Jimi inspires us to be ourselves. When you see/hear jimi as a kid you see the embodiment of what “being free” is. Thats why he is so awe inspiring. He was completely free and it was pure feeling. This is the biggest lesson We can learn from jimi.
"Remember" is a song that not many people pay attention to. Only the Jimi Masters. I appreciate the humbleness and cool content. This has become my favorite guitar related channel..
One of my all time favorite songs. I can listen to it on repeat, and have for hours. I watched a cat play it in Guitar Center years ago. He adjusted the action on my Strat back in 2005. I mentioned how much I loved Hendrix’s rhythm playing. The guy was a great player and had toured with several big acts, so I asked if he could show me anything I could go home and practice. I said do you know “ Remember “ ? He though about it for a second, said. “ yeah I think I know that one “ and then proceeded to play it flawlessly note for note with the accents and the slides and the whole 9. Bandana with long dreads playing perfect Hendrix rhythm. It was on a Marshall in the “ Loud Room “ and it was some sort of custom Plexi and the clean tone was outrageous. Bell like cleans. Anyway seeing that at 20 yrs old really made me go home and practice ever more than I already was. It was so effortless and so you see as he played he was doing it all by memory and finding the chords and figuring out the phrasing by ear. There are guys who practice and there are guys, like Eric Gales, who are pure naturals and are virtuosos within a year or two of picking up an axe. Coming up in the church and being around touring musicians and hearing them play those crazy chord voicings and improvising on Hammonds and drum kit every week makes a big difference in developing your ear. The church guys are the best musicians I’ve been lucky enough to play with.
Yeah I agree with you. Finding our own voice is the hardest lesson. However learning from our favourite players can only inform us. It makes you realise just how great and unique they are. I think the most important part is to capture the emotions if possible and make it personal by playing our interpretation from the Heart. Great video.
Hi!! I'm new to the channel and glad I found it trough this episode!!! As you and many others, I'm a Hendrix freak and SRV as well, and at some point in my life,that's all I played, and I figured,was becoming just a clone,untill I decided to change my game,specially my writing ideas changed for the better and my voice became the main thing, and yes, people who know, will definitely pick up my influences, but yet,they hear ME first! Thanks for the advice and lesson you also learned and shared here, a big brotherly hug from Puerto Rico and keep it loud!!!
Thank you. The VOLUME KNOB is the secret sauce. If you’re a bedroom player expecting to get that sound at conversation levels (with a tube amp), you’ll miss the boat.
What you said at he end Nik about finding your own voice is so true. It's hard because every time you play your always thinking about Stevie ray Vaughn jimi Hendrix all those guys because that's what inspires us to play.
Dude I gotta say man it’s a breath of fresh air to discover your channel- you truly fill a void in a very inspiring way, I play a lot of guitar and tend to watch a shit ton of gear demos and finding this has made me step back from the gear obsession and think about the music in itself and not just the gear so thank you
Great points! I totally agree. Get inspiration, learn, but find your own voice and put your heart and soul into it. I've felt this way for a long time but still working on it.
I must admit there's loads of crap talked about guitar and guitarists. But always when I'm listening to jimi Hendrix he just seems to be coming from somewhere else, somewhere just out of reach for the rest of us.
Beautiful message my friend. Literally was killing myself trying to get this very specific amp and these pickups and this and that pedal and once I have it then I’ll sound like that guy. There’s a lot of tones out there, especially today, time to find our own 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I found Stevie first (I am from Texas after all). And I LOVE Stevie. But as I started tracing back all of Stevie’s influences 26 years ago, I discovered the Hendrix Blues album and I was immediately captivated. That live (electric) version of Hear My Train Coming still gives me chills to this day. I love all of Jimi’s stuff. But something about the Blues Album and the BOG’s stuff really speaks to me the most. Great chat Nik. 🤘🏼🎸🤘🏼
True to me too: Jimi Hendrix style and sound is my very favorite o ever since I got to hear him. Before that it was Bob Marleys Guitarist Al Anderson who inspired me to be a musician/guitarist too. Jah bless you bro. One Love
Thanks for sharing Nik. Yeah, true words, we all need to discover what we have within us and then learn to outwardly express it, be it guitar, writing or even paints.
Dig it brotha. I think even if we don't realize it we all have our own sound and style to playing, and that's what makes it so cool. I love your strats by the way
That was great 👍 best talk I’ve seen here in tube land . I know this stuff but this was put forward in a very comprehensive way . And your solo was very inspiring bro glad ur here and not on the road all the time these days . Your a great player ! 🤝
Good points man. I came to that conclusion myself. I agree that most download and copy their heroes early on. I have found it is a doorway into feeling ,perhaps, what they were feeling/experiencing. At least ,for me , that's how it felt or i imagined it was. It is a language...right? and we need the basics first. Then over time and much playing, gigging etc... hopefully one's own voice just naturally comes out. I lived in Austin back in the early nineties. I noticed that having an individual voice is def. a Texas cultural trait. If you know the history of the state and the "independent" spirit of the people....it makes sense. It is celebrated. Of course, it is a human trait to follow and many did that as well. Charlie Sexton is a Texan and is a total original and an incredible player....criminally underrated. Many Texas original players. Gatemouth, Albert Collins, Jimmie Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Freddie King, David Grissom( Kentucky transplant), Bugs Henderson, Stephen Bruton RIP etc.....
I feel like SRV took as much from Albert King as he did from Hendrix. When I first heard Stevie I thought, woah his licks are amazing, but in reality it was the licks from Albert King, Freddie King, Lightning Hopkins, and Lonnie Mack he just put them together. Its like if some new guitarist started playing Hollywood Fats, Chris Cain, and some other not really well known guitarist licks but took the best of them and put it all together, and could sing. I think its still cool to play Stevies music live and share his influence, the younger generation doesn't know how much great guitar playing there is out there, and SRV is usually one of the gateways to digging deeper.
I used to call SRV blues light and people would get so mad. I did not mean to insult the man he is brilliant but like you said he is a gateway for sure. I got in to SRV after Hendrix and after BB king. SRV's influences led me to other blues guys.
Yeah I agree Nik, I think it's part of the journey, you have some personal strength to be yourself when you are being told you should cover people note for note. I have always been conscious of the points you have raised and I think most people will grow through this if they are at it long enough 😁👍
Lonny Mack, Albert King and Roy Buchanan were also huge enough influences on Stevie as well. As I understand it he also came from the place of learning it all and learning it “right” Then found a way to make it his own. That’s what made his playing so dynamic to me. He could switch on a dime in the middle of a performance of any song and channel any of his influences, in his own way. I like your content, I feel like you “get it” and look forward to hearing your take on your influences as well as your own voice.
Dude....I have to say....I was floored with the intro tone from the middle position on your strat pickup selector....I need to explore this more....killer content as always my friend 🤘
I would like to also add, while having and playing different guitars is very important I can't stress enough how much difference a different amplifier makes to the individual creative/discovery process. Many Guitarists will buy themselves new guitars looking for inspiration, and while that does indeed help I feel thee biggest change will come from playing through different types of amplifiers. If I ever had to make the choice of many guitars or many amplifiers I'd go with as many different amplifiers as possible and stick with a single guitar.
Good stuff man. I’m glad you brought up Doyle. I think he’s one of the most tasty players ever. There Is just never a so so note with him. His mental catalog is enormous and siphons the best out of that somehow.
Finding my own voice has been a hard, never ending road. But, the more I find myself, the more creative I get, and that frees me to be a better musician.
I've been playing guitar 25 yrs. Only a guitar player can really appreciate a gifted player. I personally think SRV and HENDRIX are in their own special club of guitar heroes. All the other guitar heroes are separated from those two.
As a fellow Hendrix phreak I got to give you a heads up if you don't already know about it. A guy on Instagram the other day had the rough mixes for Axis Bold as Love. Kenny Chipkin music. Most tracks were the same but Bold as Love was just awesome to hear so differently
Great post,man. One of my fave players is Ronnie Earl. He said he never learnt other players stuff..he just listened and some of that vibe would come out in his playing. Not a note-for-note thing,just a feel thing. Take care friend. ;) X
Lock down has been good for your playing. It may just be your posts, but the playing you are putting up is really improving. Your tone has always been there, but your touch is getting better and better.
Perhaps the overlooked influence on Jimi is the British cats. We know Jimi wanted to meet Eric Clapton and Eric's use of the wah-wah inspired Jimi. Jeff Beck and Pete Townshend were both utilizing feedback and auto-destruction which Jimi was incorporating. (Obviously, Jimi was mastering feedback before he went to England). Had Jimi not gone to England (unthinkable), he may have never plugged into a Marshall stack. He mixed his mastery of blues, rock and rhythm and blues with Bob Dylan, British pop and LSD. (My time machine coordinates are already set for London, 1967).
I have a copy of Stevie's no.1 that I absolutely love. The only thing that gives me fits is the left hand trem. The bar is totally in the way for me so I usually take it off. Great video!!
I have a lefty trem as well and it def is forcing me to work on my left hand muting and I have a feeling it forced SRV to utilize the rake because its tough when your working back up the strings sometimes cuz of how your wrist wants to pivot. In my experience anyway. Rock brother!
You should start dressing like Jimi, Nik! A big hat and a bunch of turquoise jewelry. But really though...From what I see in your playing on RUclips, you've kinda got your own voice. You're a fantastic playing. Would like to hear some of your music.
dude you got the biggest hands in the world! i bet that makes it a bit tougher for you to play certain things. you probably have plenty of strength though. i dug that piece you played and i’ll spend the next few hours working on it because i liked it that much. great tone too by the way. very nice
Great video! I've been searching for my voice for a long time. Its funny cause I always learn something, and then forget it and use it randomly and change it constantly and you explained basically the same thing. Edit: after watching this I just jammed for 15 mins straight totally feeling it trying to embrace all my idols in my own way. It was so fucking fun lol. I should watch this before I play every time.
I know of a Srv Strat that Rene handpicked and Setup to Stevies spec .. for sale .. played at Jones beach night after lighting rig fell on Number 1.. signed by Stevie
Finding your own voice/sound/tone is one of the hardest things to do as a guitar player. Especially if you learn by playing your guitar hero's songs when you are young. I think if you stick with it long enough you stop sounding like your heroes and you find your voice without even knowing it.
Not many people mention the left handed tremolo and how Stevie realized that Jimi used it to his advantage. It gave him more range, the knobs were out of the way. You can go straight down into the body of the guitar. Watch “ I Don’t Live Today “ Live at the Royal Albert Hall. At the start of the solo, Jimi takes both hands and depressing the bar into the pick guard to guitar that wind 🌬 blowing by. But he could of never done that with a regular tremolo unit that wasn’t upside down. My favorite dive bomber of all time is Hendrix. EVH is second. Jason Becker also had a serious dive bomb technique.
Hi Nik , hope you don't mind me bothering you again...??! Aynsley Lister is a great player ,from over here in the U.K you might wanna checkout ,in terms of finding your ''own thing''. He's an unbelievable blues-guitarist but has forged that into his own song-writing/style etc. Take care man. X
Do you think you can do a video on Stevies impression of Jimi Hendrix’s voodoo child fuzz tone? In Stevies last two years, I’ve noticed that in Voodoo child mostly, he used a fuzz face and an Octavio for the last few minutes of the song. His tones got actually pretty close to some of Jimis concerts. Stevies voodoo child tone from late 1989-1990 sounds very close to Voodoo Child at Maui.
Love it and totally agree. Kenny Werner's book "Effortless Mastery" has helped me a ton. Basically become childlike... just play, enjoy, and love everything that happens: He breaks it down into 4 steps which i understand as #1 Don't care (just enjoy) 2. Don't decide (just play) 3. Don't judge (just observe) 4. Practice the minimum (reinforcing steps 1,2,3) I'm still progressing, but for me it helped so much to know i'm NOT the only who has his best nights when no one is there and it doesn't matter, and had the "worst" nights when the crowd was there and I thought it really matters. Hope that helps someone else :) Just play, don't worry, and don't compare... Be kind to yourself and your music!
And as far as learning and playing note for note. I do it as a springboard. And I feel that it may not be completely necessary but it is a good idea to learn a song, licks, riffs properly. The fun is to then improvise and do your own thing by what your feeling in the moment. It's the same as taking guitar lessons and learning to read. You learn a few notes and they give you a song that you learn correctly note for note. Some guys out there like to look down on or criticize other guitar players that love to capture the inspiration of their heroes. They criticize you in a negative way for sounding and playing like others. If you do it at home for your own pleasure? More power to you.
More guitar players need to concentrate on creating their own style and quit trying to be someone else. Having mentors is one thing but to many guitar players try to be someone they're not. Create your own style, that's what makes you unique.
The Riff w Nik Sevigny I gotcha...I knew all that stuff. I just thought the parts where he is doing the two and three string bends in the Albert licks sounded a little more juiced with overtones and you can see him kick something on-now I know it is the Tube Screamer and not a Rocket Octavia...thanks!
There is not the slightest doubt in my mind that if Jimmi were to sit down to talk with all those who try to copy his style would say " Hey man I'm glad you dig my thing and what I do...But the reason you like me is that I did ME.... I came through with my own voice.....So now you should do that too....I was me and you liked that.....and if you be you other cats will like THAT.....Don't waste your time trying to do me ....(of coarse I'm glad you like what i did ....But really the part you liked was me being me....Now go out there and be you....and people will dig that too.....God gave you your own voice....why waste your time trying to be me when being you will be so much better.....You have ideas that are just as valuable as mine.....and they need to get heard...The people have already heard my ideas" I betcha Jimmi would speak along these lines.
Let's face it! Why do we want Fender bf amps and a strat or Marshall plexi's, etc? They fell on one of the few greatest tones for guitar period. SRV picked up a vintage strat, Ibanez ts 808, and fender amps. Hendrix was the strat, fuzz face, and Marshall plexi. That's why I have GAS and have all the same gear. And I don't see anything wrong with that. But that's pure love and admiration and personal. I love to play the old music. And your not going to pickup a Les Paul and a Vox amp and play Jimi or SRV. Now, it's another thing if you go out trying to make original music in the same style using the same gear. But man! It's the toughest thing to find a great and original sound when there are a few already and there is a limit. B.B. King, Albert King, Clapton, Hendrix, Green, Page, Allman bros, Beatles, Setzer, Ritchie Blackmore, EVH, Yngwie Malmsteen. Fender, Marshall, and Vox. I'm very greatful and thankful for the great tone! Peace
Agree in everything but philip sayce is a greate example of people who based their tone on other people like hendrix and stevie and still sounds like him self what do you thing about that?
You are right when i listen to him i know its him but i don’t know if that is called his Voice btw he is one of my favorite players i just bring him as an example to explain my question
Jimi inspires us to be ourselves. When you see/hear jimi as a kid you see the embodiment of what “being free” is. Thats why he is so awe inspiring. He was completely free and it was pure feeling. This is the biggest lesson We can learn from jimi.
"Remember" is a song that not many people pay attention to. Only the Jimi Masters. I appreciate the humbleness and cool content. This has become my favorite guitar related channel..
One of my all time favorite songs. I can listen to it on repeat, and have for hours. I watched a cat play it in Guitar Center years ago. He adjusted the action on my Strat back in 2005. I mentioned how much I loved Hendrix’s rhythm playing. The guy was a great player and had toured with several big acts, so I asked if he could show me anything I could go home and practice. I said do you know “ Remember “ ? He though about it for a second, said. “ yeah I think I know that one “ and then proceeded to play it flawlessly note for note with the accents and the slides and the whole 9. Bandana with long dreads playing perfect Hendrix rhythm. It was on a Marshall in the “ Loud Room “ and it was some sort of custom Plexi and the clean tone was outrageous. Bell like cleans. Anyway seeing that at 20 yrs old really made me go home and practice ever more than I already was. It was so effortless and so you see as he played he was doing it all by memory and finding the chords and figuring out the phrasing by ear. There are guys who practice and there are guys, like Eric Gales, who are pure naturals and are virtuosos within a year or two of picking up an axe. Coming up in the church and being around touring musicians and hearing them play those crazy chord voicings and improvising on Hammonds and drum kit every week makes a big difference in developing your ear. The church guys are the best musicians I’ve been lucky enough to play with.
Remember is the soul part that Jimi learn at the first times with Sam and Dave, Youngblood, Curtis Night etc etc 😉
“Eric Clapton is a great guitar player, Jimi though, he was something else, more like a force of nature.”
Clapton was once heard asking how the hell Jimi got some of those sounds from a guitar. That's a legendary testament.
You're 100% spot on!
Hey Scoob, Was that a Chas Chandler quote? I recall that exact quote from a Hendrix doco, can't recall who said it tho.. 👍🏼
@@michaelreis8266 I think it was Pete Townsend. Could be wrong
@@nathanbrehm1085 And you could be right, he was definitely in the doco talking about that very encounter, cheers Nathan 😁👍🏼
Yeah I agree with you. Finding our own voice is the hardest lesson. However learning from our favourite players can only inform us. It makes you realise just how great and unique they are. I think the most important part is to capture the emotions if possible and make it personal by playing our interpretation from the Heart. Great video.
Hi!! I'm new to the channel and glad I found it trough this episode!!! As you and many others, I'm a Hendrix freak and SRV as well, and at some point in my life,that's all I played, and I figured,was becoming just a clone,untill I decided to change my game,specially my writing ideas changed for the better and my voice became the main thing, and yes, people who know, will definitely pick up my influences, but yet,they hear ME first! Thanks for the advice and lesson you also learned and shared here, a big brotherly hug from Puerto Rico and keep it loud!!!
This video should be seen and liked by everyone who plays guitar. I needed this Nik... thanks!!!
Brother love this ....I subscribed....saw SRV a few times live ....he impressed me with his expression
Thank you. The VOLUME KNOB is the secret sauce. If you’re a bedroom player expecting to get that sound at conversation levels (with a tube amp), you’ll miss the boat.
What you said at he end Nik about finding your own voice is so true. It's hard because every time you play your always thinking about Stevie ray Vaughn jimi Hendrix all those guys because that's what inspires us to play.
Dude I gotta say man it’s a breath of fresh air to discover your channel- you truly fill a void in a very inspiring way, I play a lot of guitar and tend to watch a shit ton of gear demos and finding this has made me step back from the gear obsession and think about the music in itself and not just the gear so thank you
Great points! I totally agree. Get inspiration, learn, but find your own voice and put your heart and soul into it. I've felt this way for a long time but still working on it.
Thanks brother, I needed this
fantastic brother. Amen.
I must admit there's loads of crap talked about guitar and guitarists. But always when I'm listening to jimi Hendrix he just seems to be coming from somewhere else, somewhere just out of reach for the rest of us.
Beautiful message my friend. Literally was killing myself trying to get this very specific amp and these pickups and this and that pedal and once I have it then I’ll sound like that guy. There’s a lot of tones out there, especially today, time to find our own 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I found Stevie first (I am from Texas after all). And I LOVE Stevie. But as I started tracing back all of Stevie’s influences 26 years ago, I discovered the Hendrix Blues album and I was immediately captivated. That live (electric) version of Hear My Train Coming still gives me chills to this day. I love all of Jimi’s stuff. But something about the Blues Album and the BOG’s stuff really speaks to me the most. Great chat Nik. 🤘🏼🎸🤘🏼
The gospel!!!
True to me too: Jimi Hendrix style and sound is my very favorite o ever since I got to hear him. Before that it was Bob Marleys Guitarist Al Anderson who inspired me to be a musician/guitarist too. Jah bless you bro. One Love
Thanks for sharing Nik.
Yeah, true words, we all need to discover what we have within us and then learn to outwardly express it, be it guitar, writing or even paints.
You hit the nail right on the head. There's room for everyone, be yourself.
YES 💙😍💜💞💖💓💝 Both are such a wonderful Gift two amazing legends !!! Thank you 🙏💜
Thanks, Nik. I really appreciate your videos. They all hit the target.
LOVE this video! Two of my favorite players thank you for the lesson brotha
Appreciate you Nik.....another inspiring video !!
Yes, Jimi was definitely tuned in to the main line!! So was Stevie. A few others over the years. But those two especially transcend.
Nice analysis!! Thank you! 🙏
Thanks Nik for all that you share here.
Dig it brotha. I think even if we don't realize it we all have our own sound and style to playing, and that's what makes it so cool. I love your strats by the way
That was great 👍 best talk I’ve seen here in tube land . I know this stuff but this was put forward in a very comprehensive way . And your solo was very inspiring bro glad ur here and not on the road all the time these days . Your a great player ! 🤝
Thank you Tom. I appreciate it!
Good points man. I came to that conclusion myself. I agree that most download and copy their heroes early on. I have found it is a doorway into feeling ,perhaps, what they were feeling/experiencing. At least ,for me , that's how it felt or i imagined it was. It is a language...right? and we need the basics first. Then over time and much playing, gigging etc... hopefully one's own voice just naturally comes out. I lived in Austin back in the early nineties. I noticed that having an individual voice is def. a Texas cultural trait. If you know the history of the state and the "independent" spirit of the people....it makes sense. It is celebrated. Of course, it is a human trait to follow and many did that as well. Charlie Sexton is a Texan and is a total original and an incredible player....criminally underrated. Many Texas original players. Gatemouth, Albert Collins, Jimmie Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Freddie King, David Grissom( Kentucky transplant), Bugs Henderson, Stephen Bruton RIP etc.....
I feel like SRV took as much from Albert King as he did from Hendrix. When I first heard Stevie I thought, woah his licks are amazing, but in reality it was the licks from Albert King, Freddie King, Lightning Hopkins, and Lonnie Mack he just put them together. Its like if some new guitarist started playing Hollywood Fats, Chris Cain, and some other not really well known guitarist licks but took the best of them and put it all together, and could sing. I think its still cool to play Stevies music live and share his influence, the younger generation doesn't know how much great guitar playing there is out there, and SRV is usually one of the gateways to digging deeper.
Oh man. Absolutely. It was for me. Its a real culmination of influence as well!
I used to call SRV blues light and people would get so mad. I did not mean to insult the man he is brilliant but like you said he is a gateway for sure. I got in to SRV after Hendrix and after BB king. SRV's influences led me to other blues guys.
Yeah I agree Nik, I think it's part of the journey, you have some personal strength to be yourself when you are being told you should cover people note for note. I have always been conscious of the points you have raised and I think most people will grow through this if they are at it long enough 😁👍
Lonny Mack, Albert King and Roy Buchanan were also huge enough influences on Stevie as well. As I understand it he also came from the place of learning it all and learning it “right” Then found a way to make it his own. That’s what made his playing so dynamic to me. He could switch on a dime in the middle of a performance of any song and channel any of his influences, in his own way. I like your content, I feel like you “get it” and look forward to hearing your take on your influences as well as your own voice.
Dude....I have to say....I was floored with the intro tone from the middle position on your strat pickup selector....I need to explore this more....killer content as always my friend 🤘
godly playing and tone in the intro
I would like to also add, while having and playing different guitars is very important I can't stress enough how much difference a different amplifier makes to the individual creative/discovery process. Many Guitarists will buy themselves new guitars looking for inspiration, and while that does indeed help I feel thee biggest change will come from playing through different types of amplifiers.
If I ever had to make the choice of many guitars or many amplifiers I'd go with as many different amplifiers as possible and stick with a single guitar.
Good stuff man. I’m glad you brought up Doyle. I think he’s one of the most tasty players ever. There Is just never a so so note with him. His mental catalog is enormous and siphons the best out of that somehow.
You are playing beautiful
Thanks for you smart words....
Finding my own voice has been a hard, never ending road. But, the more I find myself, the more creative I get, and that frees me to be a better musician.
Cool! Voices for all!
Very well said!
G’day Soss, that Strat of yours sounds magic!
👍🇦🇺
I've been playing guitar 25 yrs. Only a guitar player can really appreciate a gifted player. I personally think SRV and HENDRIX are in their own special club of guitar heroes. All the other guitar heroes are separated from those two.
Ya man I agree Jimi was the greatest. Truly a force of nature I can also hear Steve Cropper in Jimis playing
Oh some of that motown/pop/soul chording all day!
As a fellow Hendrix phreak I got to give you a heads up if you don't already know about it. A guy on Instagram the other day had the rough mixes for Axis Bold as Love. Kenny Chipkin music. Most tracks were the same but Bold as Love was just awesome to hear so differently
Well said.
I was surprized when i found out that Jimi was a studio player in Nashville early in his career. 👋
Thank you!
Great post,man. One of my fave players is Ronnie Earl. He said he never learnt other players stuff..he just listened and some of that vibe would come out in his playing. Not a note-for-note thing,just a feel thing. Take care friend. ;) X
Thanks Paul. I mention Ronnie quite a but on the channel. Even did a little video in his style (attempted to atleast). He is amazing!
I love Ronnie Earl although I would say there’s a large amount of Magic Sam and Earl Hooker influence in there.
Lock down has been good for your playing. It may just be your posts, but the playing you are putting up is really improving. Your tone has always been there, but your touch is getting better and better.
Thanks man. Ive had 4 left hand surgeries in the last 3 years. Trying to
Come back from that
Been grateful to have a job going through Covid!
Perhaps the overlooked influence on Jimi is the British cats. We know Jimi wanted to meet Eric Clapton and Eric's use of the wah-wah inspired Jimi. Jeff Beck and Pete Townshend were both utilizing feedback and auto-destruction which Jimi was incorporating. (Obviously, Jimi was mastering feedback before he went to England). Had Jimi not gone to England (unthinkable), he may have never plugged into a Marshall stack. He mixed his mastery of blues, rock and rhythm and blues with Bob Dylan, British pop and LSD. (My time machine coordinates are already set for London, 1967).
Jimmy is the best. Stevies a close second.
I have a copy of Stevie's no.1 that I absolutely love. The only thing that gives me fits is the left hand trem. The bar is totally in the way for me so I usually take it off. Great video!!
I have a lefty trem as well and it def is forcing me to work on my left hand muting and I have a feeling it forced SRV to utilize the rake because its tough when your working back up the strings sometimes cuz of how your wrist wants to pivot. In my experience anyway. Rock brother!
You should start dressing like Jimi, Nik! A big hat and a bunch of turquoise jewelry.
But really though...From what I see in your playing on RUclips, you've kinda got your own voice. You're a fantastic playing. Would like to hear some of your music.
Love it dude!
Please bring back woodshed Wednesday
Hell yes!
dude you got the biggest hands in the world! i bet that makes it a bit tougher for you to play certain things. you probably have plenty of strength though. i dug that piece you played and i’ll spend the next few hours working on it because i liked it that much. great tone too by the way. very nice
Great video! I've been searching for my voice for a long time. Its funny cause I always learn something, and then forget it and use it randomly and change it constantly and you explained basically the same thing.
Edit: after watching this I just jammed for 15 mins straight totally feeling it trying to embrace all my idols in my own way. It was so fucking fun lol. I should watch this before I play every time.
I know of a Srv Strat that Rene handpicked and Setup to Stevies spec .. for sale .. played at Jones beach night after lighting rig fell on Number 1.. signed by Stevie
He had 12 prototypes
Sweet dude.
Finding your own voice/sound/tone is one of the hardest things to do as a guitar player. Especially if you learn by playing your guitar hero's songs when you are young. I think if you stick with it long enough you stop sounding like your heroes and you find your voice without even knowing it.
Not many people mention the left handed tremolo and how Stevie realized that Jimi used it to his advantage. It gave him more range, the knobs were out of the way. You can go straight down into the body of the guitar. Watch “ I Don’t Live Today “ Live at the Royal Albert Hall. At the start of the solo, Jimi takes both hands and depressing the bar into the pick guard to guitar that wind 🌬 blowing by. But he could of never done that with a regular tremolo unit that wasn’t upside down. My favorite dive bomber of all time is Hendrix. EVH is second. Jason Becker also had a serious dive bomb technique.
Would love to hear some of your original music
Hi Nik , hope you don't mind me bothering you again...??! Aynsley Lister is a great player ,from over here in the U.K you might wanna checkout ,in terms of finding your ''own thing''. He's an unbelievable blues-guitarist but has forged that into his own song-writing/style etc. Take care man. X
Do you think you can do a video on Stevies impression of Jimi Hendrix’s voodoo child fuzz tone? In Stevies last two years, I’ve noticed that in Voodoo child mostly, he used a fuzz face and an Octavio for the last few minutes of the song. His tones got actually pretty close to some of Jimis concerts. Stevies voodoo child tone from late 1989-1990 sounds very close to Voodoo Child at Maui.
Love it and totally agree. Kenny Werner's book "Effortless Mastery" has helped me a ton. Basically become childlike... just play, enjoy, and love everything that happens: He breaks it down into 4 steps which i understand as #1 Don't care (just enjoy) 2. Don't decide (just play) 3. Don't judge (just observe) 4. Practice the minimum (reinforcing steps 1,2,3) I'm still progressing, but for me it helped so much to know i'm NOT the only who has his best nights when no one is there and it doesn't matter, and had the "worst" nights when the crowd was there and I thought it really matters. Hope that helps someone else :) Just play, don't worry, and don't compare... Be kind to yourself and your music!
Maybe go 180° and try a Key-tar. Chase some Edgar Winter tones! 😂 Great vid as always Nik!
And as far as learning and playing note for note. I do it as a springboard. And I feel that it may not be completely necessary but it is a good idea to learn a song, licks, riffs properly. The fun is to then improvise and do your own thing by what your feeling in the moment. It's the same as taking guitar lessons and learning to read. You learn a few notes and they give you a song that you learn correctly note for note. Some guys out there like to look down on or criticize other guitar players that love to capture the inspiration of their heroes. They criticize you in a negative way for sounding and playing like others. If you do it at home for your own pleasure? More power to you.
Dont forget Albert king and Lonnie mack were also big influences
More guitar players need to concentrate on creating their own style and quit trying to be someone else. Having mentors is one thing but to many guitar players try to be someone they're not. Create your own style, that's what makes you unique.
The Custom sticker might have been covering up a Floyd route
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I wish srv did RED HOUSE
I get the same from you 🎸 🚬😎👍🏼 💨 💨
When did Stevie get the Octavia? I thought he had it by Austin City Limits ‘83?!
Not in 83. Late 88
Thanks for clearing that up! So when he is kicking in boost on the Albert double stop bends on ACL ‘83, is he just kicking on the Tube Screamer?
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The Riff w Nik Sevigny I gotcha...I knew all that stuff. I just thought the parts where he is doing the two and three string bends in the Albert licks sounded a little more juiced with overtones and you can see him kick something on-now I know it is the Tube Screamer and not a Rocket Octavia...thanks!
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We cant control it anymore. But i thank you. Really appreciate it Eric!
There is not the slightest doubt in my mind that if Jimmi were to sit down to talk with all those who try to copy his style would say " Hey man I'm glad you dig my thing and what I do...But the reason you like me is that I did ME.... I came through with my own voice.....So now you should do that too....I was me and you liked that.....and if you be you other cats will like THAT.....Don't waste your time trying to do me ....(of coarse I'm glad you like what i did ....But really the part you liked was me being me....Now go out there and be you....and people will dig that too.....God gave you your own voice....why waste your time trying to be me when being you will be so much better.....You have ideas that are just as valuable as mine.....and they need to get heard...The people have already heard my ideas" I betcha Jimmi would speak along these lines.
Jimi, is the king. Forever
Most guitarists play notes.Jimi painted sound
Great video! Are those 10 to 38 strings? Thanks!
48-11, and thank you!
@@theriffwniksevigny5473 Thanks man. Love your tone!
is there bootlegs you hear stevie using a univibe???
Alot from 86. Live aid show and starfest. A univibe is used. They are on youtube
Let's face it! Why do we want Fender bf amps and a strat or Marshall plexi's, etc? They fell on one of the few greatest tones for guitar period. SRV picked up a vintage strat, Ibanez ts 808, and fender amps. Hendrix was the strat, fuzz face, and Marshall plexi. That's why I have GAS and have all the same gear. And I don't see anything wrong with that. But that's pure love and admiration and personal. I love to play the old music. And your not going to pickup a Les Paul and a Vox amp and play Jimi or SRV. Now, it's another thing if you go out trying to make original music in the same style using the same gear. But man! It's the toughest thing to find a great and original sound when there are a few already and there is a limit. B.B. King, Albert King, Clapton, Hendrix, Green, Page, Allman bros, Beatles, Setzer, Ritchie Blackmore, EVH, Yngwie Malmsteen. Fender, Marshall, and Vox. I'm very greatful and thankful for the great tone! Peace
let your freak flag fly! YOUR freak flag.
Damn straight
Agree in everything but philip sayce is a greate example of people who based their tone on other people like hendrix and stevie and still sounds like him self what do you thing about that?
I think its an accurate representation of what i was talking about, but also, when you hear Philip, you hear him, his influences and his technique.
You are right when i listen to him i know its him but i don’t know if that is called his
Voice btw he is one of my favorite players i just bring him as an example to explain my question
Well, how would you know it is him, if not. Its unique to him. Similar tones and all
First comment again!
Grateful!