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GuitarInferred5
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Jimi Hendrix
Tone Snapshot
Pickup: Likely Strat single-coilsTone profile
Gain
Tightness
Brightness
Mid Scoop
Ambience
What makes this tone
- High Gain
- Full Low End
- Bright Attack
- Wah
Signal chain
- Guitar: Fender Stratocaster
- Pickup: Likely Strat single-coils
- Amp: Warm Fender Bassman
- Effects: Wah
Tone Character
Recorded tone character
Gain character
Raw, dynamic fuzz/amp saturation with huge touch sensitivity.
Bass
Full but mobile.
Mids
Strong and vocal, especially under the wah.
Treble
Expressive and biting without losing body.
Brightness / presence
Highly dynamic as the wah sweeps the spectrum.
Compression
Fuzz/amp sustain but still extremely responsive to touch.
Effects
Wah is essential; Fuzz Face-style saturation is strongly associated with the recorded tone.
Evidence / Sources
Tone character: vocal, wah-driven, raw, dynamic, fuzzy, expressive, psychedelic
Targets the studio Electric Ladyland performance. Eddie Kramer recalled the same Strat/Fender Bassman setup used around the Voodoo sessions; the iconic wah remains the defining effect.
Effects
Wah is essential; Fuzz Face-style saturation is strongly associated with the recorded tone.
Original Gear
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster used by Jimi Hendrix for the Electric Ladyland studio performance
Amp
Warm Fender Bassman studio setup according to Eddie Kramer
some secondary accounts generalize to Hendrix's Marshall live rig
Channel
Likely Cranked clean-to-overdrive amp
Pickup
Likely Strat single-coils
