The very first time I met Ginger was in 1962. I was playing in a trad band and we were playing at the Cambridge May Ball. I ...

For Jimi Hendrix, that somewhere was Seattle where he started his six-string journey with an old ukulele. As the story goes, ...

Ritchie Blackmore was sworn to secrecy from the founder of Marshall Amplification about how he got his extra loud amp.

In 2022, the estates of Jimi Hendrix’s bandmates in the Jimi Hendrix Experience sued Sony Music claiming their rights were being infringed. Sony has been trying to get the lawsuit dismissed ...

Founded by Hendrix just months before his death, Electric Lady Studios was a mind-expanding creative mothership where his ...

It is some comfort to learn that the greats are no different – even Brian May has a war story to share. In a recent interview with Guitarist, the Queen guitarist recalls an evening in the early days ...

Naturally, as May observed, Mr. James Marshall Hendrix seemed a bit more at home with that particular sonic weapon. “After we’d played, I stayed behind backstage and I looked through between the amps ...

You can cover amplification by connecting sources straight into active speakers, which have amplifiers built into the cabinets, or by opting for a pre/power amplifier pairing where the necessary ...

When Jimi Hendrix was just a young whippersnapper in the US Army, Sgt Louis Hoekstra promptly saw to his discharge. In fact, his letter of recommendation pretty much prognosticated the future for the ...

Marshall developed its amps as a more powerful alternative to existing amps, following complaints from musicians, notably Pete Townshend of The Who, that existing amps weren’t loud enough. The company ...

As a guitarist, Jimi Hendrix could do it all. While he’s most celebrated for his electrifying hard rock, which set the stage for everyone from Eddie Van Halen to Sonic Youth, his foundation was deeply ...