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鈥楽cuse me while I kiss the sky

It wasn鈥檛 only Jimi Hendrix who wanted a loud guitar. As master guitarist John Williams explains, the 19th Century guitar builder Antonio Torres made the guitar louder in order to be heard outdoors.

Photo: Jimi Hendrix photographed backstage at 'Top of the Pops', May 1967.

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