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Perhaps that is the Woodstock Strat? It was weird to realize that the last person to do this might well have been Hendrix himself, as there are well-known photos of him doing it backstage before a gig. Stand up next to a mountain. This photo shows him with all three, taken sometime in late 1968. In case you notice anything wrong with the information posted on this page, or you have knowledge of something that you would like to share, be sure to leave a comment below. So when Jimi used them they may have been wiped down say as the strings got changed but not to any great extent so that would also mean nobody else was really going over the guitars too much and maybe that’s why so little details are known. That guitar changes things somewhat, thanks for sending the video! I cut off the strings and threw them in the bin. First appearing around 1986, this was essentially a reissue of the type of Stratocaster immortalised by Jimi Hendrix – a post-CBS late ‘sixties model with a large headstock, staggered-pole pickups, and most crucially, a maple neck with a separate maple fingerboard. Cheers. “Woodstock Strat at the EMP Museum (left) and the Strat used at Woodstock in 1968 (right). If let’s say Jimi used the scratched Strat on one date, than picked up the Woodstock Strat, and then went back to the scratched one again, that would give some weight to the theory that they were separate guitars. Hi Aaron. You can see a bunch of pics in ‘70 but one of the easiest to see is a colour shot from Maui ‘70 with the dirt and this is supposed to be the EMP guitar all cleaned up. The Stratocaster had been in the drummer's possession since Jimi's death in 1970 and this was the first time it had seen the light of day. The new logo featured much thicker lettering in black with a gold outline (as opposed to gold with black outline used in the transition period between 1964 a… I took some detailed photos (and video) of the Woodstock Strat last year, showing all of the woodgrain, scratches, and other detail. Sometimes I miss incorporating those small details. Jimi Hendrix Rock and Pop Memorabilia – Christie’s, this photo of Jimi at the Open Air Love & Peace, Jimi Hendrix Week: “I played Jimi’s Woodstock Strat”, Jimi Hendrix’s “Woodstock” Fender Stratocaster – IconicAxes, https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20676321, 1960s Fender Stratocaster (black, Darlington), 1963/64 Fender Stratocaster (Monterey Pop), 1960s Fender Stratocaster (Saville Theater / Sgt. (32.4 cm) Depth: 1 3/4 in. From United States. Jimi’s black Strat had a two-piece maple neck. or Best Offer. holding a cup of coffee. Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster®, Maple Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst. we must consider that the stain could also be dirt and not an abrasion of the paint …. Dirt mark gone but same other scratch marks. If you watch the long video of jam back at the house, during the drum solo you can see a strat in the background. Will likely add the guitar on a separate page once I found more details about it. Perhaps Jimi left it in Electric Lady Studios in late 1969/1970 when he was in New York playing Fillmore East and never bothered to pick it back. Cheers. Yeah, it’s a shame that someone removed the cigarette burns, it’s such a nice detail. I can’t see that mark visible on the white Strat at Berlin ’70. It’s too bad they did not take (or atleast publish) any photos of the guitar when they inspected it, and prior to the cleaning. From United States +C $165.70 shipping estimate. Buy It Now. Meaning they’re not the same. Will check if there’s any mention of the guitar. [Hendrix concert in Bakersfield the stuff of legend -bakersfield.com] This was right in between the recording sessions at the TTG Studios in Los Angeles, and based on the photos taken by Ron Raffaelli at the studios, the guitar was used there as well (photos should be fairly easy to find with a quick Google search). Yes – Clapton bought it on impulse having seen it in a shop window – I think in Denmark Street? I find it hard to believe that Hendrix would play that guitar with the nut being as is. When the guitar was first discovered in 1990 and was in the process of getting ready to be auctioned, one very important mistake was made. What do you mean Jon, they match pretty well to me. This is the guitar that Jimi was seen using from around April 1970. The only guitar tossed into the Woodstock audience was Pete Townsend’s 1968 cherry SG which was recovered by a crew member almost immediately afterward. I would agree… you can see the notches/ scratch marks that still exist match up but the strumming dirt mark on the front towards the bottom is cleaned off. The guitar was used all the way until the last gig that The Experience played together, at The Isle Of Fehmarn on September 6, 1970. Hendrix expertly played Izabella — his 1968 Olympic White Stratocaster — free-form style, for a few minutes and then into a distorted, wrenching interpretation of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Never before had the national anthem been performed with such expressive ferocity. The Woodstock Strat was used probably from late October or early November 1968. 1 product rating - Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster Sunburst With Fender Molded Deluxe Hard Case. So there either had to have been two nearly identical white maple neck Stratocasters in 1970, or there’s something else at play. I believe “Survivor” bio is from the late 80s, but it could contain the same piece of info regarding the Hendrix guitar. Title: Stratocaster. Scottsdale, AZ (October 28, 2015) -- Just in time for the holidays, Fender announces the Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster guitar, one of the most highly anticipated musical instruments in recent years.. GroundGuitar is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. He was not trying to sell it to me and I was surprised that he would admit to stealing it. It could be, but I’ve never seen him switch guitars, nor did I see another guitar sitting on stage at that time. He and Jimi were supposed to be attending another act’s gig, if memory serves – sitting opposite each other in theatre boxes,like rock royalty. So it seems an amazing coincidence that Jimi (who reverse-strung his guitars) would come to possess 2 strats where the different location of the tree would insure that his 2 heaviest strings would remain snugly in their nut-slots. Think that’s where I read it too. On another note, I went to the EMP in 2016 and the Stratocaster was not on display. (99/7 cm) Width: 12 3/4 in. It seems that the guitar was used from around the same time as Jimi’s black Strat, around October 1969, but have gone out of rotation sometime in 1969 in favor of a different white Strat that looked nearly identical. The scene was so small then that I knew I would be seeing him that night, as I was going to a Sly and the Family Stone concert at the Lyceum and Jimi was bound to be there. Medium: Alder, maple, chrome, nickel, plastic. I think it was in 2016 when the guitar was on loan Kenny Wayne Shepherd, so maybe that was it. To see the interview in full, check the source below the quote. It has no notches where they are supposed to be. do you think this serial is correct? With the CBS purchase of Fender in 1965, … I still can’t find the pictures they took when they disassembled the “Woodstock strat”. I see some evidence that there was a notch there at some point. The guitar was first seen on stage at the Civic Auditorium in Bakersfield, California on October 26, 1968. lacquer but there is overspray over it. Fender Saville Theatre Strat Stratocaster USA american standard Jimi Hendrix . In fact, the very last known photos of Jimi show him holding this exact guitar. On the photo, we see a white rosewood Stratocaster, which soon became replaced with one with a maple neck – the one he would eventually use at Woodstock. From that point on, the Woodstock Strat is kept safe at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, founded by Allen in 2000. Slipping the guitar from its padded gigbag, you'll spy a classic alder body wrapped in … Is it possible that Jimi could have used two white guitars at Woodstock? Hi Scott. As far as the stain, it is visible on numerous photos, so it would indicate it is indeed a permanent scratch. Honoring the electrifying player who catapulted the Stratocaster guitar and its tremendous sonic flexibility into a new orbit, the Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster is full of incendiary … (Dan). Which from string to string is not spaced correct. What are they top secret or something?? You can send them to danko@groundguitar.com if it’s easier for you. After another couple hundred to cover shipping, taxes, and a new nut for the reversing, this strat was ready to play! What makes it unique is that Black Beauty was actually Jimi Hendrix’s favorite guitar, even more so than his other equally legendary guitar, the 1968 Olympic White Fender Stratocaster … Just look at Clapton’s Blackie, the guitar still has those marks and in my opinion, that makes it look a lot more authentic. 244458, neck date MAY69, sunburst finish, rosewood neck, twenty-one fret fingerboard with dot inlays, three pickups, three rotary controls, three-way selector switch, tailpiece with adjustable saddles and white pickguard; with original rectangular hardshell case with orange … Until a replacement strat neck was found (or the frets were filed down), the tele neck remained. From United States. 7 product ratings - Fender Stratocaster Jimi Hendrix Reverse Headstock Black . It's these details that Fender has replicated with its new Mexican- built Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster. Cigarette burns were evident on the headstock; and there was staining from his shirt on the creamy-white finish. Fender launched the Strat in 1954, and the model evolved throughout the '50s and '60s. After Jimi died, the guitar ended up with Monika Dannemann – his girlfriend at the time in who’s apartment at the Samarkand Hotel, Notting Hill Gate, Jimi spent his last hours. (Dan). Pre-Owned. He had passed out, stoned on a mixture of booze and drugs, and choked on his own vomit. The neck has orig. This may sound incredulous but during a visit to London in 1971, I was shown a white Strat by a British Roadie who told me that it was Hendrix’s and that he had stolen it while working at Woodstock. Interesting to note is that looking at the photos of this guitar from a chronological standpoint, one can notice the slow increase of the burn marks on the headstock. The guitar was made in 1968, or three years later after CBS acquired Fender. Dimensions: Length: ~39 1/4 in. My 2 cents: To our knowledge, Uli had not made a comment on this, so it remains only a speculation. Then the next day I heard that he had died. They’re both much closer to the nut than on most other strats I’ve seen. Several years ago, I heard a rumour that this Strat was called Electric Lady and the white one was called Isabella. Isn’t hindsight a wonderful thing? The string tree is in a different place on the top picture as compared to the one Jimi is holding. Thst’s from his autobiog “Survivor”, isn’t it? Its serial number is 222625, the neck is slim and the fretboard is of standard Fender radius of 7″. As is often case with Jimi’s guitars, the only option is to speculate. Where exactly should I be looking? But, according to the photographer James Davenport, who was at Jimi’s concert at the Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport on July 31, 1968, the guitar was stolen from Jimi a few days after the gig, together with a black Les Paul. It seems to be impossible to find one single photo that shows the black Strat without the burn marks, or with fewer burn marks when compared to an earlier photo. It’s like a lightbulb finally went off. This guitar was not only used throughout 1969 but also in 1970 – up until Jimi’s death. However, given how strong the line of ownership is behind the Woodstock Strat, there’s no reason to assume that it’s a fake. Perhaps Jimi (known for scraping his strats along the mic stand/speaker cabinets) needed a neck in a hurry, so a tech slapped the tele neck onto a strat that Jimi liked. [Jimi Hendrix’s “Woodstock” Fender Stratocaster – IconicAxes]. Jimi was the one doing all the tweaks needed and unlike today, only he knew what was actually going on with the black and white ‘68 guitars, the ‘70 V, or how about the ‘69 sunburst V we hardly see mentioned ? Mitch said it needed looking at because the frets had tarnished, the strings were rusty and he had decided to put it up for … Mitch Mitchell brought in a guitar case and nonchalantly opened it. In short, the guitar was given to Mitch Mitchell at some point in 1970 by Hendrix, who kept it in his possession until 1991. I wouldn’t know if second number indicates how late in the year the guitar was made or not. Edit: Found the quote from Eric. One is inclined to assume that this is the Woodstock Strat, although there’s no actual way to prove it. C $2,156.28. I’m starting to think Jimi had no guitar tech to speak of and the guitars just went back into the cases after the gigs and any work done was by Jimi himself. One thing to be noted, Eric Clapton had bought as a gift for Jimi a left-handed stratocaster and meant to give it to Jimi on September 18, 1970… sadly Jimi died a few hours before he could ever give it to him. I’ll have to go back and look if the two guitars overlap. For sale VERY RARE original Fender Stratocaster MAPLE CAP neck, 1967, just like Hendrix and Blackmore used to play! Read the review: http://bit.ly/JimiHendrixStratReviewIt’s impossible to replicate the sound, soul, and impact of Jimi Hendrix’s playing. The resulting 'reverse' headstock and reverseangled bridge pickup gave Jimi’s Stratocaster a unique tonal response and a distinctive look. At that point, it was sold through auction for £198,000 to Gabriele Ansaloni, Italian TV host, and music critic. The guitar was made in 1968, or three years later after CBS acquired Fender. In case you want to talk to me directly and privately, please use the contact form and I will get back to you as soon as possible. I agree. During the concert, Jimi was mostly playing a white Stratocaster, although there are also photos of him playing the black one. If someone took the time to pick out the black carbon marks from the cigarette burns, is it not also possible that they had the notch painted over? Support your favorite online guitar chronicle by getting yourself some awesome shirts! You can look up a video of him playing it on Jimmy Fallon. Up until this point, almost every guitar that he played had a rosewood fretboard. These custom features have been incorporated into the new Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster for the right-handed masses. – as it was the first left handed Steat he’d ever seen. Jul 4, 2014 - Jimi Hendrix's "Black Beauty" 1968 Stratocaster, Jimi's favorite guitar when he died. Just glimpsing the thing was a 'Spinal Tap' moment of epic proportions. It was the first time the death of another musician really affected me. Artist: Fender. Corbin from IconicAxes has done a great job of telling the story behind the auction of this guitar. It probably continued being used in 1970, but this is where all the confusion begins. Important considering his heavy use of the tremolo bar. C $1,408.50. decal, orig. It was completely cleaned. GroundGuitar is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This picture was taken by his girlfriend The Fender Stratocaster is arguably the most iconic, most played, and most copied electric guitar design of all-time. Just a bit on the subject of the legitimacy of the guitar currently held at MoPoP – a note from a different auction of one of Jimi’s guitars reads that two guitars were found in the Electric Lady studios by Jimi’s management around the time of his death – a sunburst Stratocaster that was the subject of the auction, and a white maple Stratocaster with the serial number 240981 (same as the EMP Strat) [Jimi Hendrix … June 27, 2020 David Gilmour vs. Jimi Hendrix: Which Legendary Musician Had the More Iconic Stratocaster We put the famed guitarists and their instruments of … Or, and here’s a thought, just bare with me on this, They don’t match at all. Full of incendiary vintage tone and classic style, this extraordinary instrument features signature touches and unique … Top Rated Seller Top Rated Seller. If you watch the footage you may see that at 6:54 Jimi will appear on the left side of the screen for 2/10 sec. So I assume someone redid it poorly. Don’t mind that. It seems unlikely that a piece of dirt would be so stubborn to attach itself to a smooth guitar finish, and remain there for months, but it is a possibility. String bending gets stopped-dead. Dan. Sorry, had to wait a few days to get an HD copy of Woodstock. Jimi rubbed it everywhere … . Although I will agree there may have been another white strat through ‘69 and weather that was the one with the switched out tele neck who knows. Dweezil Zappa comes by Norman's Rare Guitars to show Norm the Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix gave to his dad Frank Zappa. Took me a long time to figure this out. Cheers, Dan. This means you have to file the frets until the strings no longer catch/get stopped by those notches. Pretty rare to see a 1968 Fender Stratocaster, in great original Shape, but here is one that should stir up some interest! https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20676321 07:04 in. The white guitar that Jimi used from around April 1970 had a notch on the body, clearly visible on photos against the plain white color of the guitar. Being a Luthier and player over 40 years I would certainly know. Isn’t hindsight a wonderful thing? I took the guitar with me to the show so that I could give it to him afterward, but he never turned up. (4.4 cm) Weight: 7.78 lb. Jimi Hendrix A 1968 Fender Stratocaster in sunburst finish owned by Jimi Hendrix 1969-1970, Serial No. He still has the guitar and this person is trustworthy. Black Beauty is a 1968 Fender Stratocaster with black finish, white pickguard and a maple neck. A celebrazione dell’elettrizzante “Voodoo Chile” che ha reso popolare la chitarra Stratocaster e la sua incredibile flessibilità sonora, la Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster offre la possibilità di brandire il medesimo timbro fiero e lo stesso feel musicale. Would’ve died to see it. It was a ’68 strat after all. Changed tuners in 1970' to correct Fender type used those days (see the pics). The new logo featured much thicker lettering in black with a gold outline (as opposed to gold with black outline used in the transition period between 1964 and 1968), and the headstock became larger in size in order to make space for the new logo. This piece of walnut filled the hole that allowed the truss rod to be installed. Of course, you need to take into regard different exposure and contrast of the photos, and it just seems that a lot of details (wood patterns) are lost in the Woodstock footage. This signature Stratocaster model features a special neck plate engraved with a shoulders-up silhouette of Hendrix and an "Authentic Hendrix" inscription. I bet that thing would go for a million on pawn stars. Pepper's Strat), 1960s Fender Stratocaster (Sunburst, Monterey), 1960s Fender Stratocaster (Tortoiseshell), 1956 Gibson Les Paul Custom (Fillmore West, Miami Pop), 1960s Fender Stratocaster (Telecaster neck, Newport), 1970 Gibson Flying V (Left-handed, Black), 1970 Fender Stratocaster (sunburst, maple). I’ve always wondered what happened to that guitar. So it could be the whit EMP Strat lying behind Mitch when he I is drumming. These are the kind of things that make us wonder about the authenticity of these instruments. Remember before it went to the EMP museum a tech actually cleaned the whole guitar and stated after that was a mistake. The separate maple fingerboard was commercially introduced by Fender in mid … The last guitar shown, which was given to Mitch Mitchell, has obviously been tampered with. I did see some of Hendrix’s handwritten work and one of his acoustic guitars, but alas. This is understandable considering the fact that he mostly used early to mid 60s Strats, most of which were shipped with rosewood fretboards, at least up until around mid-1965. […] I cut off the strings and threw them in the bin. Dan. The mark on the strat is from dirt on his finger tips as you will notice his hands strumming position and with a little research you can see in photos he clearly drops his fingers over that area when strumming all the time. Hendrix started using this guitar in mid-October 1968, and it represented a shift away from rosewood and towards maple neck Stratocasters. Below is the quote from the person who did the cleaning, explaining the state of the guitar at that point. I checked the Jam footage, and can’t see the second Strat anywhere during the drum solo. The guitar was one of the two maple neck Stratocasters that Jimi started using around this time – the other one being almost an identical guitar but finished in white. Hendrix concert in Bakersfield the stuff of legend -bakersfield.com, 1960s Fender Stratocaster (black, Darlington), 1963/64 Fender Stratocaster (Monterey Pop), 1960s Fender Stratocaster (Saville Theater / Sgt. If indeed this is the case, that there were two different white Strats in 1970, it means that the Woodstock Strat was not used on concerts from April 1970 and until Jimi’s death. One afternoon I was browsing through some instrument shops in the West End when I saw this white, left-handed Stratocaster, and I bought it on impulse to give to Jimi. Edit: I just read the story about the neck being broken…..and roadies replacing with a tele neck. The third thing to point out is that Jimi’s guitar had “F” style tuning machines instead of the Kluson tuners used on the models from previous years. If you look at the photo above, you’ll notice that in the process of cleaning, those burn marks from the headstock were completely removed. I looked for the notch – One of many photos attached here. This is important to note because it is often mentioned in various articles and books that the Woodstock Strat was used on the last Experience concert at the Open Air Love & Peace Festival in Fehmarn, Germany on September 6, 1970. Artist: Jimi Hendrix (American, 1942–1970) Date: 1968. This means that likely there was only one black 1968 Fender Stratocaster that Jimi used from 1968 to 1970, making it one of his most long used guitars overall. The new tuners were not made by Fender, but by Schaller. Today they alone would probably be worth £50,000 (with Jimi’s DNA all over them)! This is probably the best-known guitar of Jimi’s. He had the [Fender] guitar a total of three or four days before it was stolen. The guitar Hendrix used to play the Start Spangled Banner that day was a cream-coloured Fender Stratocaster which has since become known as Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock Strat. C $2,047.44. The 1968 Fender Stratocaster came with a re-designed Fender logo and a new headstock. Today they alone would probably be worth £50,000 (with Jimi’s DNA all over them)! Before Woodstock however – things are somewhat unclear. From United States. Weird that that piece of footage is missing from the DVD release that I have. According to my source, 1968 model is 210000 to 250000. Buy It Now +C $91.01 shipping estimate. To cut the long story short, from late 1968 to Jimi’s last gig in September 1970 it was either this black Stratocaster or a different white one – aside from few occasions when he picked up a Gibson. In case you want to talk to me directly and privately, please use the contact form and I will get back to you as soon as possible. One that would make the story of this guitar a lot more simple. In the Video ‘the Road to Woodstock’, Jimi takes off his white strat and disappears behind the drums, the camera cuts to the audience, and then Jimi returns to stage carrying his white Strat and tunes it before breaking into ‘Hey Joe’. They had a … It seems that in 1968, Hendrix started placing cigars in between the strings and the headstocks while playing, and while the cigarettes were often forgotten and burned all the way to the filter, they created burn marks on the headstock. Guitars made around this period are usually regarded as less desirable since CBS introduced some changes to the model that many did not approve of. What’s worth noting here is that around the time Jimi started using this guitar, he also started placing cigars in between the strings and the headstocks while playing, and while the cigarettes were often forgotten and burned all the way to the filter, they created those burn marks on the headstock. The wood grain does seem to match quite well, meaning that the EMP Strat is likely the real deal.”. That’s a good point, it could be the case. Credit Line: Courtesy of MoPOP, Seattle, WA The thumbnail photos I often make myself in photoshop, because I can’t always find the photo of the guitar itself from the right angle. GroundGuitar counts on your criticism and feedback. Why the ‘tele’ neck? The Strat remained in Monika’s possession until her death in 1996. I saw a late 68 strat with 22xxx serial ….. how is it possible that the 240981 attributed to Jimi was built before November 68?!? The guitar was sold once again after only two years to Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder for an undisclosed amount. Up until that point he used a similar white Stratocaster (Woodstock Strat), but photos seem to indicate that a change took place sometime around early 1970, and Jimi swapped to a different Stratocaster. Honoring the electrifying "Voodoo Chile" who popularized the Stratocaster guitar and its tremendous sonic flexibility, the Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster gives you the same fiery tone and playing feel to wield as your own. Oh, well……, I was open to the hypothesis in the double White Strat … but I always thought that that mark on the body could have been simply dirt .. probably when Jimi was rubbing his guitar on the dirty tolex of some amp … nothing easier… It's a 1968 'Olympic White' Fender Stratocaster with an alder body and maple neck and fretboard. Based on the fact that Monika was married to Uli Jon Roth of the Scorpions at the time of her death, most seem to assume that Jimi’s guitar is now with Roth. The 1968 Fender Stratocaster came with a re-designed Fender logo and a new headstock. In comparison, the original 50s Stratocasters had a one-piece maple neck, with a walnut “skunk stripe” on the back.
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