Blues1967Axis: Bold as Love

Little Wing Amp Settings

by Jimi Hendrix

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Original Recording Settings

EstimatedResearched tone data for "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix

Original Gear

Guitar: 1960s Fender Stratocaster (exact year not documented in sources consulted)
Pickups: Stock Fender Stratocaster single-coils (exact set not documented in sources consulted) (neck)
Amplifier: Marshall 100W-style tube head into 4x12 (inferred from Hendrix’s core studio rig in the 1967 era; not explicitly documented for this track in sources consulted)
Channel: Clean-to-light breakup
Tuning: standard
Pickup Selector: neck
Strings: Unknown

Specific studio amp and setting documentation for this track was not located in the sources available here; amp choice is an era-based inference.

Amp Settings

Gain

4.0

Bass

4.0

Mid

6.0

Treble

6.0

Presence

5.0

Volume

6.0

All settings are inferred to reproduce a clean-to-slightly-driven Hendrix rhythm/lead texture without heavy fuzz; no primary studio documentation for knob positions was located in sources consulted.

Effects Chain

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Studio rotary/Leslie-style processing (inferred)

rotary

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Studio plate/room reverb (inferred)

reverb

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1.Studio rotary/Leslie-style processing (inferred) — The track features a characteristic swirling/chorused spatial quality often associated with rotary-style studio processing; specific device attribution is not documented in sources consulted and is included as an informed inference.

2.Studio plate/room reverb (inferred) — Ambience is consistent with studio reverb; specific unit not documented in sources consulted.

Playing Technique

Use thumb-over chord grips and partial chord embellishments; combine strummed chord fragments with melodic fills. Pick attack should be soft-to-medium with a fluid, rolling feel; add tasteful vibrato and micro-bends. Let chord tones ring into each other but mute low-string rumble.

Sources+

Mix with the Masters (Eddie Kramer session page; contextual reference to Hendrix studio work and approach; limited accessible detail in source view)
Guitar World (2024) Eddie Kramer discussion of "Little Wing" dynamics and feel (used for performance/production context; not a full gear list in sources consulted)