[MarkL]

I recall reading somewhere that Billy Gibbons was Jimi Hendrix's favorite guitarist.

Mark

[Windflier]

I recall reading somewhere that Billy Gibbons was Jimi Hendrix's favorite guitarist.

I probably own every Hendrix biography in print, so I know a few trivial things about his life and career. Billy Gibbons was one of Hendrix' favoring up-and-coming players. Jimi was so impressed with him, that he gifted him with a pink Fender Stratocaster, which Billy still owns.

Jimi never said who his all-time favorite guitarist was, but there's no question that he idolized all of the old blues greats like they were gods. They were his spiritual/artistic mentors.