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Uli Jon Roth’s struggle to contain his brainchild, the Sky guitar – and why he never played Jimi Hendrix’s black Strat

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images In the 1970s Uli Jon Roth was a Strat-slinger with the Scorpions who loved ...
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“They sent me two 5150 amps. They sounded great for about 10 seconds, then they were fried!” Uli John Roth on his amp-destroying Sky guitar

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Stefan Hoederath/Getty Images ) Throughout his time in the Scorpions, Uli Jon Roth was a ...
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Uli Jon Roth’s struggle to contain his brainchild, the Sky guitar – and why he never played Jimi Hendrix’s black Strat

In the 1970s Uli Jon Roth was a Strat-slinger with the Scorpions who loved to modify his guitar to sound like a violin. By the early 1980s he wanted more. “Coming from the violin, a lot of the ...
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“They sent me two 5150 amps. They sounded great for about 10 seconds, then they were fried!” Uli John Roth on his amp-destroying Sky guitar

Throughout his time in the Scorpions, Uli Jon Roth was a Stratocaster loyalist. His devotion to the model led to his wildly innovative Sky Guitar, which has come to define every other era of his ...