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Gibson guitars ^ | 09.15.2009 | Ted Drozdowski

[a fool in paradise]

PING

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Errr, what’s thinking behind Gibson making a Hendrix tribute guitar when he played exclusively (except for some very, very early tunes in small numbers) Fender strats?

[edpc]

Jimi was a workaholic.

He asphyxiated on his own guitar....?

[norraad]

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[dk88]

He switched to a flying V and even an SG in the later years, Band of Gypsies era.

[norraad]

Plus, you just can't bang out that hard on most other guitars and expect them to stay with you.

I have an old strat from the era, it's really a strong, well made good sounding guitar that has stood up with almost no problems for 40 years.

When you see'um offered for sale at heaven high prices, it's because they're worth it.

[ClearCase_guy]

In case anyone hasn't seen it, on Youtube, if you search for "shotgun" you can find several nice videos about shooting, and also a very early clip of Hendrix performing on TV. He's just a guitarist in a band, backing up two extremely gay black guys singing "shotgun". From 1965 or so. It's hilarious.

But the guitar playing is nice.

[sauropod]

The guitar playing *is* nice on that video. Great piece of history.

[a fool in paradise]

When we were preparing the Woodstock DVD we found out somebody had been standing on stage and filmed the whole show in black and white. People seemed to be in the right place at the right time when it came to Jimi,

Someone videotaped HOURS of Woodstock footage (including a good chunk of the Who's set, just missing the footage of Abbie Hoffman getting bayonetted by Pete Townsend's guitar but catching Pete on mic afterwards).

I hear they needed some of this tape for the latest Hendrix/Woodstock DVD to fill out some of the set for which there was no filmed (movie film) footage.

[manic4organic]

A photo of the guitar would have been nice. Didn’t see one on Gibson’s site.

[skyman]

I just found it on Youtube with search words:

shotgun hendrix

Cool video. Never knew it existed.

The singers are a crackup. Do you think their pants
could be any tighter?

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2wBPix-nmg

[VA_Gentleman]

I agree with you. When I think of Jimi, I think of him playing that Fender Strat upside down since Jimi was left-handed.

[dmz]

When you see’um offered for sale at heaven high prices, it’s because they’re worth it.
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lookie here ... what norraad sez is quite true

www.jimsguitars.com

no i’m not jim, but i have bought from him before

[rockrr]

The amazing leechwoman strikes again!

[Drew68]

Here's the Asian-made, lower priced abomination:

Here's what will be the expensive Gibson abomination:

And here's the instrument that Jimi Hendrix is most associated with:

I'm ashamed to be a Gibson owner right now.

[discostu]

I’m psyched at more Jimi being out there.

[Drew68]

When I think of Jimi, I think of him playing that Fender Strat upside down since Jimi was left-handed.

You and everyone else in the entire world.

That's what makes this so tasteless. It would be no different if Jimmy Page died and his money-grubbing relatives commissioned Fender to build an "Authentic Jimmy Page" bastardization of a Les Paul.

[manic4organic]

Thanks. My daughter has a Hummingbird.