Fender Hendrix model pickup specs?

[NightWinder]

I think the thing that impresses me most is he could handle his buzz really good. Played good stoned and tripped out. Most people get sloppy or whatnot with timing thrown right out the window. I still have a problem believing he choked on his own puke- He was a professional buzzer?? Nice thread btw.

[Possum]

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There are some somewhat plausible theories that he was murdered by the Mafia. He was ending his relalationship with Reprise I think it was, which was Mafia owned and they weren't happy about losing Jimi. Some strange things about his death that haven't been explained which point to foul play. His girlfriend or some other girl involved with him supposedly killer herself not that long later, some weirdness about that too. He WAS abducted by the Mafia at one point, by some kid in the family who acted on his own and got his butt kicked for it. Jimi knew he was going to die around that time and told Curtis 5 year prior to the day almost that he would be leaving the planet. The Starchild book is really amateurly done but will give you cause for alot of thought about who Jimi was. Did you also know that Mike Bloomfield quit playing guitar when he saw Jimi play? He just quit. I think he resumed a year later but he was stunned by that talent. I saw about 10 feet from him when he played that gig I was at and he was just mesmerizing, where did that stuff really come from? He changed rock music forever. Believe me he could sound really BAD too, stoned and sleep deprived, watch the Isle of Wight DVD, I think its that one, he had no sleep and was sick of being a cartoon of himself and was sick of Purple Haze and Foxey Lady and wanted to grow as a musician but his fans were pulling him down and the recordin industry too. At the end of the set he holds his guitar out and just drops it in disgust and walks off.....

[GlennW]

I'm happy to keep talking about Jimi as long as anyone else is. He was "the Man".

The Isle of Wight "Red House" has always been my favorite live version. Years ago I made a "Red House" cassette with all the different cuts I had on albums, they're: 1) Are You Experienced (Polydor), 2) Trip Records circa '67, 3) Smash Hits (Reprise), 4) live at The Scene '68 (fast version in A I think), 5) San Diego May '69, 6) NY Pop July '70, 7) Isle of Wight.

I remember being excited when the Polydor Isle of Wight album came out, but it was a letdown...don't think I've listened to it 5 times, and I tried. I was expecting big things because of the "Red House" on the Documentary album, but it didn't turn out that way. Bad recording of a bad performance, but the Isle of Wight "Red House" does show with no doubt what a great blues guitarist he was under any circumstances.

God only knows what kind of underhanded crap was going on with his money and stuff. A lot of people were up to no good. I remember being really pissed at Alan Douglas making himself co-writer of a few songs. "Come Down Hard on Me" is on a French album from 1973 called Loose Ends and written by Hendrix. The SAME guitar/vocal parts were redone by Douglas for the Crash Landing LP (1975) and he's listed as a co-writer. F-ing leach. I'm still mad.

Here's a couple pictures. One is of the guitar with the 3 toggle switches, the other one I took my bad self.

[NightWinder]

I got the inside scoop boyZZZZ!!! I was hanging out with Jimmie Mccarty last night!! Damn!! Damn!! Damn!!!- It was soo sick...By far one of the best players I gave ever seen. Unbelievable. Supper cool cat too : ) My hair was standing all over. Real private setting jam. I'm speachless : )

[David Schwab]

the other one I took my bad self.

Wow!