🎸 Artist tone guide

How to get Jimi Hendrix's guitar tone

Jimi Hendrix across 6 famous tones — mostly through Marshall Super Lead, Marshall / Fender, Fender / Marshall, Marshall, with single-coils. Here is where to start, then adapt any of it to the guitar and amp you actually own.

Starting point (averaged): gain 5.5 · bass 5 · mid 6 · treble 6 · presence 5 (out of 10)
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Jimi Hendrix's go-to amps

Marshall Super Lead ×2Marshall / Fender ×2Fender / Marshall ×1Marshall ×1

6 famous Jimi Hendrix tones

Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
gain 6 · bass 5 · mid 6 · treble 6
Purple Haze
gain 6 · bass 5 · mid 6 · treble 6
Machine Gun
gain 6 · bass 5 · mid 6 · treble 6
All Along the Watchtower
gain 5 · bass 5 · mid 6 · treble 6
Red House
gain 5 · bass 5 · mid 6 · treble 6
Little Wing
gain 4 · bass 5 · mid 6 · treble 5
Settings are community-researched estimates. Adapt any to your gear at GuitarToneAdapt · amp settings · all 1,100+ tones.