20 REASONS Why Hendrix Is Considered The Greatest Guitarist Of All Time

20 REASONS Why Hendrix Is Considered The Greatest Guitarist Of All Time
From his revolutionary techniques to his iconic performances, join us on a journey through Hendrix's unparalleled musical genius. Don't miss out on this exclusive insight into the legend that is Jimi Hendrix!
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[@alanfletcher9698]

Hendrix gave us Guitar sounds we never heard before. He was and still is The Man

[@Charles-rd6ku]

And supposedly he had something to do with the design of wawa petals and stuff first tones and everything else back in the day i don't know that's true or not but i'm a guitarist myself 70 years old and he definitely did stuff no one else could do it the time

[@naymannbassey916]

Jimi Hendrix was a spirit from heaven with a musical body

[@NetleKiss]

That‘s why I never compare him with the other guitarists! For me Hendrix is far above all of them ! It’s something completely different and extremely amazing!!!!!!

[@lynnrinaldo6795]

I grew up on HENDRIX MUSIC.

[@user-jy6dq9np7n]

Wow thought I knew everything about Hendrix many memories going back to the seventies Jimi will always be a part of me my soul first times listening to his music I knew this cat was different RIP Jimi my brother

[@gopisivaraman6627]

Jimi was the best...is the best...n will be the most influential guitarist ever...

[@HudsonSimbarashe]

He was and is still the greatest

[@VintageTVShows]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts 🙂

[@averychilco]

THis was the best summation of Hendrix by-far ever.

[@arthurriley5856]

If I ever accomplish anything note worthy in life, I need this narrator to get the word out. Incredible video and presentation.

[@jimimurti]

If you understand his sounds by feeling what he wanted to tell us you will find out he's the greatest...still is. Im not talking about technical skills, there are better. Its the whole package. Huge fan since 1979 when I 'discovered' his music. There are some sublime live recordings out of this world.

[@garyt7855]

Thank you Vintage TV , great job 👍

[@teemobile6111]

jimi rip he was awesome one of kind he was true guitarist he rocked of the unknown stevo

[@blitzshriek999]

One of my best friends moms managed to catch the Hendrix/Monkees train wreck of a tour, it was in Charlotte and I think it was the... 2nd? of the six shows. She was there to see the Monkees, and said that everything changed that day. "so much for the f****n' MONKEES, I was a crazy ass hippie from then on OUT!! HA!!" I'm dead ass certain that show traumatized that woman.

[@adellamiller6971]

He was the greatest and that's why they got rid of him too because he was the greatest,

[@benstutchbury6221]

The Total fkin' GOAT on a good day🤯❤️👍

[@paulyounger8884]

Hendrix was just fine with what he had

[@WattisWatts]

I don't consider Hendrix a guitar genius, but a genius who happened to play the guitar.

[@richardcaulker1017]

What else was he great at?

[@chris66chris19]

I think Hendrix was more a musician than a guitarist

[@NetleKiss]

I think I would agree with You! That was something more than just music!!!

[@stanleylomack2691]

REAL

[@raymondpetherick3214]

GOAT 🎸 guitarist

[@markcook3570]

One Rainy Wish...Nuff said..

[@nitehawk-de8fy]

hard to find audio of his past concerts that bring out a good clean sound

[@gregorybrisco9472]

Cool 💯😎 Salute

[@alvindaughtry2168]

Ive seen Hendrix live 2 times. Once on the front row , 1969. Once in 1970, 12th. Row. The James Gang were there. 69. So......I understand. I was there and I get it.

[@crimsonbuildersllcronsnyde2598]

Your very very lucky

[@alvindaughtry2168]

@@crimsonbuildersllcronsnyde2598 I was in the 8 th. Grade and Hendrix was the first concert in my life. It was such a shock that I had a hard time enjoying other bands. Hendrix changed the way I looked at life at my age. I am still amazed. When I went back to school, I could not explain what I saw to anyone. I've seen bands from Jethro Tull to Blackmore's Rainbow. At least 70 big bands. But still could not get the same feeling.

[@mikemiller6628]

Very well done.

[@paulmoran3482]

He threw caution to the wind 🎸🎼👌

[@carlosSantana47715]

Great content I feel like anyone making negative comments really doesn't understand what this entire thing is trying to say. For me Hendrix made guitar playing cool. Even today better guitarists technically are boring as hell nothing Hendrix did wasn't cool.

[@davengeance4811]

Awesome job ...except for including pix of impersonators......just the real stuff please ha ha

[@sharonhaywood2818]

He also as we all know he played a left hand guitar 🎸😊

[@stevendeaver]

Right hand guitar turned around and restrung

[@robertschiffhauer1679]

I think Hendrix should be #1,Not the Beatles.No disrespect to the Beatles,but Hendrix was one man who changed Rock and Roll with his style,and accomplishments🎸🔥✌️

[@crimsonbuildersllcronsnyde2598]

He is the best because no one could do what he did the way he did it nuff said

[@richarddelgado2723]

🍎 🍊……

[@sarveshwalia7541]

Why haven't you played some of those "iconic" licks and sounds you mentioned along with the narration?

[@Scottocaster6668]

Prude Tube won't allow it. Copyright issues

[@ChristianSvensson170]

Jesus of rock guitar.

[@larryjackson6075]

Hendrix was a magician... gimmicks.

[@griffhenshaw5631]

Jimi was great. he had influences like buddy guy. I was a young kid when I heard he died. I cried. I hadn't touched a guitar at that age. In all along the watchtower... he used some wes Montgomery licks. At the time of his death I feel he was bigger than the Beatles. People would buy and bit of his playing on a record..like 5 seconds of crap was grabbed. Loved his voice. Some said weak. BS I thought a great singer.

[@crimsonbuildersllcronsnyde2598]

Thank you 🎉

[@allanmakela3011]

He did not usher in the eventual brick wall of who,s faster,harder,or louder,or other musical corruption,his presence would be a deterent,and people would experiment more,and create

[@VintageTVShows]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts 🙂

[@kathyyoung9539]

It wasn't Kath it was Billy Gibbons from ZZTOP.

[@calvinhancock9748]

No it was Kath when jimmy saw Chicago. Gibbons is good through

[@averychilco]

JH only played with a 3 piece band and no sound crew. SRV had a piano player and a whole production team and travelled with more than 20 people. JH never looked at the fretboard. SRV never took his eyes off of it. JH learned guitar at the age of 15. SRV learned at the age of 3 JH was original and none of his music sounded the same, SRV only played Rock-a-billy and all his music sounded the same. JH needed nobody to become who he was, SRV could not have been himself without JH influence. JH played rythmn and lead silmutaneously, SRV only played lead. JH died at 27 and was only famous for 3 years with over 50 Albums, SRV died at 35 and was famous for 7 years and only had 4 albums. JH had no peers he was the Professor. SRV would have to compete with players of today and yester year. JH took on the whold Hells Angels motorcycle gang and single handedly and won. JH the hippy movement would have never been as big as it was and died when he died. Janice Joplin aledgedly was pregnant for him and offed herself shortly after he was offed by the alpha bet boys. He was super and a underground GOD, his music will take atleast a hundred years to be understood.

[@Ross-kd2fw]

Well, for all you Hendrix lovers, including the author of this article, I don't see it!!!!! This author went on and on, like a high school student, trying to find every descriptive word in the dictionary to define the work of Jimi Hendrix. Granted, I'm a keyboard player, hence I may have missed the point, yet I grew up listening to Hendrix during the 1960's and he never bowled me over. Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes influenced me more than Hendrix ever did, and all Jimi's studio albums were nice, but not so iconic as this author is trying to make me believe. And burning his guitar on stage is more an act of lunacy than a genius. I like Hendrix but totally knocked out by Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai and what they could do in guitar.

[@kathyyoung9539]

He's not Stevie Ray vaughan was. Jimi Hendrix said so. What he did was not the the Blues. It was Electric Rock. Hendrix couldn't play the Blues. Albert King said that. Albert King said he could play his stuff but Jimi could play Albert's music.

[@Mike-kv5pl]

Take a deep dive into his catalog. He recorded numerous blues songs. He was clearly inspired by blues artists. To say he could not play the blues is ridiculous. I like Albert King, but he was jealous of the attention and success that Hendrix was getting.

[@garygeorge460]

I don't want to here u talking at all

[@richarddelgado2723]

It hurts being right lol 😂…. Yet I still feel vindicated… This video and it’s opinions gave us a lot of technical goobley garp on why Hendrix is the greatest ever however there isn’t one reason on here that explains why he was truly the greatest… They almost came close with number 6 but then it tailed off to blah,blah,blah… And if you wanna mention things like guitar effects and so forth. Well now there’s a ton of new guitarists that would obliterate Hendrix point blank these days because of technology or whatever….. My first experience r.u.? hearing Hendrix was Purple Haze. Keep in mind I was not yet a musician myself however I thought his playing was some of the saddest stuff I’ve ever heard. His note placement or choice of notes 🎶 Like his song “Hear my train comin’” for example… He could play a guitar solo trill much the same as myself or any guitarist could but it would be like a baseball ⚾️ pitcher that can change things by having a great curveball or change up?…. But all of a sudden after freaking you out with those things he throws a fastball that you’ve seen a million times before. Yet because of the crazy stuff he showed you already 98 mph now looks like 200 mph …😂… The deep sadness that other guitarist could never approach.. Songs like “Hey Babe” “Train” “Machine Gun” and so on? Too much to try and explain here…. Man no way the others E.V.H.,Vai,Rhoads, etc… Not even S.R.V. could ever come close to anything like that 😮…..

[@user-rc7iy1tb2y]

What's up with Andre 3000?. that movie sucked!!!

[@richarddelgado2723]

Let’s see I’m gonna watch all 20 reasons and I’ll bet none of them will line up with my reasons for thinking he’s the greatest guitarist ever 😂…. Stay tuned…..

[@gringopines3476]

I think he's ONE of the greatest guitarists of all time. I wouldn't go as far as to say that he's THE GREATEST guitarist of all time... There are just too many guitarists, both past and present, to even come close to that determination. Jimi Hendrix is, in fact, one of the best. god himself is the only one who can point a finger and say that he or she is the undisputed best. Everything else is based on opinion. And everyone's opinion is different. That's why no one person can be considered the BEST, only ONE OF THE BEST.

[@williamwallace5857]

'god himself is the only one who can point a finger and say that he or she is the undisputed best.' What an incredibly dumb thing to say. As if a non-existent fairy godfather in the sky actually exists.

[@gringopines3476]

@@williamwallace5857 There's one in every crowd. If it makes you feel better, just consider it a figure of speech. Next time you see the name, replace it with something more familiar like YODA, QUARK, OR SPOCK. Or any of the other imaginary friends you have that exists in your happy place... simple-minded fool👽

[@gringopines3476]

@@williamwallace5857, didn't William Wallace get disemboweled??? You brainless fool👽✌

[@gringopines3476]

@@williamwallace5857 🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂

[@crimsonbuildersllcronsnyde2598]

He’s the innovator I agree it’s hard to say the best in any instrument

[@duster71]

Frank Zappa was so far ahead its a joke , Jimi couldnt even read music.Frank Zappa was the one who showed Hendrix the wah pedal.Frank Zappa is the greatest true musician ever.

[@sgbh8874]

He was ok but he was no Ginger Baker.

[@pdd60absorbed12]

agreed.

[@garyt7855]

He wasn't a drummer

[@pdd60absorbed12]

@@garyt7855 I know, figured this guy does too. Eric and Jack may have laughed but Ginger not so much.

[@garyt7855]

@@pdd60absorbed12 Ginger was a great drummer, but he could be an a€\hole too. I'm sure you have seen his documentary

[@Mike-kv5pl]

You are right, he definitely was not the drummer Baker was.

[@michaelbarton9632]

Jeff Beck was using feedback before Jimi Hendrix. The Beatles invented the backward tape before Jimi Hendrix. “Rain”, “Tomorrow never Knows” being two examples. Jimi was a brilliant guitarist and a great showman, but by no means the greatest guitarist ever.

[@alvindaughtry2168]

You would have to have seen Hendrix, and live in that era to get it. It was not just the feed back or whatever, it was the expression, the way that he was. Not to compare with other guitar players. Just the way he looked and spoke was amazing. Like Elvis. A lot of people did what he did. But Elvis is Elvis. Hendrix is different from all the others. I have seen Hendrix 2 times , front row......So I do know.

[@crimsonbuildersllcronsnyde2598]

Who is better

[@martinbedford4530]

....and what other guitarist has a chord named after him or her?

[@JohnP-nm7lp]

Not in the top thousand at this point. And that's being generous.

[@ebukalucky7871]

He was Good but not a master like buddy guy

[@crimsonbuildersllcronsnyde2598]

Buddy is just a blues man Hendrix had touched on every genre

[@kathyyoung9539]

Got new's for ya'll Jimi couldn't do half the Shit Stevie Ray did. ❤❤ My No#1 will alway's SRV. ❤❤

[@averychilco]

JH only played with a 3 piece band and no sound crew. SRV had a piano player and a whole production team and travelled with more than 20 people. JH never looked at the fretboard. SRV never took his eyes off of it. JH learned guitar at the age of 15. SRV learned at the age of 3 JH was original and none of his music sounded the same, SRV only played Rock-a-billy and all his music sounded the same. JH needed nobody to become who he was, SRV could not have been himself without JH influence. JH played rythmn and lead silmutaneously, SRV only played lead. JH died at 27 and was only famous for 3 years with over 50 Albums, SRV died at 35 and was famous for 7 years and only had 4 albums. JH had no peers he was the Professor. SRV would have to compete with players of today and yester year. JH took on the whold Hells Angels motorcycle gang and single handedly and won. JH the hippy movement would have never been as big as it was and died when he died. Janice Joplin aledgedly was pregnant for him and offed herself shortly after he was offed by the alpha bet boys. He was super and a underground GOD, his music will take atleast a hundred years to be understood.

[@liamnaughton7996]

So much hype surrounded Hendrix, did he ever play in tune. If he was playing now, he wouldn’t even be noticed. Marcus King is much more interesting to listen to.

[@patrickshannon4516]

Sorry to say that nobody beats Justin Johnson not even Hendrix...

[@richardcaulker1017]

Hendrix was arguably the best electric guitar player so far, but he was definitely NOT the greatest guitarist. Top classical guitarists like John Williams have far greater mastery of the instrument.