It took me a while to " get him" but his technique was completely unique, and to my knowledge, no-one even bothered to try and copy it.
Although several, including Hendrix, were influenced by him.
Only Clapton and Page left now from the 60,s generation of great guitarists.
His use of harmonics at the end of the video below is something that Ive never seen anyone do as effectively. Its much harder than it looks.
Also playing the strings while using the volume control and whammy bar at the same time could only be done by him in that way.
Istr he also invented the wah wah pedal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFlRVNHdeIQAnd yes, most of the time he was much more interested in building his Hot Rods at home than going out on tour.