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- If you ever visit Seattle, a trip to the city’s Museum of Pop Culture is well worth your time – as here you’ll find the iconic white Stratocaster Jimi Hendrix used during his performance at Woodstock. The guitar in question was purchased by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who purchased it for a cool $2 million.
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Nov 25, 2022 · Gabriele paid £198,000, at the time a record price for a guitar, and he says he bought the Woodstock Strat because he’s a Hendrix fan. “In a way,” he recalls, “Jimi contacted me – that’s a long, long story – and I had to buy that guitar.
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The guitar, commonly thought of a U-1, but also identified...
- What happened to Jimi Hendrix's Monterey Stratocaster?
Some controversy still surrounds the Astoria guitar, which...
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- Jimi Hendrix’s 1968 Fender Stratocaster – $2,000,000
- John Lennon’s 1962 Gibson J-160E – $2,400,000
- Reach Out to Asia Stratocaster – $2,700,000
- David Gilmour’s Black Strat – $3,975,000
- Kurt Cobain’s Martin D18E – $6,010,000
If you ever visit Seattle, a trip to the city’s Museum of Pop Culture is well worth your time – as here you’ll find the iconic white Stratocaster Jimi Hendrixused during his performance at Woodstock. The guitar in question was purchased by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who purchased it for a cool $2 million. Allen, who died in 2018, was a keen g...
On 10 September 1962, Beatles manager Brian Epstein went to Rushworth’s Music House in Liverpool and purchased a pair of nearly identical brand new Gibson J-160E acoustic guitars for John Lennon and George Harrisonto use in the band, for the tidy sum of £161.05 (around £3,600/$5,000 in today’s money). The two guitars would go on to be used by their...
This guitar remains something of an outlier among the guitars in this list in that it’s not a guitar that was owned by a famous musician, or one that was used on any classic recordings – it’s simply a stock, then brand new Fender Stratocaster guitar. The kicker, of course is that the guitar was signed by a veritable who’s who of musicians – David G...
David Gilmour’s famous mongrel Black Strat is not just one of the most expensive guitars to ever come to auction, it’s also one of the most surprising. More than just an instrument owned and played by Gilmour, the Black Strat was an instrument that became an integral part of his sonic identity since the guitarist first used it on stage at the 1970 ...
Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance remains one of the most iconic and poignant moment in Nirvana’s short but unbelievably important career, and the guitar Kurt Cobainused for this special performance was in itself a rare and unusual instrument – a Martin 1959 D-18E. The guitar is believed to be number 7 of just 302 that were made that year, and it...
Sep 11, 2020 · The guitar, commonly thought of a U-1, but also identified as a 1958 Danelectro Shorthorn 3012, was purchased by Hendrix while he was dating a woman named Betty Jean Morgan, which led him to name the Dano after her and emblazon it with her name.
Jun 23, 2021 · Some controversy still surrounds the Astoria guitar, which is currently owned by American collector Daniel Boucher, with some who believe the actual Strat was the sunburst Fender given by Hendrix to Frank Zappa at the 1968 Miami Pop Festival, now owned and played by Frank’s son, Dweezil.
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Sep 12, 2024 · Following the theft of his Supro, with support from his father, Jimi Hendrix acquired a 1960s Danelectro Bronze Standard guitar, marking it as his second electric guitar in chronological order. Intriguingly, Hendrix himself claimed that the Danelectro was, in fact, his very first guitar.
Mar 30, 2016 · Jimi Hendrix ’s relationship with the Fender Stratocaster produced some of the greatest tones in history. Now, meet the guitar that aims to get you closer to his sound than ever... Jimi reestablished the Stratocaster’s iconic status just as rock pioneer Buddy Holly had done years before.
The guitar was put on auction in May 2002 by Dweezil Zappa (Frank’s son) who hoped it would fetch a million dollars. After it failed to sell (it reached to bid of $500,000 [Hendrix’s flaming guitar fails to sell – BBC News]) it was put up for auction once again in September for a lowered price.
