....or a Les Paul to play some Led Zep?
I'm asking this as I am going through a MASSIVE Hendrix phase right now. And naturally I am playing through my favourite songs and riffs and videos on YouTube etc.
And I am playing it all on my no.1 guitar: a LP.
And so, naturally, I am GASing for a CS Strat. And I've seen one I really really want.
But am I just deceiving myself? Does anyone really need the same type of guitar to really get that something more out of playing certain songs by certain guitarists? Is it all just chasing that kind of experience that doesn't really exist? Or if you are buying a nice guitar that will hold its value does it really matter?
I'm not even talking about sounds or sounding like the artist because that's ridiculous - I'm talking more about the feel and experience of playing in a more abstract way.
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A strat type is just so much closer in the way it sounds and feels for that type of playing. Doesn't have to be anything pricey. A decent Squier will be great.
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You may well be trying to play a cover version in a totally different way, ie as per Jimi did with All along the watch tower - In which case then does it matter what guitar you are playing
But if you are trying to be as close as possible to the original song, tune ,artist, my view is to first conquer the actually notes, licks, phrasing - Then if you are close with the tonal character of the guitar, ie cleanish for say Little Wing and more gain for say Purple Haze, then in my opinion the guitar itself is not as important - In that you can play many Hendrix songs and licks on a 335 if required
Get the notes wrong and everyone will pass judgement - Get the tone slightly different, then who cares
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I bet you'd play Smells Like Teen Spirit on a Suhr too.
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.......he does a great 'billy tune with great tone and slapback delay etc and when the camera pans across as he finishes you can see he has been playing a very pointy BC Rich Metal thing through a Metal amp with the volume low and a delay pedal .
Sounds just like a 50s recording !
He says "you don't need the Gretsch etc to do this and did you have any idea until the camera panned out "
Any combustible guitar will do Hendrix
Here's Jimbob Page playing something that looks remarkably like a Funder Tellingcaster.
Led Zeppelin 1 was done on a telecaster as was the Stairway to Heaven solo.
Tone comes from the player not the gear, although apparently it can help a bit
But I hear what you say about the 'feel'.
I’m trying to work out if I really need a Strat to get deeper into my Hendrix (and Rory Gallagher) obsessions, or is it the GAS talking?
Basically will the right guitar help me connect to something that I can’t connect to without it? And how to I explain this to the wife?
And again, yes it will.
It never occurs to me to play Jimi when pick up my SG. It never occurs to me to play Cream tunes when I pick up my Strat.
Tone may be in the fingers, but only once they are playing the right guitar.
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Only you can answer your question, good luck in your search