1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
No sense beating around the bush: The Jimi Hendrix Experience was put together expressly to capitalize on the success of Cream. Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding and the other guy quickly eclipsed their forebears, however, all thanks to the wholesale Stratocaster slaughter perpetrated by history's No. 1 guitar god.
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