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Riff Tone
Sweet Angel
Jimi Hendrix
Guitarblues1960s
Original Gear
Guitar1965-68 Fender Stratocaster
AmpMarshall Super Lead 100 (model 1959, Plexi, late 1960s)
Amp Settings
gain5
bass6.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 1967 (recorded at Olympic Studios, London, during the 'Axis: Bold as Love' sessions). Gear confirmed for this era and song by multiple Hendrix studio documentation sources. No evidence of live-specific gear for this track.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothbright and glassy highstouch-sensitiveslightly compressed attacksinging sustainclear note separationdynamic response to pickingmild breakup on strong attackfull-bodied low endopen, airy sound
Difficulty
The riff requires intermediate to advanced control of Hendrix-style thumb-over chords, dynamic picking, and subtle rhythmic nuances, making it challenging for most players but not at the expert level.
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Original Gear
Guitar1965-68 Fender Stratocaster
AmpMarshall Super Lead 100 (model 1959, Plexi, late 1960s)
Amp Settings
gain5
bass6.5
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 1967 (recorded at Olympic Studios, London, during the 'Axis: Bold as Love' sessions). Gear confirmed for this era and song by multiple Hendrix studio documentation sources. No evidence of live-specific gear for this track.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothbright and glassy highstouch-sensitiveslightly compressed attacksinging sustainclear note separationdynamic response to pickingmild breakup on strong attackfull-bodied low endopen, airy sound
Difficulty
The riff requires intermediate to advanced control of Hendrix-style thumb-over chords, dynamic picking, and subtle rhythmic nuances, making it challenging for most players but not at the expert level.