What kind of guitar did Jimi Hendrix play?

Answer 1

Hendrix owned and used a variety of Guitars during his career. His guitar of choice however, and the instrument that became most associated with him, was the Fender Stratocaster. He started playing the model in 1966 and thereafter used it prevalently in his stage performances and recordings.

Hendrix bought many Stratocasters and gave some away as gifts. The original sunburst Stratocaster that Hendrix burnt at the Astoria in 1967, and that he kept as a souvenir, was given to Frank Zappa by a Hendrix roadie at the 1968 Miami Pop Festival; Zappa assumed it was the one Hendrix had played there.

Hendrix used right-handed guitars, turned upside down and restrung for left-hand playing. This had an important effect on his guitar sound: because of the slant of the Strat's bridge pickup, his lowest string had a bright sound while his highest string had a mellow sound, the opposite of the Stratocaster's intended design. Heavy use of the tremolo bar necessitated frequent tuning; Hendrix often asked the audience for a "minute to tune up", as heard on many live bootlegs of his performances.

In addition to Stratocasters, Hendrix was also photographed playing Fender Jazzmasters, Duosonics, two different Gibson Flying Vs, a Gibson Les Paul, three Gibson SGs, a Gretsch Corvette he used at the 1967 Curtis Knight sessions and miming with a right strung Fender Jaguar on the "Top Of The Pop's" TV show, as well as several other brands. Hendrix borrowed a Fender Telecaster from Noel Redding to record "Hey Joe" and "Purple Haze", used a white Gibson SG Custom for his performances on the Dick Cavett show in the summer of 1969, and the Isle of Wight film shows him playing his second Gibson Flying V. While Jimi had previously owned a Flying V that he'd painted with a psychedelic design, the Flying V used at the Isle of Wight was a unique custom left-handed guitar with gold plated hardware, a bound fingerboard and "split-diamond" fret markers that were not found on other 60s-era Flying Vs.

On December 4, 2006, one of Hendrix's 1968 Fender Stratocaster guitars with a sunburst design was sold at a Christie's auction for USD$168,000.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix

Answer 2

Yes he had a few favorite guitars #4 was his hand painted Gibson Flying V,#3 was his custom left handed Gibson flying v, #2 was his Montery pop festival guitar that he hand painted, #1, were his 1968 Fender Statocasters he used from 1969 to 1970; one was white, used at Woodstock '69 and his black stratocaster a 1968 strat, serial no. 222625, was used at Fillmore East, Isle of Wight, Alanta pop festival, BBC sessions and his last concert: Isle of Fehmarn, Germany.

Answer 3

He used alot of fender stratocasters including a 1969 or 1968 blondish fender strat with a maple fretboard which he used at woodstock. He also had a hand painted Gibson Flying V which he called his flying angel and I once saw him with a Gibson les paul custom turned upside down. He also owned a fender jaguar and I thnk a black 1969 fender stratocaster. For an acoustic guitar he used a 12 string Zemaitis which he played for I hear my train comin`

Answer 4

He is most known for using Fender Stratocaster, but he also used Gibson Flying V's as well as others.

Jimi Hendrix used Fender Stratocasters. He owned many different models and often gave them away to other famous Guitarists. He played right handed Strats upside down but strung for a lefty. This affected his tone because the pickups were inverted, making the bass bright and highs mellow. We offer our top-three Hendrix style Strats.

Answer 5

He only used the brand Marshall. He is the one who made Marshall so famous.

Further, he used many different amps early in his career. He used a Fender Twin Reverb in the early sixties, moved on to an exclusive contract with Sunn amplifiers in 1967, which he quickly ended. In 1967 he began his love affair with the 1966 Marshall 100 watt Super Lead, which remained his amplifier of choice until his death.

Here's a great Musician Gear Resource called "Gear of the Godz". They say Jimi used Marshall, but also Vox AC-30 and Fender Twin Reverb occasionally.

Answer 6

Jimi Hendrix's first guitar was not a Squire. Squire was a budget brand introduced in the mid-1980's, more than 10 years after Hendrix passed away.

Hendrix is famous for playing right handed Fender Stratocaster that was strung left-handed and played upside down. One of these guitars was sacrificially burnt during a concert, and then handed to Frank Zappa, who gave it to his son Dweezil. Dweezil later had it repainted with a picture of Madonna over what appears to be a light duck-egg blue background.

However, I digress from the question: what was Jimi Hendrix's first guitar? When he worked for James Brown at the start of the 1960's before enlisting in the Army, he played a variety of guitars including a Gretsch, a Les Paul and a fender Stratocaster. It is certain that he owned other guitars before these. What they were someone else may be able to provide a better answer.

CORRECT ANSWER:

Electric Guitar:

Hendrix's first Electric Guitar was actually a 1957 White Supro Ozark that was stolen at Birdland, Seattle in 1960. After he lost that one he got a 1956 Red Danelectro that he later sold in Nashville in 1962. I saw his Danelectro guitar at the EMP (Experience Music Project) museum in Seattle Washington.

Acoustic Guitar (His first guitar ever):

At the age 15, he got his first acoustic guitar for $5 from a friend of his fathers.

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Electric Guitar:

Hendrix's first electric guitar was a 1957 White Supro Ozark that was stolen at Birdland, Seattle in 1960. After he lost that one he got a 1956 Red Danelectro that he later sold in Nashville in 1962. I saw his Danelectro guitar at the EMP (Experience Music Project) museum in Seattle Washington.

Acoustic Guitar (His first guitar ever):

At the age 15, he got his first acoustic guitar for $5 from a friend of his fathers.

Answer 7

a fender stratocaster strung upside down for a left handed genius

Answer 8

Fender Stratocaster