Jimi Hendrix's 22 Greatest Guitar Techniques! 

Someone should do a movie just about Jimi Hendrix's childhood because that alone is an amazing story. A tragic one. Jimi's name was originally Johnny Allen Hendrix. It was changed to James Marshall when he was 4. His parents had 5 children. He was the eldest. When he was born his father was in the military and denied the ability to travel home to see his first child born. He was put int the stockade instead because he was caught going AWOL. He spent two months there without a trial and was given a telegram announcing the birth of his son. This was during World War 2. While he was gone for 3 years his wife, Lucille struggled with alcoholism and couldn't take care of Jimi so others in her family took care of him. She went missing. The first time Al, his father, saw Jimi was after he got out of the military. Jimi was 3 years old and being cared for by a family friend who wanted to adopt him. Al reunited with Lucille but had difficulty finding work. They had no money and both he and Lucille were constantly drinking. When drunk they got into fights. Jimi would hide in a closet to get away from their fights. Leon, Jimi's brother, was born when he was 5 and they were close but rarely saw each other because Leon was in foster care a lot. He had one more brother and two more sisters whom he rarely if ever saw because they too were in foster care and then adopted. All the time, Jimi and his parents were going from one cheap hotel and motel to another. No real home to speak of at all. Sometimes relatives took him and he stayed with his grandmother. He was shy and sensitive and was sexually abused by a man in uniform at one point which he later recounted to a girlfriend. At nine his parents divorced and he and his brother Leon ended up in the custody of their father. In elementary school he carried around a broom stick for a year pretending it was a guitar. The social worker at school recommended that they provide him with one because she thought if he didn't get one it might leave him psychologically damaged. They didn't and his father refused to buy him one. When he was 14 he found a ukulele in a garage he and his father were cleaning out for money. It had only one string on it. He learned to play by ear playing single notes. Two months after turning 15 his mother died of cirrhosis of the liver. Her spleen ruptured. "Al refused to take James and Leon to attend their mother's funeral; he instead gave them shots of whiskey and instructed them that was how men were supposed to deal with loss". In the middle of that year, 1958, when he bought his first guitar for 5 dollars. He played it several hours daily and learned to play from listening to songs and with tips from other guitarists. He didn't get his first electric guitar until he was 16 years old, His father finally bought it for him. During his first gig with an unnamed band he was fired in between sets because he was too showy.

This guy is a wealth of knowledge AND an excellent teacher. Hard to find both.

Jimi Hendrix is still the blueprint and Gold Standard almost 50 years after his death.

I saw Jimi a couple of times when I was a teenager in California. One of the concerts I saw can be seen on RU-vid - San Jose Pop Festival May, 1969. You can check it out. The unique thing about Jimi was the speed and precision of his delivery and the surprising notes he would add on the spot. There was a genius to how he picked the perfect note on the fly.

Why are there even 3 thumbs down posted, this guy saved me 30 years of trial and error in 20 minutes. Only trouble is now everyone can mimic Jimi! Thanks Dude, I'll subscribe. Looks like I'll be staying in at night for awhile!!!

This guy was born to teach guitar!

I just realised that Mike is the Bob Ross of guitar teaching. So calm and happy. Brilliant!

This video is one of those priceless RU-vid videos that teach you something valuable. Recommended for Guitarists of ALL levels who wish to play like Hendrix.

Dude, you have one of the best personalities of any music teacher I've ever come across. Seriously, most of them are impatient horrible tyrants or passive hippie mice. You're quiet but concentrated in how you present material. Your calm and thorough technique breakdowns make iconic music seem approachable and relatable. Awesome work!

I've watched a lot of Hendrix technique videos (and way too many pentatonic scales videos), and this is by far the best. Thanks for all the effort you put into explaining and demonstrating. Really awesome! I learned so much and my guitar playing is improving as a result.

best guitar teacher on youtube.vast knowledge on artists and techniques.great camera angles and clear concise instruction.this guys good.

Had high hopes for that video, wasn’t disappointed! Really love your way to teach and spark inspiration and love for the instrument!!

Thanks for taking the time to make this AWESOME LESSON! 👍😍👍

Probably the best lesson about hendrix characteristic playing in youtube, thanks...

Been waiting for this. Thanks

You're awesome. I really like this series of videos. Thanks a lot for the very educational videos!

Most instructive demonstration of Hendrix techniques by far! Well done

Many thanks for giving so many great tips - and you're clearly a fine player yourself. Cheers!

this video is great!! the little things that make such great difference!! thanks!

Dropping by to say thanks, I've watched this a couple of times over the years now, it's so rich in information!

Your a good teacher ! It's really easy for me to understand what your saying and doing on the guitar . I struggle with most people's teaching because I have an attention deficit , but with you my guitar playing is becoming second nature . Thanks for teaching this old dog new tricks , I'm becoming more confident now , and believe me that's saying a lot because I was about ready to hang up the guitar ! Thanks again !!!

Excellent video. thanks for sharing

love these lessons!

Thank you for your articulate teaching👍 Appreciated. Nice tones and playing!

Love it man

Hey Joe solo follows the chord changes perfectly. Not just his phrasing! More sophisticated - theory-wise - than you would expect at first glance. Plus ... Purple Haze intro and solo is entirely based on that one funky E7(#9) chord. All the notes in the solo sections are merely E7(#9) arpeggios (with only a smattering of E Pentatonic)! Once again, more sophisticated - theory-wise - upon closer examination.

I love these videos so much. I've watched almost all of them. All of these artist technique videos have helped me tweak and bend my style. Thank you so much for them. I've must have watched this one a dozen times. Is there anyway we can get more? Maybe some Chris Stapleton, Waylon Jennings, or Brad Paisely? Some country stuff to mix in with all of the rock? I love mixing blues, country, and rock. Thank you so much for all that you do!!! I've learned so much!

The competition is over. That is the best video on RU-vid. Well done and thank you.

Brilliant tutorial. Thanks.

This was a Break through Video for me. Well done. Thank You buddy.

One of the better `How to sound (play) like Hendrix` videos here, and there is a ton of them out there. Cheers!

Incredible video bro🙏🙏

Hi Mike! Thanks a lot for this great and detailed one...I was digging into Frusciante....which immediately lead me back to dig into Hendrix...though I had listened a lot to his stuff long ago, never was really into learning his techniques... But they are so simple and creative, full of sound colour..But now I think it was the time...!! Have a great New Year ! Thanks for all your great videos, and teachings!!

This is amazing! A+ for effort great video.

You have encyclopedic knowledge. How you can calmly dissect all these things is a gift. I am spilling over with respect. Stay happy , Sir !

Awesome channel! These Guitar Technique videos are great

Thank you for this great video!!

this is some good stuff. I'll study it. Thank you!!

This has been great! thank you!

I've been playing guitar 15 years and I'm always like :O !!! when I watch these videos. Especially this one seeing the lil nuances behind a Hendrix riff. I've never been so easily impressed for a long time LOL

Absolutely awesome. .thank you for sharing your video 👍🔥💙

Awesome !!!! Very well done video... Thanks for sharing ....

thanks a ton for this. I'm learning so much so fast!

Really great video, can't believe it's the first one of yours I've come across. Great teaching style and I really like how you actually speak the theory instead of just saying "now put your pinky on the first string, 7th fret." Subscribed after the first 10 mins.

Your amazing guitarist and very good teacher cheers bro !:)

Hi guy, this is the best Video iv'e ever seen about the guitartechnic of Jimi Hendrix. Greetings from Germany. Bert

excellent video, esp. re: emotional aspects of the master. thank you!

Great analysis man! Thanks a lot!

Great stuff thanks. I watched your Beatles one and then this, and it pretty much summarises most of the tricks I have worked out in 30 years of self-taught guitar playing. Never knew any words for it all, and still know no musical theory, scales, how chords are made, keys etc. etc, but these are all the little tricks I have used to write songs. Amazing. Thanks.

Like most of your stuff, well presented and accurate! But I gotta brag ... met Jimi outside the FE after Band of Gypsys 1/2/70. Aloha ...

great lesson thanks so much for posting and keep up the great work. Thumbs up and subbed your channel!

Well done. Great tutorial. Your enthusiasm shone through. Hendrix was a great innovator, introducing so much to the vocabulary of the electric guitar. For me the highlight of your vid was your demonstration of playing without feeling versus playing with feeling. (The Purple Haze riff I think) That is something to aspire to, once you have a lick/riff or tune under your fingers. Beautifully illustrated. Keep up the good work.

Thanks duder! Always really good ur a pro! I thought it was a different take on what u might normally see with Hendrix tutorials. More alternative styles that he used sooo preach!! Long may ur vids continue sire.....

This video finally came :) thank gawd

Best Hendrix examples I/ve found.

Great video!

Also a lot of the Trowers Playbook...heard Spellbound and Bridge of Sighs etc. Great lesson and presentation.

Excellent insights.

Loved this Mike - I'll be signing up for the website as soon as I know I'll have some free time to practise :-)

First vid... and subscribed. Thanks for the help and inspiration!

WOW! Awesome, great job, thx !!!!!!

great vids as always thx 4 the secrets too

What a great lesson, you’re a fantastic teacher

Literally got inspired within 2 minutes of watching this. Well done.

These videos are so good.

It’s great man

You are very good man and a great video

Nice lesson.

that shows how much knowledge Hendrix had over his instrument, just amazing, He was some sort of Jedi fom the guitars

thank you!

Loving these videos! Keep them coming! Can you do Santana?

This is a fantastic lesson man. I appreciate you taking the time to do it. I love how you broke it down in the description too so you can jump around if you want. I'd love to see you do some similar videos with different guitarists. John frusciante, Gary Clark jr, Robin Trower or early Clapton would be my votes. thanks again brother. keep up the good work. - Much love from the Pacific Northwest -

I know nothing about playing the guitar, but I can understand and appreciate these explanations.

you're an amazing guitarist but then to be an amazing teacher is the really great talent, thank you

Good stuff!

fantastic! !! !

Fantastic! More please......

He figured all the legends techniques, well gifted too. Keep it up Dude 👍🏼🎸

I ask all of you to please pray to whichever God you worship, for me to grow longer fingers and thumbs. Thanks!

Great stuff

Great Video Man... I wish you were around before I took up drums in the 60's

This dude really inspires me.

Excellent 'feel' -- I'm impressed brother

its weird that i figured this all out in my first years of playing without realizing it. I use it much differently but its all there lol. Great Channel and Video. Thanks for all the work

Im gonna learn all of this thnks man

awesome!!

Thanks dude

Thanks!

I really love the Hendrix last works. He often used a particular bends techniques you can hear for example on the "Hey Baby" solos when he makes a bend on the B string, then go down on the G string. We can hear it exactly in the second minutes of the track.

Excellenta! Thanks

Great video

Nice vid.

GREAT LESSON

I'd like to suggest a video on Buckethead. That would be interesting to see. Great job on all of these by the way. They're super helpful.

You are my fav teacher on youtube bro

I know i must say that this is the BEST inform guitar chanel i've ever known! And your vibrato is awesome! Need a lesson about it! Greetings from Russia :)

Thanks brother

Bravo!

the best Hendrix lesson