Bob Marley’s guitars
Bob Marley was never a virtuoso guitarist, in fact far from it.His particular way of approaching the instrument and the technique he adopted have indelibly characterized all his songs.That guitar strumming caused many other artists after him to follow his style, a...
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitars
1962/63 Fender Stratocaster (Number One) This was Stevie Ray Vaughan‘s lead guitar. He got it from Ray Henning’s Heart of Texas music store owner in 1973 and it quickly became his main companion. Number one originally had a white pickguard that has been replaced...
Guitars and gear of Jimi Hendrix
As for electric guitars, Jimi Hendrix is best known for playing Fender Stratocasters (See also article “Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Guitars“). A few worth mentioning here is certainly the early 1960s white Stratocaster – which was allegedly the only guitar Jimi had with him when...
Jaco Pastorius’s bass guitar
Few artists have been as monumental to the direction of electric bass guitar than Jaco Pastorius. Born in Florida in 1951, Pastorius began playing double bass after losing the ability to play drums following a wrist injury, before turning to the dark side –...
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