Hendrix Tone

Rastaseal · 19-08-2011 11:33PM #1

Anyone tried to get it? Pretty diffeicult. After years of trying I finally have come close enough using my Custom Shop strat and Class 5 with a few pedals. Anyone else got a close usable Hendrix tone? Id love to see what gear everyone uses to get it

demanufactured · 20-08-2011 01:18PM

Strat and a marshall

CianRyan · 20-08-2011 02:16PM

I can get it on the crunch channel on my Peavey Triple XXX, that with a strat loaded with Custom Shop Fat 50's.

Paolo_M · 20-08-2011 04:22PM

His tone was very inconsistent, though the live tone is usually Strat, Marshall and pedals (UniVibe, Fuzz, wah etc).
He used all sorts of different gear recording.
There is no real Hendrix "tone", just his playing style, that what gets you to instantly recognise him when you hear him.

MilanPan!c · 20-08-2011 04:48PM

this is actually amazing!

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/hendrix/features/

reviews:

http://www.betterguitar.com/equipment/other_gear/ik_multimedia/amplitube_jimi_hendrix/amplitube_jimi_hendrix.html
http://www.audiomidi.com/aboutus/reviews/augello_amplitubeJH.cfm?cpid=2847

eagle10 · 20-08-2011 05:17PM

Good strat.
Neck pickup.
Good valve amp.
Heavy right hand(left in his case)

Rigsby · 20-08-2011 05:48PM

Rastaseal wrote: »

Anyone else got a close usable Hendrix tone? Id love to see what gear everyone uses to get it

The recording process can alter the tone of an instrument to a fair degree, and make copying a certain tone elusive if not, impossible.

geetar · 21-08-2011 12:25AM

hendrix tone, i find, is actually easy enough to find.

for wind cries mary tone, clean tube amp, neck low/medium output pup and a strat.

jimmy99 · 21-08-2011 09:43PM

http://youtu.be/3QgLVD8f4_c
Marshall and Strat

spoonbadger · 24-08-2011 06:12PM

Good valve amp with the mids and treble dimed and the presence/bass around 4, nice stratocaster with standard single coils.

For the overdrive, you need to be pushing power tubes, not preamp tubes. It has to sound old-school and barky, not tight and fizzy.

What helps as well is light strings and not too high action. Need to get that slinky sound and those over-the-top bends.

I have a JTM45 and a stratocaster, gets it pretty close with the right settings but it still comes down entirely to how you play.

RC88 · 27-08-2011 01:51PM

Expensive Route
Fender Strat Flipped Over
Marshell Stack
Arbiter Fuzz Face and Vox Wah Pedals

Cheap Route
Vintage ReIssued Series 'FILLMORE' V6JMH

First one might set you back a few thousand, second one a few hundred

MilanPan!c · 28-08-2011 08:15AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEHXAjhp6Uo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7uQXz4hQU4

not quite right, but certainly vintage

though if you look here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtzLECfqmRM

jazzy cian · 28-08-2011 06:33PM

you won't sound like Hendrix without a jtm45 or plexi or something along those lines. I think Paulo will agree with me there!!

Seziertisch · 28-08-2011 06:50PM

Rigsby wrote: »

The recording process can alter the tone of an instrument to a fair degree, and make copying a certain tone elusive if not, impossible.

Big +1. The room in which the amp was in at the time of the recording also has a big impact. I am always surprised how different the same amp can sound in a different room.

darrenw5094 · 31-08-2011 11:47PM

The Hendrix tone is in the fingers.

I don't have them.:mad:

Rastaseal · 01-09-2011 12:36PM

I had a Jtm45 for a couple of days and returned it because to me it wasnt loud enough. It worked well with Kt66s but to get that Hendrix tone it needs to be louder than life. Id say a nice strat with low output pickups through his signature amp the Super100Jh would be the best way to get his basic tone and then use his pedal setup. I always prefered his live tones for some reason. Right now I get a close enough substitute at low volumes with my Strat and Class 5 and his pedal setup. Im thinking about building one of the Ceritone Jtm/100 Experienced kits to finish off my sound and that would be perfect. I liked the Jtm45 I had but it was a bit too quiet when fully cranked. The cab I was using was a 15 year old Marshall 1960tv with Greenbacks I think. Sounded great. Nice low and and and vintage sound. Just my opinion

i57dwun4yb1pt8 · 01-09-2011 03:13PM

people seem to be forgetting the fact that he also tuned down a step and the tremelo was fairly loose
you get some tremspring tone in with the e flat tuning - this is half the battle .

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