Yeah what Stevie did wasn't terribly complicated, but he did such a good job at it, that it looks and sounds insane. The guy had hands that could crush skulls. He used suspension cables as strings, and bent the living crap out of them. I don't think there is a better blues tone, maybe 70's Ry Cooder, but still Stevie had so much more going on.

I can play along to him, but I need to take a breather after a little bit. He'd put on concerts that would last for hours, and he'd still be tearing the guitar up.

Anytime somebody tries to compare him to Hendrix, I want to sock them in the face. I tell them, you play the guitar for several years, and you'll see a huge difference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWLw7nozO_U

Stevie Ray Vaughan's albums up until In Step were essentially just live albums without an audience. No studio trickery, what you got on record, is what you got live. Hendrix didn't sound remotely similar to the studio recordings when he played live.