Hendrix's 'burnt' Strat set to fetch $1,000,000

Bluesbreaker · 07-17-2008, 05:59 AM

Just noticed this story doing the rounds on the news today.

Quote:

The first guitar to be burnt by Jimi Hendrix onstage is set to
fetch £500,000 at auction.

Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster, which was famously set alight
on stage during a performance at London's Finsbury Astoria in 1967,
is going under the hammer with other historic artifacts from the
world of music.

But the pick of the musical collection will be Hendrix's guitar, from
the opening night of the Walker Brothers tour on March 31 1967.

At the end of his show Hendrix set fire to the base of his Fender
Stratocaster – as the astonished audience looked on and petrified
venue staff ushered the performer off.

While Hendrix was being treated for minor hand injuries, his guitar
was retrieved by his roadies, and eventually returned to Garland's
London offices.

The guitar was then kept at the home of Noel Redding - bass player
with the Jimi Hendrix Experience - before Garland collected the guitar
and stored it at his parent's garage in Hove.

It was kept there until it was unearthed by Garland's nephew in 2007.

Now, the guitar, along with the rest of the collection, will be sold by
rock and film memorabilia auctioneers The Fame Bureau at the Idea
Generation Gallery in Shoreditch, London, on September 4.

Fame Bureau Director of Acquisitions Ted Owen, said: "Never before
has such an important collection of music history been made available
in a single sale.

"When Hendrix set this guitar alight it marked a watershed in live
performance – he raised the bar of what could be expected and
paved the way for a series of imitations and pastiche that exist to
this day.

"We can only find evidence of Hendrix definitively burning two guitars,
and because this piece is a one-off original; I feel that this is the most
important Hendrix guitar ever to be offered for sale - even eclipsing
the Woodstock Stratocaster which eventually sold for $1.8 million."

Source
Jimi Hendrix burnt guitar set to fetch £500,000 at auction - Telegraph

Now, that's the ultimate relic.

Any up and coming musicians out there should invest in a blowtorch now
just in case haha... and hey even better, die young too and set your kids
up for their retirement.

The rest of us will just have to search the dark corners of the attic.

alligatorbling · 07-17-2008, 08:24 AM

if it were mine id string it up!

TheWellGoodShow · 07-17-2008, 08:38 AM

haha *blowtorching the guitar*

TheWellGoodShow · 07-17-2008, 08:38 AM

and that right there is a treasure.

***b-squared*** · 07-17-2008, 08:46 AM

Fender's ready to contact the buyer, I'd bet...expect to see this next year...

Would be great to own that...

BB

TheWellGoodShow · 07-17-2008, 08:48 AM

haha, hopefully he gets a good deal out of this.

RCCola · 07-17-2008, 08:56 AM

The Strat burned at the Miami Pop Festival was attempted to be sold by Dweezil Zappa a few years ago...don't know if it was sold.

YouTube - Zappa Dweezil - Hendrix's Guitar

Big_dawg · 07-17-2008, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alligatorbling

if it were mine id string it up!

I t has been one of hte uk mags has a cover article about how they got it working again... and then strung it up backwards (for hendrix at least!!)

TheWellGoodShow · 07-17-2008, 09:01 AM

haha, that thing is blessed man, like piece of a god. Relish that thing.

basschick22 · 07-17-2008, 12:43 PM

i bet mojo just oozes out of that thing.

1959burst · 07-17-2008, 02:28 PM

what kills me is wouldn't the hendrix estate have a claim?

EEF13 · 07-17-2008, 03:26 PM

jimis woodstock guitar reache like a million and somethng

***b-squared*** · 07-17-2008, 03:29 PM

$1.8, I believe.

Wowsa...

BB

Bluesbreaker · 07-17-2008, 04:29 PM

Another picture of the guitar showing a bit more of the damage,
and strung. Doesn't seem too bad, although the coils might have
been affected by the heat.

Giving new meaning to 'fireburst'.

Fender could repro this through their custom shop.
There are always plenty folk willing to pay the premium.

brettk7 · 07-20-2008, 02:40 PM

hahaha that is crazy!

And blasphemous! If you owned that... WHY would you sell it!? Even for $1,000,000?

shal1234 · 07-29-2008, 10:02 AM

if you owned that how would you protect it? you'd have to keep it in a safe or a vault.

Guido · 07-29-2008, 10:20 AM

Fireburst

shotgunlew · 07-29-2008, 11:33 AM

At the point Id rather have a coupel bursts. Not downgrading jimi, but , I think a burst or even a few vintage guitars ( fender and grestch included ).

Androo · 08-04-2008, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b-squared

Fender's ready to contact the buyer, I'd bet...expect to see this next year...

Would be great to own that...

BB

I love Strats and will own one someday but even if I had the chance I wouldn't buy that. Don't like the finish

coldsteal2 · 08-04-2008, 03:35 AM

You can get them with Nitro finishes just like
Gibsons, i have a nitro finish on my 60th anniversary strat

arcanis494 · 08-04-2008, 06:56 PM

The Highway one strats have nitro, right?!

They are also cheaper than the standard American!

jkinnison90 · 08-05-2008, 11:45 AM

Would be awesome to own it. I'd probably sell it though.

gold plated · 08-25-2008, 12:13 PM

Let's wait and see how much publicity this sale will get. By next year Fender Custom Shop crews will be laughing to kill themselves burning guitar bodies and melting their pickguards only to sell them at a $5000.00 mark up. Hahahaha long live guitar heores!!!!

***b-squared*** · 08-25-2008, 12:39 PM

brimay · 08-31-2008, 08:47 PM

is that the same guitar from monterey?

where he had a threesome with the guitar and the amp on stage before he burnt it?

mapleflame · 08-31-2008, 08:55 PM

yes, the guitar went to Frank Zappa after the concert. His son has the guitar, I think it was renecked. He had it for sale a couple of years ago, didn't get much interest

RCCola · 08-31-2008, 11:43 PM

No, this guitar was not burned at Monterey. From the article linked in the original post:

"Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster, which was famously set alight on stage during a performance at London's Finsbury Astoria in 1967...

The guitar was then kept at the home of Noel Redding - bass player with the Jimi Hendrix Experience - before Garland collected the guitar and stored it at his parent's garage in Hove."

Also, the guitar that Frank Zappa retrieved was burned at the Miami Pop Festival. Not Monterey. I linked, in an earlier post, to a video of the Zappa guitar.

Redbird · 09-03-2008, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brettk7

hahaha that is crazy!

And blasphemous! If you owned that... WHY would you sell it!? Even for $1,000,000?

+1

That is an heirloom for generations. Keep that thing!!

SFK · 09-06-2008, 01:26 AM

Sounds good.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | BBC reporter plays Hendrix guitar

Cool how this guy can play it strung upside down.

TheWellGoodShow · 09-06-2008, 01:40 AM

*sigh* I wish, I just wish....
On a quick note what happened to my sig? its gone?

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