Every guitarist should hear this isolated guitar track of Jimi Hendrix performing Voodoo Child live at Woodstock

Jimi Hendrix’s performance at the Woodstock festival on August 18, 1969 has come to be regarded as one of the electric guitar’s defining moments. It is also, arguably, the most famous performance by any rock musician, ever.

Now, thanks to the magic of YouTube, you can enjoy the sound of Hendrix’s isolated guitar track on Voodoo Child (Slight Return) from that historic day.

The audio is not an upload of the guitar track in total isolation (elements of vocals, drums and bass guitar still sneak in), but it is a cleverly edited and EQ’d filter of Hendrix’s guitar playing.

What is immediately striking about the audio is just how much of the spectrum Hendrix covers. He seems to restlessly bound between the highs and lows, taking it from deep crunch to wah’d out treble squeals that feel on the edge of human hearing range.