Jimi Hendrix Postal Stamp

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Jimi Hendrix  Stamp – On sale now. 

Jimi Hendrix receives his own US Postal Service Forever stamp.

Jimi Hendrix, who is undoubtedly one of the most influential musicians ever, is finally receiving his own postage stamp from the US Postal Service. The stamps went on sale March 13th on the USP web site. The stamp was created by artist Rudy Gutierrez and is said to reference the butterflies from my personal favorite Hendrix song, ‘Little Wing’.

Hendrix is depicted wearing one of his signature military jackets and playing one of his white Fender Strats.

The Jimi Hendrix DCP Keepsake from the USPS

“The technical challenge was making art that will still read at stamp size, so it was a matter of not being overly complicated,” Gutierrez says in a media release. “It was important to make the art accessible … and to be true to the incredible combination of rawness and virtuosity that was…

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KORG NUVIBE

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Korg Nuvibe

The new Korg Nuvibe

In what seems to be a never ending battle for the most authentic vibe pedal, Korg just threw its hat into the ring big time. Just announced at Musikmesse in Germany, Korg unveiled the Nuvibe.

Korg enlisted the help of Fumio Mieda, the creator of the original Shin-ei Univibe – the one made famous by Hendrix, Trower, Gilmour and countless others,  to over see the creation of the Korg Nuvibe.

The CdS photoresistor at the heart of the original model is a component that varies its resistance according to the strength of light, and it produces a distinctive effect by using the varying brightness of a small lamp to modify the output signal. Unfortunately, this component is now restricted as a hazardous substance, and cannot be used. Finding a substitute for this part was an absolute requirement in order to match the original model…

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