I was there saw everybody from late Friday nite til. Mon am. Best time of my life! 16 yrs old snuck out of my house in Stockbridge MA rode down with my man who was in the motorcycle gang ( NOT an outlaw gang at the time) TheFourth Reich. We were Peaceful and it was an experience I will never forget. Maybe u saw us there?😀

Thanks you your comments . I couldn’t go as I worked that weekend . Never thought Woodstock would be remembered for so long.

Jimi also de tuned to Ebwhich would have helped his massive bends

I read years ago that he knew he could get a leftie quite easily, but had gotten used to his upside down guitarsand stuck with them.

Agreed!

Totally agree. My theory is his right hand technique. It is the same as the Gypsy/Django Rheinhardt technique. Even when playing lead, you still play exactly the same as when strumming. With a relaxed bent wrist shaking out a match type action.
This means that the tone, volume (and on the strat, the pickup switch) really gets in the way and they keep getting knocked about and the pickup switch changed.

With amplification, a ‘modern’ right hand technique has emerged, with flat wrist and the hand usually resting on the bridge. The old one gives more volume and energy to the strings, unecessary whith amplification.

Albert King very seldom, and I mean VERY SELDOM,played chords & RYTHM if he played them at all. His playing was mostly Licks & bends which is the reason he & the Great BB King mostly traveled with a Rythm section. BB himself admitted this .Jimi was Incredible in that he could play lead & Rythm Guitar at the same time while singing lead vocals. Un heard of @ the time.