Originally posted by Zeppelin
Hendrix wasnt a jazz based rock guitar player.
He was a stoner. That summarises it completley.
I think hendrix is the most overated guitar player *EVER*. Ritchie Blackmore was there when Hendrix was there, Jimmy Page, Clapton, B.B King, Johnny Winter.. Lots of guitar players who were much much better (or at least equal to hendrix ) and played +- same kind of music he did.
Besides, even if he were the first player to do this and that, it still doesnt turn him into such a great player.
Its like saying Robert Johnson or whoever was the first guy to play blues on the radio is the greatest guitar player and better than all the people you have nowadays , just because he was the first guy to play the blues on the radio.

I used to somewhat feel the same way as this, but looking past his soloing Jimi did things with chord inverstions and improvisation that has never been duplicated

Jimi was somewhat before all of those guys you mentioned except BB

Watching Jimi play you could see his playing came from another place