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. 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 ? Jimi’s black Strat had a two-piece maple neck. According to my source, 1968 model is 210000 to 250000. we must consider that the stain could also be dirt and not an abrasion of the paint …. In short, the guitar was given to Mitch Mitchell at some point in 1970 by Hendrix, who kept it in his possession until 1991. 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. 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. Anyways, I added a section about the guitar being cleaned, and pointed out the possibility that this was just a dirt mark. It probably continued being used in 1970, but this is where all the confusion begins. 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 know someone who claims to have been at woodstock and a Stratocaster was thrown into the crowd by someone in his band or even Jimi he does not know who threw it. 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. From then on the black Strat was seen most notably on the TV show ‘A Happening For Lulu’ in January 1969, Royal Albert Hall in February, Madison Square Garden in New York in May, Fillmore East in December, and Atlanta Pop Festival in July 1970 – just to name a few. 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. This means you have to file the frets until the strings no longer catch/get stopped by those notches. 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. 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. 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 … I cut off the strings and threw them in the bin. So I assume someone redid it poorly. I have Clapton’s autobiography sitting somewhere. The 1968 Fender Stratocaster came with a re-designed Fender logo and a new headstock. Black Beauty is a 1968 Fender Stratocaster with black finish, white pickguard and a maple neck. I can’t see that mark visible on the white Strat at Berlin ’70. It was used at the Woodstock Festival on August 18, 1969. C $1,408.50. 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. I would love to see the video and the rest of the photos. It has no notches where they are supposed to be. During the concert, Jimi was mostly playing a white Stratocaster, although there are also photos of him playing the black one. 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. He was not trying to sell it to me and I was surprised that he would admit to stealing it. 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. Meaning they’re not the same. While we’re still researching the possibility of there being two white Strats, there was most likely only one black Stratocaster with a maple neck. Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster®, Maple Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst. C $1,204.97. 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. On another note, I went to the EMP in 2016 and the Stratocaster was not on display. 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. I got it from his autobiography published in 2007. 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. 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. Remember before it went to the EMP museum a tech actually cleaned the whole guitar and stated after that was a mistake. Or, and here’s a thought, just bare with me on this, They don’t match at all. Lesson learned! From United States. To see the interview in full, check the source below the quote. (Dan). 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. So it could be the whit EMP Strat lying behind Mitch when he I is drumming. Jul 4, 2014 - Jimi Hendrix's "Black Beauty" 1968 Stratocaster, Jimi's favorite guitar when he died. Buy It Now. The guitar was first seen on stage at the Civic Auditorium in Bakersfield, California on October 26, 1968. Being a big fan of Jimi Hendrix, I took the opportunity to flip the guitar upside down and play it that way. This means that it was made from two pieces of maple (fretboard and the body of the neck), glued together after the truss rod was installed in between them. This is probably the best-known guitar of Jimi’s. All of the gigs played from November 1968 to August 1969, were played on either the black Strat, the white Strat, or occasionally a few different Gibson guitars. The string tree is in a different place on the top picture as compared to the one Jimi is holding. Pre-Owned. Hi Scott. This signature Stratocaster model features a special neck plate engraved with a shoulders-up silhouette of Hendrix and an "Authentic Hendrix" inscription. One could assume that if the notch on the body of the second Strat wasn’t really scratch but just a piece of dirt from Jimi’s fingers, it could be that it too was removed when the guitar was cleaned. Saying they don’t match at all is a far bigger stretch, at least to me, than saying that they appear to match quite well. Several years ago, I heard a rumour that this Strat was called Electric Lady and the white one was called Isabella. One of his first Stratocasters, Hendrix played this guitar when he visited Juggy Sound studios in New York, where he worked in 1965 after parting ways with Little Richard. It was a ’68 strat after all. Support your favorite online guitar chronicle by getting yourself some awesome shirts! [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). As far as the stain, it is visible on numerous photos, so it would indicate it is indeed a permanent scratch. Is there any evidence that this is the case? 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. […] I cut off the strings and threw them in the bin. The Woodstock Strat was used probably from late October or early November 1968. Until a replacement strat neck was found (or the frets were filed down), the tele neck remained. Think that’s where I read it too. I looked for the notch – One of many photos attached here. Yeah, it’s a shame that someone removed the cigarette burns, it’s such a nice detail. Isn’t hindsight a wonderful thing? 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. 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. C $2,047.44. Then the next day I heard that he had died. 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.
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