Jimi Hendrix - A History of his Guitars - Part 1

[@artysanmobile]

At age 13, after shopping everywhere my pre-driving days could take me, I finally found my dream guitar and first Fender Stratocaster at Broward Music in Fort Lauderdale, FL in 1968/9, can’t recall the exact date. It was a right-hand maple neck sunburst 1950s model and I paid $175 plus my Duosonic as trade for it. It was strung upside down and I was told by the salesman, who I had become friends with over the years, that it was purchased from a Hendrix roadie while he was in town for the Miami Pop Festival. Hendrix famously had members of his touring staff canvas music stores while on tour to look for Strats he might like. Mine was apparently a “pass” so ended up in my local music store. You have to remember this was well before the time such an item might be a highly valued collectors guitar. It was about 30% more than equivalent Strats I had been looking at before I purchased it, no big deal. In fact, it’s age was a major detriment to its selling price at that time. I later disassembled it to find “Oct ‘58” pencilled at the end of the neck so I always considered it a 1958 guitar. Much later I found its serial number to officially be early 1959 according to Fender. This has been my lifelong main guitar and still is to this day. I have modified it in numerous ways that might be appalling to some but all for good reasons at the time. In 1979, I had a violin maker install an ebony fretboard in place of the badly deteriorated maple. The job was beautifully done, costing 3 times the guitar’s original purchase price. However, I somewhat regret this as I miss the sound of the maple surface. I didn’t know at the time that luthiers could repair the ‘rot’ on a maple neck. I saved all the original parts including that reverse string set, the 1950s pickups and guard, nut, badly rusted bridge - just for posterity. Some of these pieces are themselves very valuable today but this much-modified 60 year old Strat is still a magnificent guitar in its own right. I don’t push the ex-Hendrix story too hard as I don’t know firsthand if it’s true. But the timing, location, stringing, and credibility of my source all make it highly likely.

[@chrisstrobel3439]

That’s a really cool story man .. thanks for sharing that 👍 My first proper guitar was a used 1964 black Strat with a real dark rosewood neck, my Mom bought it for me after I won the 7th grade talent show in 1974 playing an Elk Rhapsody Japan Jazz Master clone, guess she thought I was good enough to buy me a proper American made electric lol. I have no idea what she paid for it .. but I ended up selling it 4 years later for $275.00 to a friend, I was at that point seriously into keyboards and the money from the Strat was to go towards buying a Hammond B3, but the money ended up going into my still juvenile delinquent nose 🥵 I finally did get that B3 with my Mom’s help, and ended up in a life long career as keyboard player, but now that I’m retired from all that I’ve taken guitar back up as a hobby and just noodle around, but boy do I wish I had kept that Strat now! I’ve tried to find a modern Custom Shop version of that guitar .. been searching for a couple years with no success .. guess nobody likes black Strats with rosewood necks. Anyway congratulations on keeping yours all these years, and thanks again for the read! C

[@jaretsalvat-rivera248]

Do you have videos of you playing it? Post them!

[@jens8014]

Great story man!

[@whiskey1mantis357]

@Chris Stroble....The loss of a blackie with a rosewoid fret board....I grieve with the

[@whiskey1mantis357]

@@chrisstrobel3439 the loss of a 64 blackie with a rosewood fretboard....I grieve with thee

[@HorizonMelt]

Oh, and I should point out that I'm very, very grateful for the amount of work you put into this. This is more than just something to watch the past the time. This is a document of history.

[@brahmburgers]

I'm 10 yrs younger than Hendrix. I did my first blues guitar gig in Madrid in 1967 (age 15). I had bought a maplewood '64 Fender strat with a maple fretboard (from Terry Taylor of a UK group called The End). Hendrix and Albert King have been the top electric guitarists in my view. I've even had dreams of being in Hendrix's band.

[@captainhotbunz659]

Fender never made a Maplewood fender Strat in 1964. They only offered maple fretboards over the Rosewood, if you custom ordered it.

[@timothyvaher2421]

@@captainhotbunz659 One Can Also: Install a maple neck upon such strat body! Yet Cap'n we are grateful for your expertise! I wonder if dude determined the age by the neck serial number alone? Now we must find that band member who sold it 🤓... Or email dude. 🙄

[@MDC249]

If you truly are having dreams pf being in his band, then you ARE almost there man! Can i have your autograph?

[@paulhiggins726]

Timothy Vaher s

[@alvininnaples]

WoW, what do you think the value of your Axe is today? Don't ever part with it because It is an extension of your hands

[@rockhard53]

Just for your info. I was 15 years old and with a few friends went to see Jimi Hendrix at Hastings Pier Ballroom. 22nd October 1967. We were standing pushed against the stage. He set fire to his guitar using lighter fuel as he kneeled over it. We could briefly feel the warmth during the very brief flare as he threw the match onto the Strat. He then stood up and holding it by the head stock and upper neck repeatedly smashed it against the stage floor. I do not remember it breaking the neck or anything significant. He hurled it into the Marshall cab and it lay on the floor making the most interesting feedback I have ever heard.. I was so influenced by him that the band I was in during my mid to late teens was asked to leave venues due to me setting fire to my guitar. He is still and always will be the greatest musical inspiration for me.

[@joejones9520]

smashing and burning the guitars is so damn cool, it is rock and roll at its fullest.

[@lauriecarter8931]

You are so fortunate to have witnessed history so lucky dude's petty ya didn't get any strat reminents from the smashing?

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

dirtyrocker. Like Bill Graham told Jimi: "People will darn near burn their house down BEFORE"! they learn to play the guitar, because you`re JIMI HENDRIX"!!!

[@valentino3191]

This is a cool video. I think its funny how today, players obsessively split-hairs over pickups and pedals and versions of guitars. Once I read that Jimi's roadies and managers said he would ask them to buy whatever Stratocasters they could get him off-the-shelf and that were available. I have no way to prove it, but I seriously doubt he was worrying if the stock Stratocaster he had just bought had Alnico 5 or 2 magnets or if the the Stratocaster had a CBS or vintage headstock. lol

[@editname8536]

Jimi was a player first and a gear head second. Most guitarists today are hobby players and are more geeky with their guitars.

[@valentino3191]

@@editname8536 I just want a stratocaster that works so I can play. Ha Ha =]

[@ronblack2700]

I agree on that. Why does todays players have to have all that junk just to plug in and play? Those ol time guitar players did not worry about all that.

[@Airhead348]

@newagetojo Can we hang out!!??

[@oldschoolm8]

Case in point of how playing actually comes from your hands and not what bloody pick up, plectrum and effects pedal combination you have! Jimi would have wailed on the cheapest squier strat.

[@dd119ful]

Thank you for putting this together. Brilliant insight and very interesting 👍🤟👍

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure

[@kevinmoor26]

This is a valuable and well-researched video. Since Jimi played so many, different guitars, one can only assume that his unique sound came from stringing them upside down over the pickups, using different gauge strings on the same guitar and tuning somewhere around E flat. Years of playing for food and rent and a lifetime spent mastering his chosen instrument helped define his musical ability. God given talent was a factor as well.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Great comment - thanks Jacques

[@bradleystereoguitaramplifi9616]

Very interesting. I think that the history of amplifiers that Hendrix played through during his career is also a very interesting.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Coming soon I promise

[@RelicOnMaui]

He was using Fender Twin Reverb while he backed many R&B acts, and when Chas found him in New York. After bringing him to England, Chas gave him a 30watt "Burns" British amp that Hendrix was not at all happy with, having been used to the power of Fender Twins. Mitch Mitchell worked at drummer/amplifier builder Jim Marshall's shop. The rest is history. Jimi always used his Marshall dialed to 10, he used the volume control on his guitars to clean up the natural distortion of the Marshall speaker cabinets, and "sweeten the tone" of quieter passages, like Little Wing verses. He didn't actually use the Fuzzface or Octavia nearly as much as most copy-cat players do. Watch the camcorder recording of the historic Band of Gypsys Fillmore performance of Machine Gun. It is VERY obvious when he steps back and to the side to engage the Fuzztone, and the sound abruptly changes to a very hard-edge. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2imgGuabtuip9U His wide open Twin and/or Marshall stacks were the core of his "tone". Good luck finding a place to practice the actual sounds Jimi learned to control as his "sound". He had the same problem. People complaining he was WAAAAAY too LOUD! I was once playing my Marshall 100 8x12 stack at an outdoor high-school quad and the LAPD told me they literally followed the sound A MILE to eventually locate me.

[@CaptainsTales]

I can absolutely tell you Jimi did NOT burn a guitar at Miami Pop / Gulfstream Racetrack I was there and for a brief moment sat with him up in the stands before he went on he gave me a pick. He played without smashing or burning ...,I grew up in Hollywood Florida.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this info - I will touch upon this on the next part

[@RGioviano]

Captains Tales What kind of picks did he use? Just curious.

[@Scottocaster6668]

Nice! You are one lucky dude!👍👍

[@ClickClan100]

I want to believe you but I also want to call bullshit

[@tree267]

Mmm KZbin comment - what a reliable source of info. I was there too man, he gave me a strat and a Marshall stack.

[@gj5250]

I was fortunate to have seen Jimi in Seattle WA in May 1969 at the Seattle center coliseum. I was 13 years old but can remember it like it was yesterday. If you've never been to his burial site it's an experience you will never forget.

[@curbozer5006]

Actually, it was the concert I cannot forget....I was there, 23 May 69...of the four concerts he held in Seattle, that 69 one has the best reputation.I hope you remember, how he called down a thunderstorm while playing his finale, Voodoo Child....The lightning outside the large, windowed venue, seemed to be keeping time with Jimi!

[@theplayers3507]

And btw, THANK YOU so much for producing such a great series on so many iconic players and instruments, really fantastic work, sir. Making Ken Burns sweat at night, I tell ya.

[@roosterj2599]

My first guitar was a 1977 Strat in black with maple board. I was in love with that guitar. I saw it in the shop I got it from for the first time in 1978 around Christmas time. I was drawn to it. I think it was priced around $400? I dont remember as I was 8 years old at the time. Every time we went grocery shopping at that mall I would go to the music shop to drool over that Strat. After 6 years of dreaming my dad felt I would appreciate it more as I was 14 and had been teaching myself to play. I guess I played good enough to impress my pops. Best day ever! My dad also bought me a Marshall 1X12 combo tube amp. I dont remember the model, but it sounded awesome after it warmed up and even better after I got a Tube Screamer. Still have my first Strat/Guitar to this day.

[@deltaflyer9078]

Very nice story! Thank you for sharing.. must be an awesome strat!😉

[@huestoner]

Woah how old are you no offense

[@roosterj2599]

@@huestoner 52 young

[@huestoner]

@@roosterj2599 that’s cool not too old I’m 16 and I just picked up a guitar for my birthday still tryna learn

[@roosterj2599]

@@huestoner Keep at it. Fall in love with it. Practice as much as you can. Find the passion and you will reward yourself over and over. That's the best advice I can give you.

[@Blayzn18]

Thank you for doing this. When I searched for Jimmy Hendrix Guitars this was the first result. Corporations will never understand but you created this content by fans for fans. For that I thank you.

[@TheGuitarShow]

🙏🙏Many thanks indeed

[@lawrenceofarabia5299]

A1964 white fender Stratocaster nicknamed 'Linda' which he used in the are you experienced, probablyhe took to the UK. What's this axe worth today and whi has it? Wow a fender suburst. But later he destroys a guitar at the astoria theatre and the monterey festival.

[@dillathehun]

Love this story about Jimis guitars, just goes to show that even if u have to borrow gear sometimes u can still make it big, it’s just such a shame that jimi isn’t here to reap the fruits of he’s labour

[@LOTHARTRAMPERT]

The best timeline documentation about Jimi Hendrix' guitars, I know. Great work - thank you!!!!

[@duncansmith8992]

Very interesting video. I met Tappy Wright a few times in the 80’s, through a fellow musician, but he never mentioned being Hendrix’s road manager! I wish he had, as I would have had a load of questions for him! Tappy’s autobiography is a very good read, with a lot of Hendrix stuff.

[@Peasmouldia]

I was at the 69 Royal Albert hall gig (Feb 28 I think) when Jimi demolished a Strat and chucked the neck into the audience. My mate (no names,no pack drill) managed to grab it in the scrum, it had come off the neck plate screws quite cleanly and only had a little damage to the 20th fret where Jimi had bashed it against the mic stand. My compardre didn't play guitar and had it in a tea chest in his loft for a number of years. Around 1978 I nicked it and attached it to a later white CBS body and used it for a few years in several bands. Unfortunately for me, I had to return it to it's rescuer as it's value had got a bit silly by that time. I have some pics of it that might interest you. Thank you sir.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Amazing comment thanks so much - this deserves a full reply - please email me

[@jaretsalvat-rivera248]

I had a dream once where Jimi walked into the room I was in and handed me a guitar neck, and I pretended to play it and it turned into a full guitar and I looked up and he was gone

[@wadadli2manuk]

Another fascinating account,.However Mr Bunyan ,an obvious question to ask is ,did you ever think of posting a picture of the neck on social media or doing when you had it so that the fans coould see ? Even with the pictures that you have now would still be priceless given the back story.Why not ?

[@briano.5746]

This is awesome , I'm ready for part 2 !

[@TheGuitarShow]

Coming soon bro

[@paulablissett9396]

Me 2! So interesting!

[@We_All_Seek_Truth]

The Duo-Sonic came in two different scale lengths, but not until 1964, if I understand correctly. That was barely late enough for him to get a Duo-Sonic II with the "longer" 24" scale. Even that is still short compared to Strats, which are 25.5". I struggle on Strats that have heavy gauge strings. I really have a hard time visualizing Jimi playing a 22.5" scale with his monster hand size. He makes a Strat look like a 3/4 scale! After '64 they offered the option of a 24" scale and called it the Duo-Sonic II. The 22.5" scale version is often called 3/4 size, or student model. If you want to experience a hot rod guitar, take a 22.5" scale guitar and have it set up for speed. It's a wild ride.

[@robzillopez]

I was given a duo sonic by a rancher named Smokey Pound!!!!! It was great because I was a heavy equipment boss at an explosive testing range here in Socorro New Mexico and I was tasked to bury a very large and deep well for the old railroad and stage coach stop in snake ranch so I figured I'd build a stock tank for the cattle while I buried the well!!!! And Smoky came out with some candy bars in his glove box and was just amazed that I was building a tank while I buried the well. We talked about everything from cattle to bombs and then he asked me "what is your thing"??? I said electric guitars and about 9 months later his son brought a 1966 duo sonic in the original case and told me "my papa told me to give this to you and I didn't ask him why I just said yes sir so here you go man,,,, " I was just about to cry or poop my pants because it is so cool and I am still playing it!!!!!!!! Great day and good people!!!!!

[@rylieriley]

Thank you for putting this video together and doing all that research. It's exciting to see the guitars that Jimi played and hear some background info about them. You did an awesome job on the video.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Riley

[@HektorBandimar]

I saw Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight festival 1970, he was playing his Gibson Flying V for a lot of that gig, he also played a black Strat.

[@wadadli2manuk]

People gawp at how incredibly privileged you are to have actual seen the Holy Grail of guitar players and personal iities jimi james the GOAT hendrix.

[@Rickvito]

Fantastic research, Ramon, very interesting. I always thought that the Dano was his first guitar THEN the Supro, but that doesn't line up I now see. A couple of observations...I saw Jimi (then Jimmy) with Little Richard in the summer of 1965 in Wildwood NJ. Apparently he was not full time with Richard at this stage, but he was playing the sunburst DuoSonic. My brother and I remember that because it was so unusual to see one just flipped over like he did. I saw him again in Philly, Feb., 1968 and he played creme or white Strats only. Later in March I saw him again in Philly and started out playing Voodoo Child on the sunburst Jazzmaster which Segal now owns. So glad I got to see him at this early inspired stage in his career...he was magical!

[@TheGuitarShow]

That's amazing thanks so much for the memories

[@scatbucket44]

Just heard Eddie Kramer on Steve Jones' radio show today. Kramer remarked that Chas Chandler once jokingly suggested that they buy up all the black and white 60's strats they could find and go into the Hendrix-owned guitar business.

[@blix4199]

Steve Jones's autobiography, Lonely Boy, is a great read

[@The121Hammer]

With Chas I'd say, "half jokingly". He probably did consider doing that.

[@GDawg2K2]

Wow, excellent research.. Fyi: I saw Jimi play at the Carousel Theater in Framingham, Mass on Aug 24th 1968.. He had a White Strat that he did most of the show with. I can't rem if it was Rosewood or Maple. But I do remember him switching to a Baby Blue, what I thought was a Fender Mustang to close the show with Wildthing & to Smash into his Stacks. I've never seen a word on this gtr anywhere. But I'm pretty sure that my memory on this is accurate.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks ...that's what I love about doing these videos is getting real life memories of concerts ...amazing thanks

[@GDawg2K2]

My pleasure.. My first two concerts was Jimi followed by Jimmy. Zep2 wasn't out yet, but they were playing Zep1&2 & selling Zep2 in the Boston Garden Lobby.. FYI, no Tele was seen on stage.. LP from begining to end.. Thx again for the research.. Great Video's.

[@RenoWeedLajos]

must be a unforgettable amazing concert to remember. lucky man.

[@flyingdutchman6984]

The Carousel Theater should have been called the Carousel Tent, and was very common of the type of places Jimi played. It was a miserable small space with a stage in the center leaving half of the audience of about 800 seated behind the stage. The sound quality was typical for The Experience and Jimi spent most of the time between numbers apologizing to the audience. Except for the back rows most of the audience remained seated until the last song, a kind of Taps, Reveille, SPB, Wild Thing number, where Jimi encouraged them to finally stand up. A couple things that really stand out about the show is that Jimi was almost constantly chewing open mouthed like a cow chewing cud, and he was repeatedly wiping sweat from his face with a confederate flag. The chewing thing was just weird and the confederate flag in retrospect is kind of unusual. BTW the guitar he pretended to smash into the speaker stack was a Daphne Blue colored Strat. At the last moment before hitting the stack he turned the guitar sideways, and pushed against the stack that was being held from behind by two roadies. He did however manage to break one guitar string in the process. Overall $3.50 well spent, but the show was short by today's standard and the sound quality absolutely horrid. All three of them played their best, but were terribly let down by the sound team.

[@daveself2064]

I saw him set fire to a white strat using lighter fuel during a concert at Halle Munsterland, Munster, West Germany.circa ‘68 can’t be exact with date. He also put the headstock through a couple of Marshall speakers.

[@spacerockwizard]

Fuggin' awesome video. Makes me like the Stratocaster even more. Because hell, that's what Jimi played!

[@theangrymick9743]

I was lucky to go to Manny’s before they closed. They had receipts on the wall for some of the guitars mentioned here.

[@geezee1579]

I bought a Les Paul Custom from Manny's that was a POS. I was able to sell it for what I paid. Would never buy another guitar from Manny's again. Did buy Several Guitars from Chuck Levin's Washington Music Center with no problems.

[@alvininnaples]

Thank You for the awesome research you did in the Videos. Jimi would be Honored

[@TheGuitarShow]

My pleasure Alvin.

[@joshuabeeAlafia1]

excellent journalism. thanks so much for the journey through Jimi's electric ladies.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure 🙏🎸

[@ThomasDeLello]

Jimi must have liked doing business At Manny's. That was on 37th St. in Manhattan. There were several guitar stores there. I bought my white Fender Mustang with red tortoise shell pick guard at one of them for $120.00 in 1965.

[@TheGuitarShow]

I guess he struck up a friendship and it was a one stop place he could find what he wanted - that sounds like a killer deal on the Mustang! Thanks Thomas

[@ThomasDeLello]

$120.00... That's what you paid for a Fender Mustang w/case in 1966. Type: [Maso's Blues ] In "Search" above to see and hear me play.

[@dr_detroit01]

Yup, my girlfriend bought me the Hendrix white Fender strat (lefty w/Jimi's image on neck plate ) at Manny's for $750 due to tiny ding next to the trmolo...prob around 2003-2004ish...a long time ago. Was amazed at how tiny Manny's is. It was cramped w just me and my girl lol.

[@atomictrix]

Shut up you puss

[@leecarden9012]

That was actually w.48th st

[@presidentoxford]

Your research is astonishing. Watched many of yr posts on stars guitars. Amazing background provided. Thanks a Mill. Fascinating stuff to sleep on.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thank you.🙏

[@gianvianello466]

I saw Hendrix in 1968 at the Chicago Auditorium. I don't remember which Strat he played. I do remember at one point his roadies brought out about 10 Strats and laid them side by side across the front of the stage. He kept playing. After a few songs the roadies came out and collected all the guitars and put them behind the backstage curtain.

[@wadadli2manuk]

Priceless ! ~you guys are so utterly privileged. This was Hendrix ,not just another gig .Wonder if you though you be writing about your experience 54 year later.

[@josephcorcoran8714]

Ramon, Thank you for these videos. They must be an incredible amount of work.

[@tonyhaines1192]

Been a guitar player for 50 years, I don't understand the appeal of a new relic guitar. Wear and tear is fine but a new ax with dings and scratches?

[@TheGuitarShow]

I with you Tony, thanks.

[@jmacc9876]

Agreed. Character marks are something that happens along the guitars' journey through this world, not made in the factory.

[@neogeoriffic]

They're for lazy posers.

[@flamedmahoganytable9749]

Im sure they have their reasons, but a beat up guitar is definitely less likely to be stolen 🤷‍♂️

[@allenthomas182]

Fender dents and dings guitars at the factory, if it’s not done at the factory it’s not worth the same as doing it yourself, I have never understood the big deal with that! I love a new guitar 🎸

[@briancompton2543]

Very well presented, great detailed info....awesome vid !!

[@LUEO103X]

The last photo in this video is a bit sad, now that we know the very next day he'd be gone forever.

[@indomitablespiritletsgocra1688]

Great video, there is a couple of bands I didn't know he played in. Thanks for the info. jimi made such an impact in music the few years he played. To this day many professional musicians can't do what he did on guitar, Jimi was years ahead of everybody.

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure bro

[@halkite]

Great work, I learned a lot here. I've heard it said that Hendrix would buy a number of Strats, take them apart and use the best bits to make his preferred guitars - much like Clapton did with Blackie and Brownie. This could certainly account for the red strat with a maple board. I also assumed that the left overs were probably the instruments that got smashed and burned. Anyway, thanks again for the great video.

[@TheGuitarShow]

thanks - yes you could well be right - that was such a shame he broke that red/maple neck strat look amazing !

[@michaelsteven1090]

Makes sense to me..He destroyed the leftover gtrs!

[@Bartockamus]

There's a recent white strat in England that was up for sale,and it's thought to be one of his where he took a bunch of strats,laid them out on the hotel bed,found what sounded best with what, and reassembled them.read it in 2019 for sure.it was strung for left handed playing...

[@lazyrrr2411]

Saw Jimi at Detroits' Cobo Hall , May 2 1969 ... He started with his white one - broke a string - and the roadies tore off the white one & tossed That Black Maple necked 68 over his head, while the band jammed on - - - i fell in love and bought one Exactly Like It , two years later

[@raisinsawdust]

It is claimed that Uli Jon Roth has the black strat - got it from his girlfriend after her death - Monica Daneman - Jimi’s girlfriend who was there at the time of his death

[@markdevereux2618]

Well done INCREDIBLE. One of my first guitars was a fender mustang and of course I was a HENDRIX type guitar player at the time. (I REMEMBER RAINBOW BRIDGE being in heavy rotation) I always liked that mustang haven't picked one up since. I hated jaguars. My best friend had a white strat at the time. I now am a FENDER only

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure Mark!

[@robote7679]

Fascinating stuff. Thanks for all the research and for sharing it on this most informative video.

[@jerrymorganjr]

Yes! This is a good one! Love to see Clapton and the Beano story.

[@TheGuitarShow]

its the next one!

[@vintagetom]

The most valuable Jimi guitar info video ever, thank you so much!!! When can we see the part two?

[@TheGuitarShow]

Coming on Monday thanks

[@davegilbertmusic]

Nice work! .I stopped at 24:18 to chime in on a couple of things. Jimi burned a 3rd Strat in 1967 at the one of the Ambassador shows in Washington D.C. It was a black one that Nils Lofgren shared a photo of. I saw it the guitar at the Hardrock in Las Vegas, as I remember it had a larger CBS headstock. All 3 guitars were burned in 1967 and none afterwards. Also, the photos of Jimi with the Jaguar are from Top of the Pops in Aug '67 and it's blue, not black. It's still strung right handed and it's not plugged in. It was basically a prop for them to mime Burning of the Midnight Lamp. This wouldn't have been the black Jaguar the Brian Jones gave Hendrix but rather one he borrowed for the shoot. All in all I'm enjoying your video!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks Dave and thanks for thr heads up on the Nils Lofgten black strat!

[@curbozer5006]

Yes....it was only a few years ago, that photographic proof of Jimi burning a guitar at the Ambassador in 1967 did show up...the guitar burning fizzled out pretty quick.

[@jonpitt8504]

It's interesting that Jimi played an Epiphone solid-body guitar in his early days, but I'm pretty sure the one in the photo is a Coronet, not a Wilshire. During the summer of 1974 I bought a 1962 Wilshire from a shop in Seattle for $200. It had a slightly off-set double cutaway body and an all-in-a-row headstock similar to a Firebird. In fact it was identical to the one that Johnny Winter is playing in the 1969 Swedish KZbin video of 'Be Careful With A Fool' ... even down to the cherry finish. The great Steve Marriot of Humble Pie used to use a Coronet quite often, and the one in the Jimi photo looks the same. You've done a ton of research and come up with a fascinating compilation, so 'congratulations' on that. For what it's worth, I saw Jimi play in Seattle in May '69, and I seem to remember him playing a white (or Ivory) Strat that night.

[@TheGuitarShow]

thanks for your fantastic comment - and you are so lucky to have seen the great man in person!

[@jonpitt8504]

@@TheGuitarShow ... Yes, I feel priveleged to have seen Jimi in concert, but my luck ran out the following summer (1970) when I had a ticket to see him at the Seattle baseball stadium in August (I think). Days before the gig I had my car towed away for illegal parking, and ended up selling my ticket so I could pay the release fee! I just shrugged and thought 'Well, I'll catch him next time.' But, sadly there was no next time. He died the following month. As for the Epi Wilshire that I bought, I had it rebuilt in left-handed form (being a L/H player, as it happens) using the original hardware and a new thicker body in the same shape. I used it in my first band, but later sold it to finance a new John Birch being built by John Diggins in Birmingham. In case you're confused, I'm British but lived in Seattle for a few years.

[@gavanhillebold3131]

His stepsister Janie who runs Experience Hendrix LLC has his acoustic 12 string he played Hear My Train A Comin on

[@TheGuitarShow]

Yes I saw that - thanks

[@curbozer5006]

She must have tracked that Zemaitis guitar owner down, as he had loaned it for the photo shoot...bet he got some bucks for it!

[@vince_vatican777]

That was an incredible video! Thanx mate

[@jerrymorganjr]

I'm pretty sure that the painted V was wine red. When Gibson reissued it, they got the color wrong. But several photos show it had a red tint to it. Can't wait for part 2! His sg custom was my favorite.

[@TheGuitarShow]

ah thats interesting - ill look it up and confirm it in part 2

[@lancethrustworthy]

I like very much that you got right to it, no 30 second opening, just right to the subject.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks

[@MikeBradleyofficial]

Hi Ramon, this was fantastic, great work!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Mike

[@edbenson98]

Great documentary on Jimi's guitars and an amazing collection of photos too! #TGS

[@TheGuitarShow]

many thanks indeed bro

[@vmat1000]

wow,, WOW. Insane history!!! I thought the Monterey Strat was a one and done affair but he 'sacrificed something' he really loved. Flying Angel bit is rad. Maybe the Arrowhead inlay is in Pt 2. Uli and that black Strat ?? unreal.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for watching - yes Ill tie up some loose ends from part one plus some other surprises!

[@Creepycottages]

Hi there, I have a story that relates to the Saville theatre Strat. I was living and working in the Southampton area in the early 80's and jammed a couple of times with a guy I worked with. We were both into Jimi and had similar taste in guitars. One day he pulled out some Fender pickup's clearly old grey back with waxed wires. My mate claimed that he was in Shaftesbury Avenue around 1970 and saw in a guitar shop glass case a broken Fender Scratch plate with most of the hardware with. It was on sale as Jimi's smashed Strat from the Saville theatre just up the road. They wanted what he said 'a lot of money for it'. Being a big Hendrix fan he went back some time later and it was still there so he bought it. Either way he had removed the pickups and built a guitar but only used 2 pick up's. He offered to loan me the remaining pickup which was the neck pickup. At the time I was playing a Tokai Strat (TST50) and I could not wait to swap it into my guitar. I took it down to my local guitar shop to sort for me as I was a tad green in those day's. It was a shop called John Boot's Music (Now defunct)in Hythe near Southampton. The tech. guy at the time (Derrick Pullen) was a bit of a Fender guru and first thing he did was check the output, he said that it was very low output ( I can't remember the ohm's but 5.something) So in it went into the Tokai. Hendrix Saville Theatre pickup or not I remember the grin on Derricks face also Mark Owers famed Southampton guitarist who was having a go. It was clearly a superb 'flutey' sounding pickup which I enjoyed for a about a year and gave (Mike Clowes) his pickup back. I have not seen Mike since I left the company we both worked for but soon after that I worked at the John Boots guitar shop until I left and set up my own guitar shop in Pembroke. Cheers Paul

[@joedavis8481]

........and he could play that burnt strat and sound better than any of us on a brand new one .....rip jimi

[@ArtLogins]

fantastic stuff... keep up the good work...!

[@promerops]

Your research is impressive. Brian Jones actually introduced Hendrix at Monterrey. I look forward to your video on Brian's gear.

[@andrewsandoz8005]

Unlike other guitarists, Jimi really never got overly attached to his guitars. He pretty much played a stock Strat and went through them frequently. Equipment geeks love this stuff. Just goes to show, it's the player, not the equipment.

[@TheGuitarShow]

This is true although I think his last two - the black and also white maple strats he was somewhat precious about.

[@RelicOnMaui]

Perhaps not a particular guitar, but young Jimmy held or wore his guitar day and night. Rarely did he have a guitar cased before he became a star. Hermon Hitson said he once asked Jimmy, "Why you never have a guitar case, Man?" Jimi answered, "I don't play the case. I play the GUITAR!" All of Jimi's Seattle pals attest to the fact that Jimmy ALWAYS had a guitar... day or night, waking or sleeping. They would tease him by hiding it or keeping it out of his reach, the FEW times they could get it out of his hands. Billy Cox mentions that after he got his guitar, in the Army, it was the same story. "Dude is CRAZY about that guitar, like not normal!" LMAO "His guitar swung across his back... his dusty boots is his Cadillac" - Highway Chile

[@whatabouttheearth]

In the end he played at least Danelectro, ibanez, Epiphones, Fenders and Gibson's.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

Interesting at 15:18 the guitar is strung for a right handed person. I've always heard that Jimi had jammed with people sometimes using someone else's guitar that would be laying around strung righty. Great job !! Can't wait for part 2

[@TheGuitarShow]

yes I only noticed this after I uploaded - thanks for pointing it out!

[@yan_1312]

good eyes!

[@vmat1000]

A fave photo for me was Jimi visiting Mick Taylor backstage before a Stones Madison Square Garden gig. Jimi, flipped over SG. Mick, Burst LP.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

Yes always except when he jammed usually.

[@Sasketchejuana_man]

He could play both ways. His father encouraged him to play righty cause (IDK he thought left was for weirdos or something) and didn't like seeing him play lefty.

[@schultzvil]

hey thanks for doing this, and also for being open to the corrections that are appearing in the comments section. It's great for some of us that really love Jimi, are players, and who's lives were changed by him. I am one. Lucky enough to have seen Jimi 5 times in the NYC area, from age 13. I am still playing. Many of the facts you lay out do correspond correctly. Only omission, as pointed out by quite a few already, is the 3 pickup white SG Custom. He played that at Avery Fischer Hall in NOV. 69, (I believe that was his birthday gig) where he also was breaking strings a lot so it seemed to be a constant switch between the black maple neck Strat and a white maple neck, and then finally the SG came out. I also was at Fillmore East 10. May 68 (Sly & the Family Stone opening, mind you) and my life was forever changed when he pulled out the black Les Paul Custom and played "the blues". The first show I saw was 3 months earlier, March 68 at Hunter College. I have seen photos from the late show of that night and the black L.P. Custom was used then, too, so he had it a bit earlier than you state apparently. I am curious about what happened with that guitar. I have seen photos of him using it in Sweden as well, but it seems to have been used only for a period of a few months. To me that is the most intriguing and mysterious of Jimi's guitars... hope to learn more! Again, thanks for what you've done. I learned a lot about his various Strats through this. Axis is my favourite album as well!

[@presto111man]

Great job on this! One thing to add is the Frank Zappa strat has not been proven certain to be owned by Jimi. That is why when it was auctioned, it did not bring anywhere near the reserve, due to lack of provenance. Also, Hendrix for a short time used an Acoustic Black Widow, which he traded for from Harvey Gerst, the guitarist of the band Sweetwater. The Acoustic company found out about the trade, and wanted to make Harvey a new one instead of him playing Jimi's old strat.. So Harvey inexplicably gave Jimi back his strat when his replacement Black Widow was completed. Had he not done that he would have had the nicest Hendrix strat in existence.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this - yes its a bit of a puzzle that one

[@curbozer5006]

@@TheGuitarShow Gerst, like most folks at that time, had no idea Jimi would die in a couple of years...Gerst also was a representative of/for Acoustic, so I guess he did not want to complicate his status with the company....so maybe he was just being thoughtful?

[@fransvenrooy4760]

Wooowww, Thanx!! This is a great thing to know about all his instruments!! Really awesome!!! I can't get enough of it!! Thanx again!!!!!!

[@debbiebal1648]

Hi, Rob D here. What a great painstakingly researched video, just thought I’d add a few points that might help if I may. *The pic of Jimi on Top of the Pops isn’t the Monterey Strat it’s the Candy Apple Red Strat referred to later in your video. He can be seen using it at the Big Apple Club Munich on Nov 9th ’66 with a maple capped pre-CBS neck fitted. Then on Top of the Pops March 30th ’67 with a CBS rosewood neck fitted (as in your pic) footage of which can be seen in the bonus features of the Hear My Train A-Comin’ DVD, black & white yes but clearly metallic. Then at Olympic Studios in April ’67 with the maple cap neck re-attached. Then in the Popside Sweden footage on May 24th playing Purple Haze and Wind Cries Mary with the maple neck. Finally at the Seville Theatre on June 4th with the maple neck, painted and smashed. If you compare various pics you can see by the wear to the forearm contour edge through to the primer coat that it’s the same body. *The Fender Jaguar is Lake Placid Blue, not black and as it wasn’t re-strung or the strap button moved it’s likely it was just loaned to mime with on TV. I’ve also not heard of the Brian Jones connection, and at least ONE guitar of choice for Experiencing the Blues was the Flying V. *The pic you show of Jimi with a Sunburst Strat at Monterey is in fact from the Honolulu International Centre Oahu Hawaii on Oct 5th ’68. (It could also possibly the Swing Auditorium San Bernardino California on Sept 5th ’68 but I’d go with Hawaii). I’ve not seen any evidence of a Sunburst Strat at Monterey. *I’ve never heard of Jimi having a Moserite Joe Maphis double neck guitar or it’s use on Spanish Castle Magic. He’s said to have used a Cherry Hagstrom 8-string bass on this, he and Noel Redding each had one. *The use of a Fender Showman amp/cab setup as referred to by Eddie Kramer is not on the ‘iconic’ Voodoo Child (Slight Return) but Voodoo Chile, the slow delta blues style jam with Jack Cassidy and Steve Winwood. *The blue Strat used at, for example, Singer Bowl on Aug 23 ’68 is Blue Ice Metallic, a Ford car colour used by Fender ’65 to ‘69 and is lighter than the more common Lake Placid Blue. *The ‘F’ stamped tuners used by Fender mid ’68 onwards were by Schaller not Kluson. *I’ve heard the Native American arrowhead theory as regards the black left handed Flying V’s fretboard before, but these markers had already appeared on the 335-style Trini Lopez Model Gibson, which was in production 1964-1970. Interestingly, I’ve strummed the opening chords to Angel on this guitar (well it would’ve been rude not to wouldn’t it) back when you could get your hands on it and unlike ’60’s V’s and my ’67 re-issue on which the necks are raked, or angled back to the body, this one is more parallel to the body like, I think ‘70’s or ‘80’s ones with the fretboard prouder of the body face. Almost like a ‘prototype’ of ‘70’s V’s to come. Hope some of this might help, and thank you, for bothering to do these vids.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Excellent info many thanks indeed

[@ronmaatita8845]

Fantastic! I saw a screening of the Electric Church last night, featuring the July 4th 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival performance. The black, cigarette burned, skunk stripe-less, Strat was prominently used and had me scratching my head. Watching your video answered a few questions!!! Thanks for posting!!!!

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure and thanks fr your great comment

[@davidewing55]

Great video! It's so interesting to see him playing guitars other than Strats. Just think how Fender's sales would have changed if he had continued using Jazzmasters! But it just looks wrong playing an offset upside down. Also, it's hard to imagine his giant hands on a short scale Duosonic! Thanks again.

[@napynap]

Excellent work, thank you for this!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure

[@stringspicksandfiddlestick6388]

I have the book "Hendrix Gear." There is a guitar list in this book. Jimi had more White with Rosewood fretboard Strats than any other flavor.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks

[@Scaredycat-dad]

Wonderful video, I also thought he set strats on fire regularly. Looking forward to part two. Thanks

[@TheGuitarShow]

thanks Dave for watching!

[@RavenMadd9]

Love the details brother.....some of these pictures I never saw of him ....RIP Manny's Music.....I used to work there ....my former boss Henry Goldrich would tell me stories of Hendrix buying stuff there .....can not remember details.....also some of his stage strats are mixed parts

[@TheGuitarShow]

wow thanks for your comment! Thanks also for the info - Ill mention it in part 2!

[@vmat1000]

Holy Smokes!!! RIP Mannys??? Thats sad. Steve Miller went there in like '72 and asked 'any cool stuff here ?' They offered i believe 2 left handed Strats ordered by Jimi but he died before he could get them. Fly Like An Eagle cover in Black was one. man I think this was later stolen.

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

Ahhh.. an ex employee..!! I used to go there from 1975 to 1979 and get invited to the 2nd and 3rd floor. I would find used instruments with famous name tags on them. Many musicians rented these instruments and then were returned back to Mannys.. Is that true?? Manny's was fantastic as well as the other 10 plus music shops on 48th street.

[@maxwellfan55]

Wow, you have done your research. This is so vital. Thank you. I always thought Hendrix was comfortable with Strats, uncomfortable with Gibsons (eg. Isle of Wight Festival), but he appears ok with the LP Custom, even upside down. Speaking as a guitar player, when you're handed a guitar, you tend to always play it differently, according to it's feel, set up, sometimes you work it a bit hard, drive it, and sometimes interesting results can happen. I'm sure this would have been the same with Jimi. Same as artists with new brushes, pallets etc...

[@alfonsobaellam]

what about his Gibson SG with 3 humbuckers?

[@TheGuitarShow]

coming to that in the next part which I hope to do next week!

[@karsteinmartinsen489]

and Gibson Flying Ving

[@barrycohen311]

He sold it to Robbie Kreiger.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Baruch Cohen is that right?

[@captainhotbunz659]

Baruch Cohen Is that honestly true?

[@DonnieHardenJr]

There's no mention of his 1967 Off White Gibson SG Custom with the gold hardware and Vibrola bar. Gibson gifted it to him in 1967. It resides in the Hard Rock Cafe in Florida, I believe. I have a replica. Also, another note to just add in for when you make part two. The 1967 Flying V that he had hand-painted the design on? He did play that one on All Along The Watchtower, and he used a cigarette lighter for the slide part in the middle. He sat across from Dave Mason from Traffic, who played acoustic guitar on the track. There's no footage (that I've seen) but there are pictures from that session in the Classic Albums documentary of Electric Ladyland. He gave that V to Mick Cox from Eire Apparent, (my guess sometime in 1968, after Watchtower was recorded) and Mick had that paint design filed off. It was later restored sometime after Jimi's death. And I guess because he liked the Gibson's for his Blues playing, as you had mentioned, especially for Red House, he bought a new one in 1969. It had the Maestro Vibrola arm on it as well. Also gold. Rare split diamond inlays. Said Gibson Custom on the headstock. Anyway, that Flying V can be seen in the footage from The Maui Concert, July 30, 1970. A little over 2 months before his death. The footage of the latter show I don't think was ever "officially" released, but was used in the Rainbow Bridge film. And at the Blue Wild Angel: Live At the Isle of Wight Festival in England. August 31, 1970. A mere 18 days before his death. The largest international crowd he had ever played to. 600,000+.

[@aaaaannndddyyy]

Jimi’s “Love Drops V” is probably one of my favorite.

[@mikeplaysbassforelton1954]

That jaguar which tippy white had . Saw that guitar on display at the hard rock hotel in Marble Arch London . Saw it there a couple of weeks ago. There is also a cape that belonged to Hendrix on display. They have bands on at this hotel and I’m going to try to get a gig there . It’s the old Cumberland hotel which Jimi was booked into on the day of his tragic passing. Ramon , I jammed with you once a few years ago at an art event on Roman Road east London. Do you remember? Have a watch of my videos to see if you do ? Excellent video on jimi and his guitars , I liked the Brian Jones one you did too . One day we jam again mate .

[@marsattacks7071]

Very well documented and interesting ! Electric guitars were like an extension to Hendrix's body. When I deiscovered him some 40 years ago, I was shocked by the ''feel'' Hendrix would create with his great tone and hands, He was one of a kind. The fact that he died so young created memories of a guitar hero bigger than nature. R.I.P Jimy.

[@ScottEmmonsMusic]

Jimi had 3 Flying Vs, the painted '67 he gave to Mitch Cox in 1968, he had another in '69 seen on the Lonnie Youngblood album cover and backstage MSG, then the custom made left handed one he started playing at The LA Forum, 4/25/70 and most gigs after. The guitar you pictured as an Eko was actually the Ibanez, I researched that one.

[@TheGuitarShow]

thanks

[@paulyounger8884]

Dont get me wrong , this video does have some interesting points and information .

[@Yoda_Lover12]

How can you not like some history of Hendrix guitars? I think peeps just surf and leave a thumbs down just because. I think it's amazing that there are several guitars out there that are worth tons of money and the owners don't even know.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks 🙏

[@unclesham5507]

Oh they know. Lol.

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

Very good documentary on Jimi's guitars..!! How did all these Mannys NYC guitars get purchased? Did Jimi visit that store and play them? and all the other music stores on 48th street?? I am guessing someone kept the purchase receipts at Mannys or his roadie?

[@TheGuitarShow]

i think theres receipts with management for jimi as he never carried or had any money on him - he just asked management all the time - Eric Clapton bought a guitar from Mannys and his production/management kept a receipt.

[@cmkilcullen8176]

I read once in Guitar (Player) Magazine that he would visit Manny's and buy guitars there personally. I guess they may have been charged to an account if that is true. I don't know if he always visited there when he bought guitars, but the article did say he would make personal purchases. I read in that same article that if Jimi saw a kid there playing a guitar that such a kid liked, he would just outright buy it for the kid. I remember reading that thinking how cool that was that Jimi would do that. This was an old edition of Guitar Player(?) magazine that came out when I was about 16 or 17 -so around 1976 -1977.

[@HorizonMelt]

At the surface this looks like a video for fans of Jimi Hendrix and gear heads. But by the end of it I realized it was a rather beautiful and sad story about one of society's great heroes.

[@Dbalx]

My dear friend one more time Jim burned his guitar at the ambassador theatre august 1967!So its total 3.you can google it there are images,thanks ;)

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks brother for the info I'll check it and put it in part two

[@jonnybeck6723]

Really enjoyed this... amazing compilation!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure

[@heyzhou1]

Thanks for a great pair of vids! For what it's worth, there's a single extant photo of Jimi playing a 1967 Guild SF-V Starfire at a May 20, 1968 Castaways Wreck Bar gig. Also came across a photo of him playing a surprisingly modern-looking f-hole Acoustic Black Widow. Cool personal account of his first encounter with this guitar here, and a photo of a subsequent one he owned: blackwidow.vintageusaguitars.com/index.php/jimi-hendrix-and-the-acoustic-black-widow/ There's a photo of him posing with the Who, in which he's holding a Rickenbacker guitar. Not sure whether it was his, or theirs. Also worth mentioning, his acoustic guitars, a 1960s Zemaitis 12-string used to play "Hear My Train a Comin" and the 1951 Epiphone FT79 he evidently used to compose "All Along the Watchtower."

[@curbozer5006]

Three photos exist of Hendrix using the borrowed SFV at the Castaways Wreck Bar gig....that guitar found its way to Jimi;s Daddy for years, but rumor is he sold it quite a few years ago...the Rickenbacker belonged to Townshend...Jimi is gesturing towards Peter with his thumb, and making a face!....Peter is not amused.

[@hypnagogia]

Awesome vid and information on Jimi's guitars. Cheers!

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure

[@putademierdaabandoneamifam982]

I never seen that guy I never seen it. Play I love his music you play sitar beautifully I wish you could have been alive to see in my nice ones would have been nice I'm a big fan

[@bluevd12]

When i played in japan . With the three degrees i had an exclusive tour of one of the upstairs vaults of one of the famous music stores . I still have pictures of the metal blue strat. It was said hendrix played this at the isle of Furman .when they were run out by the skinheads... i have the picture of it. It was righty strung with original strings one or two were broken ...

[@plgplgplg]

Hey man, really good vid, lots of cool pics and info. Thank you much for not messing it up with random backing music. Steven Seagal somehow gets in there LOL!!

[@paulcowart3174]

He owns a lot of famous guitars.....Albert King Flying V and one of SRVs too

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure - got to love Steven Seagal! lol

[@Cyclingmasterseller]

Excellent job, you provided a lot of great insight for this already Jimi Fan.

[@worstxb1playertylerteehc635]

The Hendrix guitar Zappa owns is genuine and come from The Astoria Gig in London Later known as The rainbow Theatre where Zappa was also thrown off the stage and hurt badly in the orchestra pit

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for this!

[@worstxb1playertylerteehc635]

@The SNES Man Yup someone rugbyTackled him off the stage andinto the Orchestra Pit damaging his leg really badly leaving him with ''one leg shorter than other'' Alas Dancing Fool

[@tomcoy3565]

I was At Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday May 24th 1970 with Jimi Hendrix & The Experience and A Local Band, “The Fifth Order” was the front band! Jimi Hendrix Burnt a Fender Stratocaster on Stage That Night using Zippo Lighter Fluid!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Amazing - thanks for your memories

[@GtrMan863]

There is a vid on youtube someone stating that Hendrix used a Tele when recording Purple Haze, but you can't believe everything you see and here now can you

[@NewFalconerRecords]

I've seen it. It's a good video, and he absolutely NAILS the sound of the record. But they are both Fenders, so who knows?

[@1980bwc]

Wow! You put in some hours of research on this Buddy. Great job!

[@stephengorin2685]

There is one major thing about Hendrix that I have never been able to figure out. You'll note that every guitar he uses is a right-handed model. However, unlike Otis Rush and Albert King, Hendrix did not play upside down. On his instruments the strings, bridge and nut were reversed so he could play a right-handed guitar with his left hand without playing upside down. This never made sense since the controls were situated at the top of the instrument relative to his left handed playing. This made tonal adjustments difficult. Also, and this is clearly obvious on the single-cutaway Les Paul, playing a restrung right-handed made accessing the upper registers difficult, to say the least. The Les Paul is the most obvious example, though even with the Stratocaster, the longer horn was at the bottom, again making access to the higher registers more difficult. Of course using the Flying-V would not have any effect. So, my question is why didn't he just use left-handed guitars instead of going through the set and playability issues. I have never been able to figure this out. Comment are welcome and encouraged.

[@georgemorris4142]

jimi"s dad stll had a letter from Jimi when he was either 13 or14 telling him he went gig at the high school dance. 1959?

[@curbozer5006]

Could not be 1959. Jimi would have been like 17 or so...and he was not in a band at 13 or 14.

[@dexxxhunt]

What's happenin man?Excellent video as alway.You broke it down.I don't know how true it is,but I heard when he arrived in London in the fall of 66',he was actually guitar-less.Heard the first place Chas took him was a cats house named Zoot Money.I read future famous guitarist Andy Summers from the Police lived there at the time,and that Zoot borrowed a Telecaster from Andy and gave it to Jimi on lone.Speaking of the UK,I went to Europe this past May for 3 weeks,I visited 8 countries starting in London.I stayed in Kensington,near the beautiful Kensington Gardens park.I love your country man,can't wait to come back.I really enjoyed the English countryside as well when I was on my way to Amsterdam on the Eurail.Peace & Blessings

[@FramrodLiggins]

The Brian Jones Jaguar is strung right-handed. I never noticed that in the photo before. I have heard that Hendrix could play a right or left handed guitar. There it is.

[@TheGuitarShow]

you could well be right thanks

[@TRlCKERY]

What a great channel man! Subbed for the research that you do!

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure thanks very much indeed Sam!

[@littleglimmer2325]

The black Jaguar from Brian Jones is strung conventionally yet Hendrix seems fairly comfortable playing it. From 14.42.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks for noticing that!

[@jeffrogers5929]

I read a piece in a magazine MANY years ago about Hendrix walking into a club in London after a gig. The house band recognised him and invited him up to play. They didn't have a lefty guitar, but he used one of their right-handed ones, flipped it and played it "better than most right handed guitarists playing normally". He was a real guitarist!

[@charlespeterson3798]

@@TheGuitarShow First stringed instrument I played was a mandolin, studied one Mel Bay book. Next was an old 00-18 Martin. I simply inverted the chords from the mandolin chords I knew from Mel. Incidentally, when Jimi had doubts about his abilities in his early years, he would call Mel and the old master would simply say, " Remember your triads Jimi". I stood 4 feet from Hendrix in 68'. He was playing a Strat upside down. He could play in any tuning from any set up.

[@Bartockamus]

@@charlespeterson3798 WOW!!THAT'S AWESOME DUDE!!!

[@pharoahmonk50]

Great information! Thank you for compiling!

[@StevenParrisWard]

Wow peaceniks and hippies sure were light fingered. How many of Jimi's guitars were nicked?

[@nihlhinz488]

Check the neck with all the rings.

[@clicheguevara5282]

Yup. There was just as much astroturfing and fake "woke activism" back in the 60s as there is today. For example: Did you know that Timothy Leary was a CIA agent and the Acid culture was a US Government operation to quell the counterculture movement? Sounds like wacky Alex Jones nonsense, but Timothy readily admitted this. There are quotes of him saying that 80% of all his decisions and ideas came directly from the CIA. He was PROUD of this. Lol ..just as Hendrix's manager, Mike Jeffery was proud that he had worked for U.K. Military Intelligence. Jimi caught on to this crap. By '69 he had already completely quit acid. ..and contrary to popular belief, he never even tried acid until after Are You Experienced came out. Purple Haze had absolutely NOTHING to do with acid. It was inspired by sci fi books, voodoo, and weird dreams that Jimi had. Jimi "the world's most famous acid king" only experimented with that stuff for about a year and a half or so in actuality. He wasn't the "druggie" he was painted as by the media.

[@curbozer5006]

At least a dozen, maybe more..

[@jimharbin9478]

The one of a kind only a one kind of music mind he had man thank u got for putting jimi.here for a while man live on ride on play on Jimi always among us

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure - part 2 coming real soon!

[@georgemorris4142]

jimi"s dad stll had a letter from Jimi when he was either 13 or14 telling him he went gig at the high school dance. 1959?.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Wow cool thanks for this George!

[@elvis_cehany8887]

Bro your latest videos getting better and better , keep it up great material and coffee chats 👍

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks bro! - Hope you are enjoying the Jnr - looked a beautiful guitar!

[@elvis_cehany8887]

The Guitar Show man I have really no enough words to thank you for it also be sure I will be happy to share it and the 79 deluxe with mini PAF anytime you like in the show .

[@TheGuitarShow]

be great to have you over - we can do a coffee chat! @@elvis_cehany8887

[@elvis_cehany8887]

The Guitar Show it will be honour to me 👍 also total support great material and the Hendrix coffee chat spot on , you got very very nice touch and groove I still watch the episode that you explain right hand workout on acoustic so so so helpful

[@TheGuitarShow]

pleasure bro - lets make a date for you to come over!