The Guitars of Jimi Hendrix: A Short History
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One of my first, and certainly most profound electric guitar memories was hearing "Are You Experienced" played on my father's Heathkit stereo that had been relegated to my brothers room. This is the same system that would play the first time I heard Van Halen I and Rush's "2112". Played in my brother Brian's room, tucked under the eaves of my family's 1860's farm house, playing through a single 4' tall speaker cabinet my father had also built (when he built the system records were still mono), the sound always floored me.
** So many good comments have mentioned already but this is NOT an encyclopedic listing of every guitar that Jimi ever used. Some were just in a single photo and I couldn't confirm he'd used them on stage or on a recording. So I am glad folks added them here if they were important to their knowledge of Jimi's journey.
And so the journey through the instruments of my guitar heroes continues with this issue. I hope you did it.
All the best,
Keith
Hendrix's rhythm playing amazes me way more than his leads. He was actually a pretty tasteful lead player a lot of the time, didn't frequently overplay, but his rhythm playing is mindblowing.
Indeed.
You're right. But his leads were still pretty perfect. All along the watchtower is pretty iconic. I am impressed with his musicianship.
His rhythm timing going in and out of time in such a COOL way. Monster
You don't get to backup performers like Little Richard and King Curtis unless you have a darn good sense of timing. Hendrix's time on the "chitlin' circuit" prepared him well. By the way, Hendrix once said in an interview that he wanted to "burn" Clapton because Clapton didn't play rhythm. My personal listening preferences lean strongly towards players who use lots of doublestops and work out of chord shapes, playing both rhythm and lead almost simultaneously. Richard Thompson, and Tab Benoit, are great examples of this.
Aggressive as fuck rhythms but still soft! They set your mind up for the liftoff!!!
As a teenager I was listening to guys like EVH and didn't understand why people loved Hendrix so much. I did like his songs, though. As I got older I got heavy into SRV, which led me to have another look at Jimi as a guitar player. What learned was that a lot of what I liked about SRV came originally from Jimi. IMHO Jimi was the innovator and then SRV built on top of that. A million Strat songs have been inspired by the beginning of Little Wing.
I heard voodoo Chile probably 100 times before I really heard it..
I was exactly the same . I always preferred Clapton and still do , but I appreciate Hendrix much more now .
The Strat wasn't the only guitar Jimi played, but it was the one that defined his sound the best. If he played another kind of guitar on a song you might not be familiar with, you might not know, without seeing Jimi, that it was Jimi. But, I wager, you would guess it was him on a Strat, especially through those Marshall stacks. What a sound.
My dad raised me on healthy helpings of Hendrix. I has born 8 years after his death but he’s still one of the most important musicians I’ve heard. All three Experience albums are masterpieces.
I was born 7 years after jimi died my Dad would play Hendrix to me as a young lad. Dad was a massive deep purple fan but would always say Jimi was The guy.
It always amazes me how so much Rock & Roll History of absolute importance happened in the 4 years from Jimi landing in England and his death in 1970.
No guitarist has had such an impact on the playing of the instrument and music as a whole in such little time.
Unfortunately the brightest lights burn out the quickest.
Right on the button man.
I saw him play on TV when I was about 12 years old. I thought it was FAKE, I walked away! I had no idea that shit real, until I saw the Film about Hendrix! The shit was mind blowing, I was flabbergasted, my jaw dropped! I wish I had a video of my response, I had never been more shocked EVER!
I agree. It makes sense to cause him more. Always left, and his father worked alot. So he payed attention to the guitar apposed to worrying about family.
I can never understand guitarist that dont like Jimi. There's just something so untouchable in his playing and persona. He was truly the Legend he has become. This was great Keith I must have seen all the Hendrix documentary and read all the books but you put this together so thoughtfully you do forget that jimi was just a young guy in a massive Hurricane of a changing world. Always wondered what he'd been doing if he had lived what music he'd have given us.
There are two types of guitar player: Those who love and adore Jimi; and filthy liars! 😎
Where are these haters you speak of? I’ve never met a guitarist that didn’t like Jimi.
We musicians are all messed up..
Read Eric Burdons book. He was Jim’s bestie.
everybody loves Jimi though. you don't need to love Boomer rock, and you still love the guy.
Excellent point about the late career white Strat with the huge CBS headstock. I had no idea that Hendrix painted some guitars himself.
Keith - your conclusion is spot on. For me, the poetry of Hendrix’s lyrics is just as important as his incredible talent playing guitar. What an amazing, lovely mind!
Just when you think you know a lot about Hendrix, here is your lesson. Thank you Keith. Thank you Five Watt World. All the Best!
Oh Lord Sweet Baby Jesus this episode was overdue 😍🥴so excited !!!
Great video, Keith. Can’t wait to see your sequel about Jimi’s amps! I was an impressionable 15 year old when we saw The Jimi Hendrix Experience from the 6th row at the Civic Opera House in Chicago in Feb. ‘68. Axis Bold as Love was already released, so he played songs from his first two albums. “Red House” was the only song we’d never heard. Jimi and Noel each played through 6 Sunn 2x15 JBL cabs with 6 heads. It was a life-changing experience. Soft Machine opened the show.
Growing up in a musical family, at around ten years old my musical world was turned upside down when my friend's big brother came back from England in '68 with "Are You Experienced?". I kept that album (he loaned me) for almost a year! The best guitar playing years of my life was spent creating feedback (a la Hendrix, I thought) with my SearsRoebuck electric guitar and little lunch box amp! I still have a little chip missing in my front tooth... you know why!! 🙂
He'd be my parents' age, if he were alive. I love Jimi's music. Thanks for memorializing him and for telling me many things I didn't know about the guitars he played!
Now we know how old your parents are
I'm a 55 year old drummer/guitarist and when non-musicians ask me if Hendrix was really as great as his legend tells; my reply is that I believe he was even greater in subtle ways. Jimi had it all: innovative sounds, searing leads, and propulsive, intricate rhythm. He sounded like two guitarists at once and all while singing beautifully.
Many people believe that rating Hendrix at number one is overrating him but I happen to believe that number one fits him well.
This is a real, real good one, Keith. Thanks for your research. Hendrix was a genius. I happened to be at a local night spot in my hometown of Wichita where Mike Finnegan's band, The Serfs, were playing. This was shortly after Electric Ladyland had been recorded in NYC which featured Finnegan on Hammond organ. Hendrix was in town, unannounced, and walked on stage and played with The Serfs for over an hour or more. It was just one of those special nights.
Wow....new information offered by you!
Those pictures of Hendrix and Cornell Dupree are not from Curtis Knight and the Squires but from Jimi's time in the King Curtis band. It was from an Atlantic Records party at The Prelude in New York City on Thursday 5 May 1966 for Percy Sledge whose debut single, When a Man Loves a Woman had been released the previous month. King Curtis was the house band backing Esther Phillips, Wilson Pickett and Don Covay (all who had singles coming out in the following weeks) as well as Percy. The band consisted of King Curtis on sax, Jimi and Cornell Dupree on guitar, Ray Lucas on drums and Chuck Rainey on bass. Jimi played with King Curtis from '65 to '66 until as Dupree said he just stopped showing up, something he did with many bands that employed him like the Isley Brothers. He didn't quit bands; he just ghosted them or was fired for being late and missing gigs. He recorded at least one song with King Curtis on a session for Ray Sharpe on a song called Help Me (Get the Feeling) in 1966. The song was later retitled and used as a backing track by other artists, including Aretha Franklin with Jimi mixed out.
Some of those unauthorized record issues, like on Pickwick and other obscure labels, would feature weird old stuff ostensibly from Jimi like "Land of 1000 Dances".
Thanx for these infos, because all of this news very important pieces in that view of that great R''N'B' /SOUL/FUNK puzzle.
Very true.And that photo of Jimi with 'Linda Keith' is NOT her!
@@sharonlee4773 It was Jeanette Jacobs, and was taken backstage at the Singer Bowl gig, in 1968. She was one of several serious girlfriends that Jimi hung out with in NYC. After Jimi died, she married the Sax player who was in the group Traffic.
The 1964 "Texas Model" olympic white
Stratocaster with tortoise shell pick guard was originally owned by Gary Boyle (guitarist with Brian Auger's Trinity). Hendrix used this guitar on a regular basis
upon his arrival to London in late 1966. Now on display at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver.
The 1965 CAR with maple cap neck is affectionately known as the Stockholm Strat. It was painted and sacrificed which most know it as the Saville Strat.
My favorite which wasn't mentioned was the 1966/67 Ice Blue Metallic Strat that he used for a short time in 68. It was first seen in Zurich, Switzerland at the Monsterkonzert on May 31st of 1968. He broke the headstock to a sharp point at the Lagoon Opera House in Salt Lake City on August 30, 1968. It is last seen backstage on Sept 14, Hollywood Bowl.
Hendrix owned and used at least 2 1967 Oly Wht RW Strats as his main guitars up until Oct 1968 when the 1968 maple neck Strat first appeared at Bakersfield Civic Auditorium on Oct. 26, 1968
Jimi is certainly one of the most notable guitarists in history. Thanks, Keith, this was extremely enjoyable.
I met Jimi's dad after playing a gig on Capital Hill in Seattle, the bartender asked us to give him a ride home cause he was hammered. In the basement rec room ... on the wall ... in a shadowbox, the Woodstock Strat. We were offered but did not touch. Possible Mojo OD
I always found that he had an identifiable sound and tone, no matter what he played. He was Jimi, whether on a Flying V, an SG Custom, STrat, or whatever. If we had recordings of him on a Gretsch Country Gentleman, or recordings from his Danelecto, Valco, or Mustang days, I imagine he'd probably sound the same, as well. It's difficult to tease apart differences in his tone from his particular touch. I'm especially fond of his rhythm playing, which is nearly always using the neck pickup and picked near the end of the fingerboard for a more nasal tone.
Thank you Keith, Jeff and all the contributors of this video! Well done- I never knew about the '56 LP custom! RIP Jimi
ALWAYS like how you end things with the "You're all 5-Watt World...I just make the videos". Don't know why but that seems so genuine giving credit back to your audience.
If it wasn't for the community this really wouldn't be much fun.
I was 16 in 1968 and was fortunate to see Jimi as a budding guitarist at the time. He played at the University of Toledo Fieldhouse onor about March 30, 1968. I was there with a bunch of music playing friends and we were all so knocked out by what we'd "experienced" that we walked the 4 miles home instead of calling for rides, while saying nothing. Jimi introduced his "Jimiisms" to everyones guitar vocabulary and changed how the instrument was played forever. There are photos in color floating around from that night in Toledo on the internet including one of him with a Jazzmaster while playing Red House. One of two life changing musical experiences for me, the other seeing Stevie Wonder in Toledo in 1986.
Keith thank you for the excellent and informative history. I really appreciate the way you emphasize Jimi's human nature of a musician tapping into their essence and creating such a great experience for the listener and guitarist community. He shared a tremendous gift and craft from generations before and for generations to come. Thank you again for your excellence at what you do and the Five Watt Community.
Because of the guitar pyrotechnics and stage show Hendrix wasn't taken seriously enough as a singer or lyricist. He was more than the wild man of feedback portrayed in the media of the era.
Jimi regarded himself as a guitarist, and not so much as a singer. But really, he was multi talented, as well as obviously a great showman.
It's funny when people think he was great because he could play the guitar with his teeth. That was just an act of bravado and showmanship, but has almost nothing to do with his greatness as a musician, singer, songwriter, etc.
How the topics and focus just keeps getting better is very impressive Keith..this one's been anxiously awaiting by everyone..thanks man..can't wait..I'll be lurking and working for this one..lol..😊🤘🎶
The closing thought put a tear in my eye.
That's hilarious! When Jimi played the right-handed black Gibson LP Custom backwards, he kept the tilted pickguard on. If you own a LP just imagine everything being upside-down aside from the strings. Seems like it'd be so awkward. Yet Jimi still tears it up. Fucking legend, Jimi! RIP.
I was 11 when Jimi passed away.. Jimi played the guitar and the bass on my favorite song Dolly Dagger…. Love that intro
Thank you Keith for this most insightful short history of Jimi's guitars. And thanks also to Jeff McErlain for his renditions of Killing Floor and The Wind Cries Mary. If you google "Jimi's Stratocaster with a Tele neck" you'll come up with photos and articles of Jimi's performance at Newport in '69. It's a maple Tele neck slapped onto a white Strat. Some claim there was some kind of switch on the back - maybe a kill switch. Also interesting: He played through Fender amps at the concert - looks like Dual Showmans through cabs loaded with 15" JBLs. What does he sound like with this rig? He sounds like Jimi. 😉
It's amazing how driven he was, left hand and all that..great lyrics and his voice very distinctive ❤
Unfortunately a life too short ❤
Thanks Keith, for a sweet trip down memory lane on the Strats Jimi used. I had a ‘68 sunburst strat w/rosewood top and tremolo and bought it from my guitar teacher in July of ‘70, for $212. with the Fender tolex case, it was new, and I had the bill of sale. Years later I had the nerve to remove the neck to check the date code and on the pots too. The S/N was 235019 and it was confirmed to be built in the ‘68 time frame. I even had the same guitar strap seen in his concerts and posters. I had one that showed him playing a white strat w/tele neck, the headstock looked odd to me but cool at the same time. Those ‘68 Fenders were the Hendrix strats in my mind. Wish I didn’t sell it for $3K, but I was needing cash and I didn’t play that much. Renting apts had leases w/no loud music, instruments, or pets allowed. So I just hung onto it for many years and played it acoustically. Eventually I bought a real acoustic guitar, a Taylor 814C no electronics, to play on and with great tone. I never saw Jimi perform but I did see him in NYC jumping into a Checker Marathon cab and called out his name and waved at him, I got a big smile in return and just like that he was gone. That was the summer of ‘70 and I was graduating H.S. that Sept. when I heard the rumors that Jimi was dead. I had been learning his music and appreciating what he could do on that strat, so that sad news had me crying quietly as I walked home. RIP Jimi, you are an icon for the ages and today your music is making your estate more money posthumously. I even bought a mono 180 Gram LP of Are You Experienced to have in my collection. So you may be gone in body but your spirit plays on every time I play your songs, TY for the memories Jimi Hendrix.
Very well documented as always. Small vs large headstocks, maple vs rosewood fingerboards, I guess Jimi would just by the stock Strats he would find in the shop. There just wasn't the huge choice we have now back then.
keith richard said back then the best guitars were the ones being made .. wich they were...57 -69
If jimi proved one thing it is the fact that a strat is a strat , is a strat , so who cares wether it is a vintage one from the 50/60's , or a fender custom shop ( both are marketing / branding / way overpriced BS ) , or a squire classic vibe , or partscaster ect . ect. , they all sound the same , even the type off pu's don't matter that much , we all know what makes the difference in the end : the player ! And yes btw , the best sound from a strat is that of the neck pu , no guitar sounds as bluesy as this combo , together with the right amp and pedals offcourse : ) .
What's really weird is, Strats still sound like Strats...when unplugged. I don't know how, and no one else seems to know, either.
these videos never get old
what a ride, really appreciate the amount of work you put into these. Congrats and happy new year !
I’ve been hearing and listening to Hendrix since I was very young thanks to my dad, who as a young boy himself got the album Axis Bold as Love and was immediately captured by his playing, lyrics and music. Hendrix is the image that would come to my mind as a ‘guitar player’ or rock star before I had any inkling at all to actually pick up and learn to play a guitar thanks to SRV, who was deeply influenced by Jimi himself. When ever I think of a Stratocaster, my mind immediately plays the tones and songs it typically associates with the model and brand, and those tones and notes are the rhythm playing and songs of Hendrix. Who knows what kind of music he would have expanded into and what music would have been made available had he not passed away so soon, sadly we’ll never know, but I guess that makes the music he did make in that brief period that much sweeter. 🎸 🔥
Never knew if the Flying V guitars Jimi played were from the original years or not. Thank you for letting me know. These videos will live forever for gear heads like us.
I was maybe 14 leaving a friend's house on Sunday afternoon. There was this LOUD unearthly music, I followed it down an alley and found this 60 something year old man trying to be a "hippy" named Milt. He pointed at a folding chair, have a seat. Flashed peace sign, and said THAT'S JIMI HENDRIX, DUDE. Flipped my tiny world. When I has to leave, he took ARE YOU EXPERIENCED off the turntable, put in sleeve, and handed it and ELECTRIC LADY LAND albums and said CHECK THESE OUT. I played them until I could nearly see thru them. I bought 2 new copies of both sets, went back to Milt's. I WONDERED WHERE THOSE WENT . . . Ol Milt showed me lots of great music before he passed. THANK YOU MILT!!!
I thought Im pretty versed in Hendrix, but damn somehow I missed that Killing Floor cover! Such a BAD ASS riff!!!
A spar of mine, Nick, asked a roadie if he could have a Strat neck that Mr Jimi had "removed" from it's body. The roadie couldn't care less and let him take it. I was also at the gig (Albert Hall) and saw him wandering along the street with it. It had parted quite cleanly from the body, and just had minor fret damage on the treble side (Mr Jimi's bass side) around the 12th fret. I nagged him for years to let me attach it to a Strat copy body I had. He finally agreed, he wasn't a guitarist. I played it in bands for a few years, it played well. Eventually Nick eventually retrieved it as it's value became obvious. There must have been other casualties that people retrieved in similar fashion. They're out there somewhere.....
Ta.
Ian that’s so cool you got to play it for those few years at least. I still wonder where my ‘57 came from, multiple colours and coats of paint, burn marks on the body, a crack in the headstock with a couple of bent tuners, exceptional heavy wear on the neck. Back around 1970 the consignment seller refused to tell me anything about where it came from and she has long since passed away.
Thanks for telling us about yours!
Are you experienced blew my mind when I first heard it at age 12. I remember how the sounds I was hearing didn’t register in my brain because I couldn’t understand how they could possibly be created. No other album ever matched that feeling for me.
This is absolute magic to watch. Jimi has been my idol since i was a kid and my older sister listened to his music in mid to the late '60s. I'm now 60 and still play a Stratocaster. I also had THAT album of Jimi playing "Hear My Train A Comin" in acoustic. All my Jimi albums have been taken. There is so much good music going around now, but it's just not the same as listening and jamming with Hendrix. Thank you for that.
In the late 80s I lived with my brother in West Hollywood. I spoke with the Manager of the Apartment building and she told me she used to be the girlfriend of Mitch Mitchell and that he was the owner of the "Woodstock Strat". When he was hard pressed for money and he sold it for a large amount of money that guitar was eventually purchased by Paul Allen and is in his Museum in Portland.
Paul Allen also has the Woodstock modded Marshall amp……that PRS got to copy for their new amp line.
Hendrix wrote some of the most beautiful songs ... incorporating magical guitar riffs brought forth from the depths of his gentle soul . He inspired me as a young musician ... and continues to do so whenever I hear his music . I believe we've been blessed to have "experienced" Jimi Hendrix. Thanks again Keith for sharing another great "Short History".
Great video. So many pictures of Jimi that I haven't seen before. Inside the gatefold cover of Electric Ladyland there is a picture of Jimi in the studio with a bandage on his eyebrow and playing a rare left-handed black double cut guitar called a "Black Widow" made by Bartell/Acoustic. I don't know if Jimi performed with this guitar or if he recorded any released tracks with this guitar. He owned it until it's death but it's current ownership is in dispute because Janie Hendrix' ex husband took possession of it when they divorced. Eastwood guitars currently makes an inspired replica of this guitar but it does not have the f-holes as you can see in the Hendrix photo.
Billy Davis taught Jimi electric guitar at 15,& Billy was playing with his teeth behind his back through his legs etc.way before Jimi Hendrix knew guitar.While Billy was drafted to Korea, Jimi Hendrix sat in as the guitarist in the band called HANK BALLARD & THE Midnighters; Billy Davis is still playing today at age 85. I just ran into Billy Davis last week in the music store by my house. It was humbling to meet and get to know Billy Davis the man who first instructed Jimi Hendrix on electric guitar who changed the world in rock and roll music.
The white Strat that Hendrix played at the Isle of White festival lived under Mitch Mitchell’s bed for years. It was strung left handed so the only time it got played was if a left handed guitar player was around. Mitch also had the Martin D45 that was not converted and a modded telecaster (also not left converted) that I played with Elkie Brooks at Knebworth.
Keith your summation of Jimi as a person, guitarist, musician, and lyricist is deeply appreciated and very descriptive of the experience many of us enjoy as the years pass.
From first hearing Purple Haze on the old worn red paint over worn walnut tube radio, 13 in ‘67 with no idea who what where or anything of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, remembering the first goosebumps and shivers, to the continuing unfolding of musical wonder, touching lyrics and stories of the Experience through years listening. Beautiful, happy, sad, all of it.
Many thanks for bringing this all together for us here.
Credit where it's due, my editor Perry wrote most of that. He's the Start guy and was inspired by this one.
I'd LOVE to see a "Guitars of Woodstock"
I heard the note that kicks off Machine Gun’s guitar solo and it changed my life.
I simply cannot hear enough about Jimi Hendrix. Ever.
Awesome…. Thank you. Legends NEVER die.
great video, I never knew about the 2 lefties from Manny's that Steve Miller owned! A white Stratocaster lives in the Atlantic City Hard Rock with a plaque mentioning it belonged to Gary Boyle, British Fusion player and was used by Hendrix when he attended jams at The Bag o' Nails club in London. The guitar was a 1964 with a tortoise guard and strung lefty probably the same guitar you mentioned. Thanks for sharing this!
I love these ones that have been highly contested for a lifetime. I bet it’s more research but man is it wonderful. The arguments and claims of having “Hendrix’s guitar” have been everywhere for fifty years
It’s always a treat when I come home to discover a new 5WW episode! Thanks for what you do Keith, so educational and awesome you’re keeping the past alive in your own way
Yet another amazing episode, thanks for this one Keith!
Thank you for your work ! Jimi has been in the top 3 of my
Guitar heros since I first picked a guitar up in 2002.
I always enjoy your short history series videos
This is one of the most insightful things I've ever watched on UA-cam. You blew my mind on so many levels. When you mentioned Clarksville and the Isley brothers I couldn't believe that I had never heard this before being from the area, I've heard so many stories over the years of countless well known people in the music industry inhabiting the area. This weekend I had an awkward interaction with Bill Anderson when his heat wasn't working properly. His daughter had to translate everything because I'm soft spoken. I thought I was yelling.
As a teenager in 1984, my first verbal reaction to hearing Voodoo Chile was ' It sounds like fluidity'. I'm now in my 50s and still remember being bowled sideways and the exact words I uttered to my guitar teacher (who played me the tape).
The amount of guitars they gifted to eachother is amazing. I had this one time, that I wanted someone else to have a specific guitar more than anyone else - I didn´t stop to search the Internet until I found and bought him an ESP - Avatar twice. It is limited to 150x and the first one came with broken neck. The guitar I just started to rebuild on my channel was a gift as well. I never sold a guitar.
Thanks for adding to [and clearing up] more Hendrix scholarship. Band of Gypsies changed my life. After 8 bars of Message of Love, [the break] I switched from wanting to be a Pathologist to HAVING to be a guitar player. It worked out really well.
Couple of years ago I was on a TalkBass thread where a guy was complaining about “kids trying to emulate Hendrix while playing a Les Paul instead of a Strat”. As a response I posted this picture 15:01 . Didn’t hear back from him. 😂
wow. fan since '67 when i was 10.
BOG was a gift when i was 13. I didn't know the dang thing was out!
Yes, Machine Gun...NYE kickoff ;)
Great work.
20:26 Miles loved Jimi- Especially "Machine Gun." However, when Miles was touring with the Steve Miller band... some kind of festival? He would intentionally appear well after his scheduled slot, so he would not proceed Steve Miller. The guy who bought Jimi's guitars.
Anyway, the first thought I had at this moment in the video was "He absolutely refused to open for that cracker."
Fantastic video. Thank you Five Watt and Keith!
Always great to learn more about Jimi . Thank you.
Thank you. A wonderful documentary. Jimi has been the background music throughout my life (70). Still love him dearly and miss him.
Love it, can't wait for The Amps of Jimi Hendrix!
You'll get one, as soon as I declare Marshall Law.
😢yeah the ending of this vid brought tears to my eyes the loss of such greatness -at such a early age,he was and is the best of alltime😮even with today's modern pedals - guitars-amps ,there never be another so great,, IAM 58 yr old man
Howdy Keith. Had a side of FWW with my breakfast this morning. I'm here for seconds with my beer rep. He's become a fan. Thanks for this offering. "Guitars of..." series is getting hotter and hotter by the week. Jeff's playing is so dang spot-on every time. That's a highlight in itself. You have cool friends.
Excellent video on The Late Jimi Hendrix (R.I.P), I thought Jimi was strictly a Fender Strat man, but he played a few Gibsons, you learn something new everyday.
I really enjoyed the video, but a few guitars that were not mentioned were, the 1967 Guild Starfire V , the 50s Les Paul TV Yellow Special and the Acoustic/Bartell Black Widow. (made by the Acoustic amp company that he purchased in 1968)
The black widow story is he asked to
play one belonging to a fellow left hander …..in another band, maybe an opening act. And kept it, sending the guy another, that fits with Jimi owning the company, and or Mike Jeffries looking for more cash flow.
Jeffries worked Jimi to death….literally 🥵
This is a very very awesome episode. I'm so glad you did this video and will watch it several times.
Thank you 😊
As a complement to the guitar tonewood debate I hereby add the electric guitar firewood thread. Great video as usual Keith, thanks!
I've been into guitars all my life and I love the history behind them. Thanks for the video.
Nicely written, Keith. Another great tribute to the one and only.
Keith, Once again you have put together a great historic presentation of the instruments and character of the most iconic guitarists in rock history. You are the John Meacham (presidential historian) of musicians and there gear.
Hendrix was a man of metal, who could bend metal to tear at your heart & soul. I dream of what he could be doing nowadays. His early loss, is such a loss for all mankind the world over.
Fine work Keith!! Thank you
Thank you so much for yet, another superb production. Cheers!
Thank you Keith for sharing your knowledge and love for Jimi! We all have a similar stories about the first time you heard Jimi- I appreciate yours! I was fortunate enough to meet his dad Al and 1/2 sister Janie. Mind blowing! Such a sweet man and loving family. You're right when you say it's not just a party trick- He is the real deal- Enjoy and learn
Great piece as always Keith.
Excellent Keith!
I’ll watch this one at least one more time.😊
Wow. Keith and the rest of the 5 watt team, bravo! This is an excellent video. It had everything. Thanks for doing it. Now I got to listen to Wind Cries Mary!
This video is a great christmas gift Keith !
People have understandably made a lot of Jimi's guitar prowess, but his vocals deserve a little praise too. I for one have always been impressed with his range and tempo. Combine the two with his ethereal lyrics and it's no wonder he became the Rock God of Gods.
Jimi didn’t like his own voice like many and thought he couldn’t sing and he only sang out of necessity. I think his vocals are amazing. Not necessarily his tone or his ability to sing in pitch but his delivery and attitude. Very cool singer.
he could sing like a masculine dude (foxylady) or wise sage (littlewing) or like a prankster (taking care of no business)
Oh yes, this was so much needed cheers Keith 🙏
Great video, thanks for your work. Jimi is the sound of the Strat to me. Also the wide variation in Strats that he played it shows that you can do it all with one Strat when you put your mind to it.
Thanks for another great video. I would have loved to see mentioned that the white CBS strat (or maybe one of the earlier pre-CBS ones) seems to have had a tele neck installed for a while, as seen during his performance at the Newport Pop Festival, 1969. Some experts speculate that there were (at least) 2 white CBS-era maple fretboard strats, but i have never seen hard, conclusive evidence of that.
....another Gem from Keith....Thank you, Keith.........
Excellent, nicely done and documented, thank you Keith! 👍
aside from his prodigious musical capabilities, i `ve always seen the man
he really was, vulnerable and exploited, shy and thoughtful at times
but in his alter ego as guitar virtuoso ,always,, THE man, thankyou
keith, this is a great reference work you`ve compiled, 👍😎
Saw him in 1969 in NYC. on a bill with The Chambers Bros and Janis Joplin. I had a friend ( ya, she was a plaster caster ) who had a garden apartment directly above Electric Ladyland Studios
on 8th street in the Village. Her floor rumbled when they would rehearse. The studio was below ground level.
On that night in 1969, he played a white Strat, burned a white Strat, and split his pants doing a split on stage. 53 years later..... and counting.
This has been the best damn Hendrix documentary I've seen in a long time. I'm subscribed.
Welcome to five watt world!
Thanks for this video - well done!
This is an awesome documentary ... great content!
Beautiful job you did an awesome job in research on the great Jimi Hendrix and his guitars words can't say enough. Thank you so much.
The white Strat with white pickguard and maple fretboard is my choice…
Thanks for the work you’ve done !!
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Great quality video and informative as usual. As Christine McVie said, "Don't Stop." 🙂
Thanks Keith, awesome research man!
This was an early Christmas present. Great video, thanks Keith!