Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer

Re:Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer by shermantanktop on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @10:21PM (#47161400)

With your cable in your right hand, it is easier to plug into the right side of a pedal. If you were to try to do the equivalent with your left, the guitar neck would be a little bit in the way as well.

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Re:Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer by schwartzworld on Thursday February 26, 2026 @10:21AM (#47167266)

But you have to plug cables into both sides... Also you set your pedals up before you actually start playing.

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Re:Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer by shermantanktop on Saturday February 28, 2026 @04:41PM (#47200591)

Typical modern practice would be to have a pedal board with all interconnects and power set up and fixed. Hendrix didn’t do that, but EVH did. And now the internet is full of people posting their pedalboards (P&W people especially).

But you still have to plug in from the right with the guitar cord, and from the left for the card to the amp. So I dunno, my theory may be bogus. But this pattern got established very early on, by the late 60s st the latest.

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