Jimi Hendrix

The one and only Seattle born Jimi Hendrix. Highly regarded as the greatest guitar player to have ever lived, Rolling Stone ranks Hendrix #1 on the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Hendrix was one of the first to truly inspire and innovate the electric guitar. How did he do this? Feedback. Previously known as a guitarist's most inconvenient foe (feedback), Hendrix used it and was the first to use it in a musical way. Hendrix was a master at manipulating the sound of feedback between the guitar and amplifier and creating a whole new sound to his playing. He also mainstreamed the use of the Wah pedal, which still to this day is used if you want "to sound like Hendrix".

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"The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar."-Jimi Hendrix

Equipment: Hendrix played on right-handed guitars but switched the strings to mimic that of a left-handed guitar. The most iconic guitars he played were Fender Stratocasters. As far his amplifiers go he used Fenders, but he is well known for his love of Marshall Amps. Jimi experimented with many different guitars and amplifiers but ultimately, he was and still is the face of Fender Strats and Marshall Amps. 

Effects: Hendrix made the Wah pedal ( Vox Wah-Wah) famous without a doubt, even though may not necessarily be the first ever to use one. He also used a Univox Uni-Vibe pedal and a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, which is essentially a distortion pedal.  

Jimmy Page

One of the all-time greats, Jimmy Page was the guitar shredding master from Led Zeppelin; need I say more? English born Page, who before Zeppelin was actually part of a band called the Yardbirds which featured famous guitarists Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton, is ranked the #3 greatest guitarist on Rolling Stones' "100 greatest guitarists of all time". Clapton and Beck are ranked #2 and #5 respectively.

Equipment: Page is known for his Gibson Les Paul guitars, and famously known for his double Gibson SG guitar featured on live version of Stairway To Heaven, The Rain Song, and The Song Remains The Same

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Page is known for Marshall Amps, Orange Amps, and most famously his Vox AC-30. His effects feature famous pedals such as the Vox Cry Baby and MXR Phase 90.

Music Theory: The famous solo which has been outlawed in music shops all of over the world (See Wayne's World) is in the key of A Minor. Similar to the solo by Eddie Hazel, this solo is using mostly notes from the Pentatonic Scale. The difference in these solo's is simply, the key they're in, the rhythm and personal taste in improvisation.