he was great, but im just not one of those people that jumped onto to the "HAil Van Halen, father of shred" band wagon.
slash!.... my style is very very similar to his style... very bluesy/rock .. so yeah he is always a good inspiration but techincally i think malmsteen, joe and hendrix really make MUSIC!
the reason i dont like van halen is that he concentrate more on speed than melody... malmsteen and joe also go for the speed but they dont compromise the melody.
i hate hendrix's music. it sucked. Alot of newer guitarists starting minor bands say the same. Have you heard a mainstream band that's sounded like hendrix yet? No, cuz they wish. I never got hedrix's groove. I hated his sound, his voice, i seriously hated everything. If you offered me 10 Gn'R CD's to listen to a 10 second clip of hendrix's song, i would refuse just sticking my middle finger up. That's how much i hated his music. GOD! sorry guys, i know you love hendrix, hes a GREAT guy, really! but i just dont go on terms with him. (all the above is my opinion so dont start screamin the hell outta me! its opiniated.)
of course hendrix still moves people,and can you tell me where a dynamic vocalist can find a player even close to feeling the music like he did?
hendrix guitar still lives.. he made the guitar compositions complicated for the first time.... n made guitar tecniques....n in most of his songs thers single cmpositions,no overdubbing....he get the credit for the best...