.

I hope we see more videos like this in the nearest future

Crazy tone! Appreciate the lesson as always

And now I go Strat shopping says the Gibson guy…. Haha Love the channel!

Excellent lesson

Beautiful strat

Thanks Matt... Youre the best.

Electrifying!

That’s a beautiful strat

Jimi Buster Hendrix will always rule. Thanks for the lick

I thought we were getting the whole solo transcribed. I kept thinking, there sure doesn't seem like enough time left for this haha.

You're a great player young man keep it up you're going places for sure

Nice channel. I always practiced that lick bending both notes from the 3rd finger on the 14th fret cause your way is trickier!

The intensity in your playing is what makes it . Uncommon..

I agree about the Hendrix statement. I have seen Hendrix live on the front row. James Gang warm up band. Memphis Tn.

From jimi to Stevie to Matt

Great touch....

At some point in all our guitar journeys we must each of us make the pilgrimage to the Alter of Jimi. Some of us are fortunate enough to return again and again.

Enjoyed the vid. That's a lovely Strat.

Clapton. Because he plays clean, zero mistakes. Overdrive distortion allows you to make mistakes.

Great lick thanks!

One step at a time love it

Sounds very much like SRV. also, that is a beautiful guitar! the gold pickgaurd on the sunburst finish, vintage cream hardware, clay dots, big frets - absolutely perfect.

Jimi was a bit of a revelation for me too, great lick man...

jimi, roy buchanan , johhny winter. can't go wrong studying any of these

THIS IS THE EPITOME OF GUITAR PLAYING!!

First 45 seconds where great but I went deaf n blind after you melted my retinas and my hearing with that fire 🔥 😂 well played mate wow

Monster Playing Matthew, Nice work!! We need more Les Paul Junior though..

Mathew, you have already taught me so much!

Fantastic, Matthew. Love it. Nice strat

Blimey that was awesome playing

Hey Man, thank you for sharing your gift! Yes, Jimi kicked ass and is a pioneer for all rockers!

Man, you're killing it--I always did that lick on the same fret (14th) bending up to the tonic by a minor third, instead of a whole step, so you use the same finger (ring) on the B and G string--it sorta switches strings under your finger. That may be a Lukather thing.