05-02-2012, 11:56 AM
(05-02-2012, 10:38 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:(05-02-2012, 07:55 AM)Ma Huang Sor Wrote:
It wasn't altered, he played it upside down.
Altered, meaning the strings were reversed.
Hair splitter
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Hendrix used right-handed guitars, turned upside down and restrung for left-hand playing. This had an important effect on his guitar sound: because of the slant of the Strat's bridge pickup, his lowest string had a bright sound while his highest string had a mellow sound, the opposite of the Stratocaster's intended design. Heavy use of the tremolo bar necessitated frequent tuning; Hendrix often asked the audience for a "minute to tune up", as heard on many live bootlegs of his performances.