This was a new guitar I had just purchased. It was strung in the usual way. It didn't phase him. But because it wasn't live, we didn't hear that much. We just saw the amazing play of his fingers. I didn't even know he was left handed or even that left-handed people string their guitars differently. Also, like I said, he seemed pretty stoned. The whole thing lasted about 5 minutes.
On Jul 24, 2011, at 9:21 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mark Landau > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 4:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Good by Amy, you will be missed > > > > > > When I went into Manny's in NY to get my stratocaster in '69, Jimi was there > stoned out of his gourd. > When the guitar came up from the basement, he asked if he could play it. > (Gawd, are you kidding?) > So a few of us stood around while he did, with no amp. > The dance of his fingers in the mid-range of the fret board seen up close > like that was a revelation, like his fingers were Vedic gods. > > Are you left-handed? Otherwise how could he have played your guitar? > > >
