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Jul 16, 2024 · 'He Didn't Care That Jimi Hendrix Owned It': How Frank Zappa Really Treated Hendrix's Burnt Stratocaster, According to Steve Vai "Frank took it apart and put it back together with all sorts of...
Nov 25, 2022 · Jacob McMurray, who is the current director of curatorial, collections & exhibits at MoPOP, says the Woodstock Strat sits at the very top of the Hendrix hierarchy among the museum’s 6,000 Jimi-related artefacts.
- 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...
Mar 30, 2016 · The new Fender Mexican-built Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster replicates some of these tweaks to offer players a chance to get closer to the tone and feel of the greatest guitarist of them all. Justin Norvell, Vice President of Product Development at Fender, explains the thinking behind the unique guitar. Page 2 of 6.
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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Apr 2, 2024 · Fender CMO Evan Jones reveals how the guitar brand is channeling Jimi Hendrix to help attract the next generation of Voodoo Children, showcasing how he has modernized its marketing department...
Nov 7, 2019 · Justin bought the guitar from Jimi’s US manager Bob Levine, who had had it in his keeping for many years after it was sent to him by Mike Jeffrey, Hendrix’s manager, following Jimi’s death. Levine later sold it to a private collector and provided a notarised affidavit attesting to the guitar’s identity.
