The Jimi Hendrix solo nobody has ever heard (until now)

[@MusicisWin]

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[@kaplan909]

this is good content

[@cdalreverbnationartist3030]

Respect!

[@kylecurran6484]

lol its the very beginning of the video and i came down to the comments to make sure it wasnt an april fool’s joke. good thing its not!

[@YCSthekidd]

ITS not? lol

[@jasonmccombs8123]

Cl

[@Pound_Shift]

50 years later and people are still discovering his genius, Great video

[@fender89s]

He's still ahead of the timez!! R.I.P. Jimi

[@johndodson4527]

Cool

[@johndodson4527]

Robert Johnson did it

[@teagiagiteakarotu7027]

@@johndodson4527❤yes the first

[@scottcalberry4180]

I bet Jimi would have never imagined that someone would ever do something like this... well done Tyler, Jimi would have been proud

[@PirahnaheadDetroit]

Lee Enfield jimi knew. It’s a mere difference between the power of love and the love of power. Simple, but not so much. If we knew everything what would we share? If we felt and never analyzed, would any soul exist? Jimi would want to hear this guitarist, absolutely free, to dig him. ¿Gid

[@CorbCorbin]

It’s easy to do even on the simplest GarageBand app on an iPhone. It’s really fun. I’ve used the reverse feature to learn the Are you Experienced and 1983 suite stuff.

[@anymajordude1100]

and back then nobody would've imagined that Jimi would've done something like that.

[@JonSmith-fc2mm]

Just think - Jimi did it with 60's technology. An astonishing artist.

[@PirahnaheadDetroit]

Jon Smith yeah, that and acid. The 60s technology was acid and the mind. The things you hear when you listen to what sound itself can hear.

[@katsujinkin60]

I saw Jimi live 3 times (Hunter College, Lincoln Center, And Singer Bowl), and I met him at a club (The Village Gate). I just turned 68 yesterday and it was 1968 when we met. I've always loved that solo, and it is such a gas to hear what he was actually playing, and how he did it. Thank you so much!

[@joeguy6351]

Hey man, cool story. Did you really meet him? Also you can find videos of the whole song backwards. Check it out!

[@curtiseverett1671]

@C W That's fucking so cool.... thanks for sharing!

[@kevinjoseph517]

@C W jam where

[@keithschneidly3922]

I am 8 yrs. younger. This was the first 'stereo' recording I ever heard. This and the Who, Who' s Next.

[@kenhoward3512]

@C W When I saw Hendrix in '69, in Detroit, he ended the show after only ~45 minutes, saying, "I'm tearing my speakers up." He just wasn't into it, that night. But he apparently felt badly about the short show, so he came back 3 months later, playing for only 3 thousand fans instead of 10k, but was said to have put on a great show.

[@myko1-sun]

Only the "experienced" guitarist has fun back engineering Jimi. Being somewhat insane makes it even more joyful.

[@TheeRocker]

Reverse engineering, (pun intended ;))

[@pjamesvee2869]

Hendrix heard the backwards guitar sound on "Tomorrow never knows" by Beatles in '66 and then started doing it himself. Lennon discovered the backwards guitar idea in early '66 when they were in the studio recording "Rain". He took a reel of the days recording home and unintentionally put the tape on the reel-to-reel player the wrong way while he was high and was blown away by the backwards sound.

[@Geekybros111]

Source?

[@CorbCorbin]

The first song he did it on was Are You Experienced, which definitely was influenced by. He and Kramer figured out how to do many of the effects on the fly, but Hendrix was jamming Tommorow Never Knows in clubs before he even had a single release. Nearly very bootleg searcher has come across the one with it and Jim Morrison being a drunken fool over the jams.

[@CorbCorbin]

Luka Krkljes Do some googling if you don’t believe it. Eddie Kramer has told these stories for nearly 50 years now.

[@RobertNolan]

I feel like just about every cool thing The Beatles did was the result of them accidentally messing something up and then saying yes.

[@stuartebanks3297]

No name the LSD didn’t hurt neither!😂

[@manuelcalderonmusic]

“I’m only sleeping” by the Beatles from revolver

[@sal7952]

Also tomorrow never knows

[@mahojohodge5395]

I saw this just before I was going to comment Tomorrow Never Knows haha.

[@cmkilcullen8176]

man there are so many Hendrix backwards solos. What was really interesting is when he would play the reversed incarnations of the solos live. For example the solo from are you experienced? Well .... are you? Gott love Jimi...

[@eglelt219]

While watching this I was like "Man, this makes me wanna listen to 'I'm Only Sleeping' ".

[@le0mendez]

Apenas iba a decir esa!, fue primero que la de Jimi que no?

[@bill8234]

I was fortunate enough to see Jimi play several times and even briefly met him. That said, it’s one thing to play the same notes, but you not only nail the technical side, you have captured the feel, the passion and even some of the magic that made Jimi so incredibly unique. You’re a hell of a player, thank you for sharing ..

[@EdwardFagan07]

Your effort here at figuring out and playing the forward version of this Hendrix reversed solo is praise worthy and would have impressed Jimi if he was alive and witnessed it. Please continue to extend and share with us, the boundaries of understanding and appreciation of Jimi's music.

[@DannyVDub]

Jimi's timing was and still is beyond what most guitarists are willing to work for. Obviously, he was well-versed in the blues idiom. His rhythm really seems to get a lot of inspiration from T-Bone Walker. Like Walker, Jimi can take a lick that careens from even 16th notes to sextuplets without sounding boxed in or contrived. A lot of the vocabulary is being able to mix even and odd subdivisions with purpose. There are also quintuplets and clever anticipations. It's not enough to just say, "syncopation." Guitarist, work on your rhythm! Jimi is the standard. Play across the bar line, feel different subdivisions, practice cross-rhythms, etc.

[@TrillBill]

💯

[@troy1516]

any tips to get started on working with rhythm because tbh honest I dont get all the jargon and need to find a good place to start

[@DannyVDub]

@@troy1516 Let's keep jargon to a minimum, then. You want to feel the time as much as you hear it. The first exercise that really gets you to feel time is working with the metronome on beats 2 and 4. I know that a lot of musicians hate the clicky metronome, but if you use it right, that little clicky box will transform your rhythm faster than any other exercise. If you can can't 1, 2, 3, 4, you can do this exercise. Put the metronome at 60bpm. When the click plays, you should be saying "2" and "4." Get used to that. It may feel weird or you may be tempted to count "1" and "3." If you lose the count, just stop and count it as "2" and "4." The empty spaces between the clicks are "1" and "2." Feel those empty spaces. Imagine there is a click or a beat there. Your head may even want to fill it in for you. Next, you want to fill the spaces between "3" and "4" with the other numbers. This will feel weird and you'll get tripped up. It's ok, you'll get the hang of it eventually. You will be saying "1, 2, 3, 4" with "2" and "4" on the clicks and "1" and "2" on the silent gaps. When you can do this, grab the guitar and start playing along to the click this way. The silent gaps are the "downbeats" and the clicks are the "backbeats." You can think of the clicks on the backbeat like the snare drum in a basic rock beat. The challenge is you have to fill in the down beat with nothing other than your ear to guide you. You'll want to keep whatever you play simple just to hear the back beat correctly. It may take some time, but what should happen is when you're "grooving" the metronome will sound like it's also grooving. It won't sound stiff or boring but actually sound like it's playing with you. Do a youtube search for "metronome on beats 2 and 4." You should find some videos demonstrating the exercise. Also search for "playing behind the beat" and "playing ahead of the beat" and "playing on top of the beat" Lastly, you should search "syncopation for bass players." I find that bass players teach syncopation better than guitarists, but you can still use the same information. This is a lifelong journey. It takes time and patience. Make it part of your practice, even if it's just 30min a day, a few times a week. You will see results. And you'll enjoy playing more.

[@kiwiingenuity6666]

@@DannyVDub as a drummer I'll explain and even easier way to track time in standard 4 4 time. We just go 1 2 3 4 for quarter notes, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 for 8th notes 1 e and ah 2 e and ah for 16ths and normally just verbalize triplets like 1 trip let 2 trip let or trip I let, trip I let

[@mychromebook9935]

4:30 If you pick any of Jimi Hendrix's live shows, you'll find endless guitar licks still unknown today. It's like he left the Jedi Holocron of guitar lesson inside those live shows. Most guitar players are still not even picking up where Jimi left off 50 years ago.

[@mikeanderson7962]

YES!!!! One example is Jimi and the Band of Gypsys LIVE at the Filmore East = STONE FREE solo. I've offered $1,000.00 to any guitarist who can sing and play it LIVE all the way thru in one take like Jimi did and ALL guitarists run and hide from the challenge! I'd LOVE to write a $1,000.00 check, but I don't think anyone will ever have the guts to even TRY to play it in front of a camera.

[@SweggieTheAnimator]

@@mikeanderson7962 Are you serious about that offer??

[@mattl2457]

@@mikeanderson7962 I'll try

[@Rapture-Farms]

@@mikeanderson7962 OK challenge accepted...I'll be back in 10 years .I'll hold you to this .... Then I go watch it... ."I've gotten in way over my head"

[@Rapture-Farms]

@@mikeanderson7962 that was absolutely amazing. Jimi is something else

[@jtownd]

I signed up and can't say I regret it at all . I started the guided version because I never had lessons and it's informative . I've been playing a few years and the last week feels like I've made major improvements just in technique alone. Keep it coming man . Definitely staying subscribed!

[@greglandry1902]

Sounds great! I may give it a try!

[@zaguitar7124]

Might have to check it out as well! :)

[@PirahnaheadDetroit]

There will never be the “next” Jimi Hendrix. Jimi would want to hear the first anyone else.

[@erichamans6233]

Guitar tricks: “Wait! Don’t skip this video!” Everyone: *immediately skips video*

[@stellajayne]

Lol!

[@Max-ch8fx]

i actually enrolled in their beginner course and its been great!

[@lukeabrahamsen-collins808]

I watched it once like a year ago to be nice but ya, that’s exactly what I do

[@justinTime077]

*buys KZbin premium*

[@stick-itproductions.3307]

The easiest way to ensure the audience skips your add. Their Jedi mind tricks won't work on us stronger minded folks.

[@hatchlingone]

I loved it. Hendrix changed my whole life. He’s always going to be my favorite forever.

[@endlessmotion2255]

Used to do this with all Jimi's reversed stuff about 15 years ago with Audacity when I was in college. I think what makes Jimi's reversed stuff so good was because , aside from his playing ability of course, was he seemed to have the ability to imagine the solo he had in mind when listened to "forwards" and be able to play that vision backwards as such whilst recording it. Whereas it seems most of us mere mortals just record some noodling solo and then reverse it. Sometimes they still sound cool but Jimi was operating on a much deeper level in the studio with his music it seemed.

[@joycesanders4898]

Audacity-....never heard of them.

[@endlessmotion2255]

@@joycesanders4898 Audacity the recording/editing software. It's basic as hell for the most part but it's always been free for the better part of 20 years now. Easy to import audio files and chop them up, reverse them, apply some effects.

[@TheLemonKiller]

When I was in college I took an Intro to Rock history that covered everything from the very beginnings to the late 90's. When we got to Jimi it was said he visualized and understood things the same as Beethoven. Being able to take any riff or melody he wrote and play it anywhere on the fretboard either forwards, backwards, or however he felt. Doesn't matter if he just wrote it.

[@RockSensation119]

That was hands down the coolest thing I’ve ever seen on KZbin. Castles made of sand is my favourite song ever, and this entire video made me very happy. Nice work man!

[@janetopping4854]

I had to give up the flute a few years ago ,pnd now I wish I had a guitar. It looks fairly simple huh ?

[@janetopping4854]

We

[@zamthoth4700]

Tube amps seemed to channel the Aether. Perfect for Jimi

[@jakobeboah1]

A really good reverse delay solo is from The Beatles song I’m Only Sleeping. One of my favorites from them. Looking forward to watching this

[@fondfarewell2]

exactly my first thought

[@dael9163]

Beatles actually had some mad solos like the one on taxman and good morning good morning

[@nolanpascu5426]

Da El the end has a great solo

[@brianwalendy3735]

"looking forward" to hearing backward?

[@pjamesvee2869]

@@dael9163 Paul plays the lead on Taxman. he said he threw a little Indian notation in there for George.

[@ck9383]

Eric Johnson played the reverse solo from “are you experienced?” Live ... he nailed it ... with all the weird phrasing and volume knob swells it looks incredibly difficult to perform.

[@joemartucci4786]

I believe line 6 & others have a pedal that will play solos backwards or at least make it sound that way.

[@globalron]

As an avid Hendrix fanatic since 1968 (4th grade) and being obsessed with, and listening intently to the tiniest details of his guitar expressions, both live and studio...I'm blown away with your (this) video. Castles is one of my favorite songs of all time. His deep cuts are the best. I've always been aware of the leads in reverse and have thought about doing this many times but now you've saved me the trouble! BTW...I turned out to be a drummer...hahaha! Mitch Mitchell was my idol after Jimi. I was just as obsessed with Mitch's unorthodox drum licks and have spent the last 53 years trying to master them as best I could. Many who are only familiar with Haze, Fire, Watchtower, etc... will not understand any of this. I saw Jimi at Will Rogers in Ft. Worth in 1970. Mitchell was still with him but the bass player was Billy Cox. It was during the transition to Band of Gypsies. I was in the 6th grade. After the concert I was standing with my friend on the side of the coliseum with my hands on the blue 1970 Cutlass S Coupe...while he was in it with Mitchell, Cox and the driver. I have subscribed and hope to see more fabulous, interesting videos. Cheers - Ron

[@fiachra4266]

Great story. That's what happened to me too. 16 years old and was blown away by Jimi's sound so picked up the guitar and got precisely nowhere. Went to work with some guys, one of whom, a drummer, knew Mitch while he wa with Georgie Fame and set up a few old paint tins and boxes, showed me how to hold the paintbrush handles as sticks and suggested I take up drums. I did and spent every moment trying to work out what Mitch was doing, much to friends and family's displeasure at times. I put that style into our teen band a punk/funk/ thrash style, nothing fancy, but the other drummers could never work out what I was doing, and made for something completely unique. I'd love to have heard him get into more varied times, but I guess that progression was denied us by Jimi's passing. I've got to say, I really do like Billy Cox on bass..

[@mrdfk9410]

So cool man, I was a HUGE Hendrix fan as a kid, while everyone was listening to Nu Metal or Rap Metal I was stuck in the 60s with Jimi. I never imagined someone would do this, what a great video!

[@jaredtbo2075]

Literally the equivalent of kids that say "I was born in the wrong generation" lol

[@mrdfk9410]

@@jaredtbo2075 Mate, you don't know the half of it, I mean, I've played guitar a long time (since 1999!) but I've only just discovered Heavy Metal (You know who) this time last year! I am always so late with everything 😂

[@jaredtbo2075]

@@mrdfk9410 I was just kidding anyways. Pulling your leg but my point still stands lol. Have a good day

[@AbrCae]

@@mrdfk9410 Who?

[@jeffbezos7368]

Mr DFK someone already did this on KZbin

[@baldeagle4225]

Doesn’t Give It Away have a reverse guitar solo?

[@tehuselessguig3138]

@@jager9022 isnt that what Hendrix did too?

[@mrdfk9410]

@@tehuselessguig3138 Nope they didn't exist back then. They just reversed the tapes literally. Fuck knows how they got the percussion in too, splicing them in would have been so tedious I imagine. It's amazing, the music made before the digital era was so delicate, one mistake or misplaced tape reel and you'd have to start all over again. Music tech' has come a damn long way since then.

[@GiGi-kl1tn]

Indeed give it away does

[@tehuselessguig3138]

@@mrdfk9410 yeah, i was saying he reverses the whole thing too

[@egoandy1188]

Yes first song I thought of

[@marcaurelius2574]

The cool thing would be to record a solo, hear it in reverse, play what you hear and record it, then reverse this last solo : now you have your initial solo not in reverse, but with the sound of a reverse guitar !

[@ahyaok100]

Thats actually how people do it including Hendrix. Try it. It's awesome!

[@burtreynolds2969]

Beatles did this.

[@austinsilva7025]

Had to read this one twice

[@fedibens6392]

Bradley Hall do this all the time

[@salsanchez7086]

Marc Aurelius a KZbinr called thedooo has done that for his solo “ascend”

[@DonnieHardenJr]

New subscriber here and man...I am blown away. I just have to say this is one of the coolest videos I've seen in a long time. I too believe Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitarist of all time. And Axis: Bold As Love has always been my favorite of the 3 Hendrix studio albums. Castles Made of Sand was always a cool song. Not only because of the tricks and backwards guitar stuff, but because it's (I'd say) his most autobiographical song and you really got a poetic sense of who he was. He was so ahead of his time for the ideas he had. The comb and cellophane on Crosstown Traffic, the Black Panther growl at the end of House Burning Down, the guitar recorded at 7.5 IPS and then played with a normal speed guitar for the intro of Burning of the Midnight Lamp thus giving that mandolin effect...he was ahead of his time. But I'd be remiss if I didn't say the solo I thought you were going to do was the Are You Experienced? one. It's backwards as well, and seems to be longer than the one on Castles. Either way, this was super cool and brilliant. Great content.

[@jherbranson]

Great work, man. That was a treat getting to hear him play something I've never heard before, and your reconstruction sounded really cool. Props.

[@wccrispy]

I imagine Jimi watching this happily like a music nerd and he would say something along the lines of, "I was just in the studio riffing man. Let's jam."

[@PirahnaheadDetroit]

Wayland C right!

[@azuzupazuzu]

Solo in "Are You Experirnced?" - Jimi Hendrix

[@Bigtank9401]

Exactly, I'd rather go through that TBH

[@MB-kt8lh]

I’m pretty sure that solo was completely in reverse it would’ve been more interesting for me

[@mrE1314]

@@MB-kt8lh I covered that solo a few months ago, its in reverse as well. You can use the same technique he showed in this video to learn it

[@Psychedelian]

I've heard the live versions and Jimi does an amazing job of playing the reverse solo live...legendary...

[@connorlarkinbass]

"I'm Only Sleeping" by The Beatles has reverse delay in it! It's one of my favorite solos ever!

[@numerousattention103]

The Beatles actually didn't use reverse delay on I'm Only Sleeping, Paul reversed the tape.

[@davidisntfunny9356]

Jev!AnimateProductionsInc2K5 GDMT i am pretty sure there is one on tomorrow never knows though

[@numerousattention103]

@@davidisntfunny9356 Including the guitar feedback at the end.

[@mykhedelic6471]

None of these are "reverse delay," that's a whole other thing, I think Tyler is just tripping over his words/thoughts.

[@robnco1]

Kiaora....I love your perspective of Jimis' playing and your own amazing skills could you be the ' Astroman' that Jimi prophecises is going to blow away the rest of our mind.... kiaora....

[@theobvious5221]

I think there are many reasons that moment is so cool to you. You are using, not only a lot of skill and talent to figure out a legend's music, but you are experiencing the emotional affect of what it is like to connect to your favorite artist. Someone who has helped inspire you to be who, and where you are now with your music. Your life, even. That one moment in this video was incredibly inspiring for me. To see someone be so moved by the music after so many years of playing, makes me want to play until my fingers bleed. It is reminiscent of the first time I had ever improvised, and accidentally played a lick that made me want to play guitar in the first place. It's a wonderful experience. Thank you for sharing such awesome and unique videos like this!

[@ayoutubeaccount864]

Not a reverse delay solo but reverse " solo" Blackened

[@samzbieszkowski642]

It's not a solo but yes it is reversed

[@ziggylayneable]

DUDE!.... I played"Blackened"in reverse using a cassette tape on a tascam Porta 04, 20 years ago(give or take).I figured out how to play all the rhythm guitars and all the harmony guitars if you play the intro backwards,you can hear how it was played forward. Then I proceeded to do the entire intro by myself,Layer all the rhythms and harmonies, and then reverse my recording and see if it sounded exactly like the intro. IT DID!!!... I still have it lying around on cassette some where and I'm very proud of that tape because when I play it for my friends it sounds exactly like the intro to "Blackened" fading in and everything..... it's great. It was a lot of fun figuring out how to do it. And the recording I made was exactly like theirs when I played my version in reverse.

[@ayoutubeaccount864]

I’ve tried. But not having perfect pitch and being lazy makes it difficult. I’ve got the first bit down

[@ziggylayneable]

@@ayoutubeaccount864 if you have the equipment to play the intro to Blackened backwards, it sounds exactly like a forwards normal track. It's just one rhythm guitar & about five or six other guitars harmonizing together over top of it. Then you reverse what you just learned from the tape, and remaster it and put it onto a different cassette or CD. If you learn how to play the reverse part forwards(which is actually pretty freaking easy after listening to what it sounds like) you could make your own copy and do it yourself it's not that hard.I would say the first thing you should do is put black and then and play that intro backwards and then you'll realize how easy it is to play. The guitar playing is very sophomoric on that piece when played forwards..✌️💀✌️

[@darinlemieux8843]

I tried this back in High School with the Are You Experienced solo, once I found out that Cool Edit Pro (yes, I'm that old :P) could reverse sound clips. Jimi is the reason I picked up the guitar in the first place, and it was so cool seeing you go through this process, and experiencing the same awestruck joy that 19 year old me once did.

[@startshutdown5618]

Cool edit pro.. awwa the memories! Now its been transformed into Adobe Audition i believe...

[@YrougeCowell]

Are you experienced solo greatest rock solo of all time.

[@TheGoodGoat420]

HEY THIS ISNT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE!

[@davidgarrett4980]

Oh crap I forgot

[@ryanthegreat805]

Lol

[@piotrm4507]

But there's an april fools joke part - he's acting like it's breakthrough to him but reversing was actually one of the things I did when I heard this song for the first time. I bet he did it as well...long long time ago;)

[@theelectricuniverse5621]

That's one of the coolest things I've seen...or rather heard. One of my fave Hendrix tracks.

[@ansmfella]

Cried also when I heard your breakthrough.. almost as if Jimi himself came down and shone on us from the grave in appreciation for the effort you put into "getting it"!!! So damn cool brother! Reminds me of my favourite Hendrix lyric... "I'm a million miles away... And at the same time I'm right here in your picture frame (Yeah! What did I say now?)" I swear I feel him often come down and touch us spiritually, felt so viscerally through his music... THATs the very same feeling I got from your video, the moment you tapped in hearing the result backwards. Brilliantly done man! I feel the only reason yours may not have sounded perfect over your track is due to quantization,,, his tales were perfect with natural melodic and rhythmic imperfections. His rhythm and melodic timing - forward or backward - had a dynamic that breaths life into music, often suffocated by the "grid" since digital. Paul Davis has a great video showcasing this very fundamental of Jimi's (as well as other artists) playing. Anyways, thank you for your time and effort exploring and explaining this piece of musical history. Timeless and of inestimable value and inspiration

[@allanwhittick2930]

Tyler learns to speak the words of God. Hendrix (in heaven): This kid sounds cool. Tyler (on earth): I'm crying. Me: This is beyond cool.

[@DeepThoughtsMusic]

Well Played, Sir !!

[@USBlues]

@MorbidManMusic ...anymore

[@homoerectus744]

@MorbidManMusic a whole spiritual cultural industry based off of......?

[@jasongravely7217]

Jimi (In heaven) made me lol

[@h34dyl4m4rr]

Jimi Hendrix's solo on Have You Ever Been Experienced" is pretty awesome.

[@tonepoet]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWizpouoipt7aLs Eric Johnson did it.

[@love4thetruth]

Is just a blues jam reversed with words put to it.

[@jesusflores2121]

That is exactly how Engineer Eddie Kramer, and manager Chas Chandler said he did it. He simply recorded it in one take told them to flip the tape over, and Whala! They said Jimi had this incredible and amazing ability to know how things would sound of they were reversed.

[@robnco1]

And let's not forget the lyrics, and so castles made of sand melts into the sea, is heart wrenching and somehow depicts our loss when Jimi takes his leave from our own gig.But thanks to you and others like you the music lives on,the moon turns the tides..Kiaora...

[@roymoderatto]

Dudes! Old timer here (10 years of using 2 inch tape before starting with digital), we did this kind of thing all the time. In this specific case, as with most reverse solos, Jimi would have recorded a "normal" solo. Then, they flipped the tape and he played along that one, maybe on solo (this was multitrack) and flipped the tape again. If they liked the result, that would have been it. Or they would have repeated the process until satisfied. The original straight solo would then have been erased as the track would have been needed for vocals or any other overdub. There probably is a detailed recount of this session around.

[@MarvelTile]

I'm not gonna lie. I came here snarking and waiting for the april joke. You did fool me. Awesome video and deconstruction of that legendary sound Tyler. That reverse vidéo footage on a tastefull take of the song and solo gave me the chills.

[@LG-ic8ml]

Castles made of sand is a legendary solo. Really enjoyed your interpretation!

[@Pop_and_Chips]

If you listen to interviews with Eddie Kramer, he talks about how Jimi had the uncanny ability to "think backwards".

[@bobjones9600]

He knew time and 3 dimensions. Re-string that guitar? Play right handed. Practise running the sounds backwards. Develop knowledge. Attack curves. Fall-offs. Initial harmonics. Sustaining harmonics. He was very educated in his craft and talent. Or he developed his talent to the highest element of his craft. Be here now. Practise, practise practise.

[@GeeMorno]

Thats the gift/burden of being left handed. Constantly trying to learn something, explained by a right hander, then having to flip it for your left handedness. Working with tools, in kitchens, bathrooms, everything. everything is fucking backwards & needs to be flipped. a life of that is sure gonna strengthen the muscle memory.

[@zamthoth4700]

He did the reverse genius think without studying Aleister Crowley as Jimmy page did or Billy Shears(Faul McCartney) or John Lennon

[@banjopink4409]

Ask any of his ex-girlfriends and they'll all tell you he came into his own on the retraction stroke.

[@robertgray9624]

When I play this song on acoustic at parties my friends love it. This is probably the greatest thing I've seen on youtube. Just brilliant mate. Shows how deep Jim's thinking was back then with his limited access to any sort of technology we have today.

[@culturedpersonality]

This has given me shivers down the neck. It's like being transported to the canvas in which Jimi, the Experience and Eddie Kramer were painting their soundscapes. And watching you sketch one of their paintings. Fabulous!!

[@mahojohodge5395]

My favourite reverse delay guitar solo is from Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles. Yes I am a Beatlecuck, my favourite everything is something from The Beatles but that's because the best of everything was done by The Beatles goddamnit!

[@LucasParedes]

As a Jimi Hendrix fan, i loved the video, well, I can't "send" you hugs so I will send elbow touch

[@iwantacookie8772]

slap elbows!

[@NeilCrouse99]

You know dudes, you've ignited a spark in me that hasn't felt heat in a long time. Disability and the Depression that comes with it took a lot from me, but I think I'm going to pick up an old guitar somewhere and get back into it again. Especially with the time I have now. Be safe everyone,... : )

[@botefuhr1]

I am a total Hendrix junkie using jcm 800 three stratocasters one being a Hendrix model. Hendrix is why I picked up the instrument years and years ago (40+).There are lots of awesome players on KZbin but that's about the coolest thing I've ever seen anybody pull off on their KZbin channel. Well done Sir

[@Hessian247]

Dude this is epic. No other way of saying it. New sub my guy!!!

[@jamieb7138]

Anyone else a little disappointed he didn't play his solo along with the actual solo to see how it would sound

[@jamminwithjambo7729]

NO.

[@takayukihokase1515]

B B why will we be dissapointed? its just you man

[@jamesonjones6952]

Yes

[@jamieb7138]

@@takayukihokase1515 cause then we would have been able to see how close his timing was for certain parts and it would have been easy to distinguish slight differences between both Solo's. And apparently Jameson agrees and a few others who liked the comment

[@elwolf8536]

Yep

[@thoughtballoons]

"Are You Experienced" is one of my fave reverse delay solos. Another is by a band called Audio Adrenaline...the song "Lighthouse"....the solo starts from reverse and ends forward.

[@elwolf8536]

I've had a tutorial DVD for years by Andy Alerdort and he shows you this solo played forwards it's exactly the same he also shows haw to chuck in a few accents and reverse bends to give you a reverse vibe if you like it's quite cool

[@jamesromanoski7292]

Breaking down my favorite Hendrix song. What a blast indeed! Thanks for the ride.

[@Jorge-hj2tp]

Incredible brother! You are bad ass and watching you play Jimi makes me appreciate his music even more.

[@dictatorrich3412]

The track "Are you Experienced"? from Hendrix's "Are you Experienced?" also has an awesome reverse solo. Also, Tomorrow Never Knows from The Beatles has some cool reverse licks, but I guess it's not long enough to be considered a solo :p

[@tonepoet]

Eric Johnson. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWizpouoipt7aLs

[@rubenmatell9817]

to me it seems like hendrix played this solo with the intention of it being reversed, which is why it sounds weird when tyler plays it forward. the dude was an absolute genius

[@discomfort5760]

Jimi Hendrix plays from the soul. That's what makes him so unique. And yes, cannabis and the plenty of LSD taught him that. To go with it, to channel what's inside to the out. That's why there's no rule to how he time things, because there's no rule, it's a stream of consciousness.

[@thruend2496]

Smh.....

[@kjell159]

Purple Haze, a Thai mixed sativa dominant strain with higher anthocyan concentration, creating some lovely 60's purple buds. Named after an apparent batch of lysergic acid diethylamide. Mary Jane and Lucy are sisters as far as I know. Cannabis actually affects 5-HT2a receptor activity. And as anybody who has had a South African sativa rich in THCv or a great edible knows: Mary Jane sure is psychedelic as well! I've had more intense tracers on weed alone then on 1.5 tab of pink sunshine.

[@suprchickn7745]

He wasn't on drugs as a child when he started playing. Jimi had a gift and saying most of it was drugs is rather offensive. The man slept with his guitar, he loved that thing!

[@dtrude000]

Tyler , incredible playing, the bends , vibrato ,the timing spot on . Love your playing and your attitude.

[@garrycomloquoy7141]

Since listening to jimi from the very beginning of his musical career at the beginning of the 70s I’m well impressed with your skills and your enthusiasm. He really was a truly close to god like “experience” to me and always will be. Thank you for sharing this with us. It gives us a little more closeness to him in a unique way. Thanks dude✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@richardrejmer8721]

5:30. . I'm quite sure that in the 43 years since this track was released, more than 1 person has just played the tape backwards to hear this Hendrix solo as it was originally played. Especially in the 60's and 70's when reel-to-reel tape machines were everywhere, especially in hi-fi systems. So, yeah. . probably not the first person to hear it this way. . .

[@ASSman864]

Yep "greg" did this same exact thing last year without 12 minutes of un needed talking kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnuUfHRtn7mnbas

[@dirtysanchez6193]

Greg is a pro

[@jarecl]

There are videos of this song backwards on KZbin that are over 5 years old. I personally learned this backwards solo over a year ago, and I'm sure people were reversing the solo within the year that the song came out.

[@MrDododo22]

43 years? Your math is terribly off. I recommend working backwards for the correct answer

[@gregflip5938]

look up Greg’s cover of this solo, he’s the god of Hendrix song covers

[@ASSman864]

Yep greg did this shit last year, and people were listening to jimi shit in reverse for years before this aswell

[@dirtysanchez6193]

Greg did it way better

[@deaf_brain]

Hell yea tyler should give greg some credit

[@noahhite1699]

“I’m only sleeping” by the Beatles!

[@petertrout8140]

Just found this, and share your fascination! Didn’t want you to stop, you were getting it, well done!!!! Could listen to you doing this for hours...thx!

[@maddogmccoy3203]

Back in 1969 I was a bass player in a 3 man Hendrix / Cream cover band....we spent hours trying to reverse a record player to learn this stuff.....we weren't fortunate enough to have a reel to reel machine...Great video!

[@JonSmith-fc2mm]

Jimi Hendrix - "Drifting" from Cry of Love - several reverse sections.

[@jimiray1969.]

Yes! We cant forget Drifting...

[@sumtin05698]

I bet Paul Reed Smith will love this since he’s a big Hendrix fan and I’m sure Hendrix is looking down saying finally somebody’s figured it out

[@salatieljyrustumanan4929]

I bet my ass Jimi wanted someone to do this for fun's sake!

[@jeffbezos7368]

Brendan Hawkins this dude Greg on KZbin did this awhile ago

[@ASSman864]

@@jeffbezos7368 thank you. People have reversed it since the 80s atleast and greg played it foward on guitar last year kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnuUfHRtn7mnbas

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Another reverse delay guitar solo: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? by R.E.M. Your "really important phrase to keep tight" is identical to the end of the solo in SRV's tune Couldn't Stand the Weather. Seems like Stevie played Hendrix backwards on his record player and learned it too.

[@nunocolon]

I saw this video back close to when u first made it and was great. But seeing your eyes light up when u first hear the initial sounds … magic .. so cool how magical music is

[@DavidBreckheimer]

Yup, one of my favorite videos you've done. Totally fun piece of work!

[@isaacjensen7222]

Sounds like wrathchild by Iron Maiden when you’re using the f#

[@PJPlaysGuitar813]

I've read that Jimi knew exactly how the solo would sound backwards and everything was entirely intentional.

[@banjopink4409]

Yeah. He had a big hog too.

[@beezyonbass3906]

Biographies about Hendrix have really embellished reality to the point of absurdity. Like. Yeah. That’s a good sound bite, but as the guy points out in this video, the solo doesn’t really follow the rhythm at all and is sort of aimless. If he could really think backwards it would be rhythmically solid and would correspond with the downbeats, etc. Not trying to take anything away from Jimi. But folks like Eddie Kramer (who that quote comes from) have made a career out of “HENDRIX WAS A LITERAL GOD” stories.

[@banjopink4409]

@@beezyonbass3906 OK, but he definitely had a big hog, right?

[@beezyonbass3906]

@@banjopink4409 oh. Yeah that’s factual. You can google a pic of the plaster cast made of it.

[@antimaterialismism]

This is like trying to explain the Tenet plot

[@vaughanhemara3648]

That was great man... first time ive ever heard anyone decypher that tune...his style lives again!

[@GTX1123]

Many years ago I played with a drummer who had a once in a lifetime experience of jamming with Jimi. Sometime around 69-70 he was just 18 yrs old and touring with a band. At one point they ended up in Nashville for a week or so. Late one night they decided to go hang out in the studio, jam, party etc. Long about 1am or so in walks Hendrix with his entourage. They jammed until like 4 or 5 am.

[@t6c756]

"Are you experienced," Jimi Hendrix

[@CortexZero]

Years ago I listened to that solo reversed, and I was just mesmerized by it.

[@rayve9128]

Not a super famous one but “Eyes without a face” by billy idol

[@JohyeahM]

Bravo. That's easily on of my favourite Hendrix tunes. And I think you did an admiral job.

[@diggrouze]

I just was reborn today.. this is awesome.. thank you.. been a Jimi fan since he hit the scene.. (yes I am that old)

[@ericdenton3005]

Ok. Watch Eric Johnson live from Austin City limits play are you experienced. He can play the backwards solo live. But we can't all play like Eric Johnson. He did it a long time ago....

[@MegaTubescreamer]

yep ,its an inspired rendition ,i was blown away with it too eric, then ,,its all you would expect from eric johnson ,

[@AndyDion]

So cool, never heard what Jimi was actually playing on Castles made of sand. You should do give it away now Solo by RHCP that’s reversed too

[@Alfa75V6]

@ Andy Dion , no he really shouldn’t, they are 💩.

[@ethanmolesmusic]

Alfa75V6 Yeah ig that’s why they’re in the rock and roll hall of fame

[@Alfa75V6]

@@ethanmolesmusic ???

[@_.zakollie._7302]

You know your a PRS fanboy when you have a strat/prs guitar 😳

[@CorBor69]

It’s the John Mayer signature model

[@_.zakollie._7302]

Cory ahh i thought it was a custom PRS or something

[@ryanelison4539]

fjf sjdnx my squier does a pretty good job.

[@CorBor69]

fjf sjdnx not gunna say you’re wrong, but I own a silver sky and I’ve been able to get some pretty good Hendrix tones out of it

[@rainerwinkler1026]

@@ryanelison4539 he has a 70s strat but uses prs cause hes endorsed... Kinda lifeless to me but if it sounds good...

[@shelbyewing2612]

This is so sick. You rock for doing this. Best KZbin I’ve seen in awhile. Subscribed.

[@kenhoward3512]

Wow - what a project (and I just noticed this is from 4 years ago). And you pulled it off! As a fan of this song from the time "Axis: Bold as Love" was first released, I am thoroughly impressed to have now heard the solo as Jimi played it. You have accomplished what no one else has even dared to attempt.

[@justinTime077]

*Do you hear that?* “Hail Satan sweet little Saytun! Little cryin’ atop the clouds sweet SAYTUN!” *???*

[@jeanlucdecoster]

Where???

[@salatieljyrustumanan4929]

@@jeanlucdecoster its a reference to stairway to heaven played backwards

[@jeffbezos7368]

Someone already did this his KZbin channel is just “Greg”

[@kontanus]

Jeff Bezos Grey does an awesome job but isn't covering the song's solo

[@ASSman864]

@@kontanus wrong. he did this same exact thing a year ago for us, without pitch shifting or none of that fancy crap either kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnuUfHRtn7mnbas

[@ASSman864]

@@kontanus click that link and shut your damn mouth before talking about somthing you know nothing about.

[@ASSman864]

you can come back and apologize tomorrow once you watch greg doing this same shit last year

[@dirtysanchez6193]

Yep greg is a god

[@divdav08]

Hope this isn't an April Fools Joke

[@joelcbrk]

i know

[@M8NR8E]

This was an absolute joy to watch! I 100% felt the excitement you did! Nice jobbbbbb :)

[@glmoore001]

Very good! I heard this solo taken apart long ago on a tv show in the early 70's when someone played it in reverse on a reel to reel.

[@keepongroovin7567]

Wait, so you're telling me Tyler has never seen the legend that is Greg?

[@Paul80501]

@@ASSman864 you tlkng about youtube legends, real life is worth talented

[@ASSman864]

@@Paul80501 huh

[@ryersondodge1998]

Well anyone who hasn't is missing out cause Greg be the shizzz, and he can play Jimi, I've listened to him believe me, Jimi would be proud! But this is awesomeness too cause Castles really is deeper than deep! Dug it man, 😎 thx

[@QuikdethDeviantart]

You act like no one ever reversed a “reversed” solo... heck I probably used my tascam 4 track for that more than actual recording! That being said, “Another one bites the dust” backwards is the best backmasked piece ever!

[@pmorley7734]

Thank you, I'm trippin' out on people acting like they a digital Columbus

[@tonybates7870]

Me and my mate did a song once on my Fostex 4 track and when we played it back we found that the tape originally had Justin Hayward's awful Forever Autumn on it, which was coming out backwards over the end of our track. It sounded fantastic.

[@kylepeterkin9243]

"Another one bites the dust" was never backmasked. The presence of the phrase "decide to smoke Marijuana" was coincidental and unintended. Virtually every vocal song ever recorded contains recognizable phrases of language when played in reverse. This is a natural occurring phenomenon. It is almost impossible to deliberately "backmask" a song where the vocal has an intended phrase when inserted in a reverse state and is also decipherable in its original state. Backward masking is actually the practice of deliberately putting naturally occurring decipherable reverse phrases in a song and hiding them at a low volume so they are unnoticed until discovered by a listener usually through headphones. It is a misused word incorrectly applied to a phenomenon that occurs naturally in 80% of recorded speech. This is an informative correction meant to be taken in kindness.

[@jessedeanefreeman]

Same here! I was playing Jimi Hendrix albums backwards on my Tascam in the late 1980s - great fun!

[@ASSman864]

@@jessedeanefreeman yep and greg even made a video just like this but better a whole year before this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnuUfHRtn7mnbas

[@dozerblade]

That made me laugh! " I don't think he's playing with a metronome " who the hell did in the 60's, come to that who does now, I don't !

[@dozerblade]

Wish i could play that well, and the sound is bang on !

[@daanvdwielen8760]

Guitarists usually don't, but if you want to record stuff or get something just right, you should. If you practice with one, you stay in tempo better without one at that gigh you don't want to fck up. (and yes, I'm a guitarist, own a metronome and almost never use it)

[@Paul-ki8dg]

Sort of relates to use of tools and interplay of how it affects thinking and the creative process. I think differently when I use a pencil instead of a pen. Would have Van Gogh painted what he did without the technology put into a paint tube of his day?

[@danadeerwester8294]

@@daanvdwielen8760 i rely on listening to the chord changes, use certain notes to bridge them

[@brianshive362]

Wow, amazing job of uncovering more of Jimi's mastery of music and emotions. THANKS!!!

[@mikeanderson7962]

AMAZING JOB!!! Now everyone has one more reason to keep Jimi in their #1 spot!!!

[@reececaldwell722]

There’s “falling” that John frusciante did, but that’s more of an instrumental piece rather than a “solo.” Still really cool tho.

[@RasNoble]

Jimi spoke to me in a dream. He told me to tell you to stop it.

[@keithschneidly3922]

Ah c'mon man God wouldn't let him suffer over someone loving his music. It was among the best things in his life.

[@dontliebeatz]

Greg did it first. If you don’t know who Greg is...

[@jamesfrederick99]

You are going to look back on this thirty years from now and be proud.

[@marcuseviltree6304]

I think he would be stoked to see you pull that off. And as Jimmy would say. So cool man. Thanks man.