When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. When Jimi Hendrix plays, the house comes down. It doesn't fall in small pieces but in chunks, and ...

Before he owned his own real electric guitar, Jimi Hendrix had to make his own with whatever he had. As a child, Hendrix (who was known as Buster at the time) was able to electrify his acoustic guitar ...

Distinguishing yourself in the colorful musical climate of 1967 wasn't easy. Merely being one of the most innovative and exciting musicians to ever play the guitar wasn't enough. Jimi Hendrix had to ...

On March 31, 1967, guitar legend Jimi Hendrix kicked off a trend that he would continue for the rest of his career. Specifically, Hendrix set his guitar on fire for the very first time, something that ...

Every world famous artist had to start somewhere. For Jimi Hendrix, that somewhere was Seattle where he started his six-string journey with an old ukulele. As the story goes, a teenage Hendrix was ...

Jimi Hendrix's longest-owned guitar is heading to auction. Estimated to sell for between £80,000 and £120,000 (US$100,000 to $150,000), the 1951 Epiphone was owned by Hendrix longer than any other ...