Probably posted somewhere before, but since I'm on a VI bender these days I found it on the internet:
This link shows all the rundown of the number and type of guitars in the possession of star players:
http://www.warr.org/guitars.html
Jimi Hendrix
My source here was the wonderfully excessive biography Electric Gypsy.
Model Count Comments
Fender Stratocaster 42 A truly inflammatory love affair.
Fender Precision Bass 2 See, Hendrix preferred playing bass to playing almost any other guitar than a Strat.
Gibson Flying V 2 Jimi did have a sense of humor.
dreadnought acoustic 1 The exception that proves what a devoted electric player he really was.
Epiphone Wiltshire 1 He couldn't afford a Strat at first, so...
Guild Starfire VI 1 Borrowed at a jam session. Beautiful instrument in the ES-335 archtop semi-hollowbody jazz guitar class.
Note: I excluded a section of Electric Gypsy that documented ALL of Hendrix's many guitars, including one weird old axe after another - everything from a Fender Duo-Sonic to a Hofner Club 40. This would really have distorted the counts.
Another note: My strat counts are really conservative because I only count instruments when I can see them from the front. There are many other photos of Hendrix playing what must be Strats, but from the back.
This one looks like a legit lefty too, Jimi must have been happy not to have to flip one over this time.
This link shows all the rundown of the number and type of guitars in the possession of star players:
http://www.warr.org/guitars.html
Jimi Hendrix
My source here was the wonderfully excessive biography Electric Gypsy.
Model Count Comments
Fender Stratocaster 42 A truly inflammatory love affair.
Fender Precision Bass 2 See, Hendrix preferred playing bass to playing almost any other guitar than a Strat.
Gibson Flying V 2 Jimi did have a sense of humor.
dreadnought acoustic 1 The exception that proves what a devoted electric player he really was.
Epiphone Wiltshire 1 He couldn't afford a Strat at first, so...
Guild Starfire VI 1 Borrowed at a jam session. Beautiful instrument in the ES-335 archtop semi-hollowbody jazz guitar class.
Note: I excluded a section of Electric Gypsy that documented ALL of Hendrix's many guitars, including one weird old axe after another - everything from a Fender Duo-Sonic to a Hofner Club 40. This would really have distorted the counts.
Another note: My strat counts are really conservative because I only count instruments when I can see them from the front. There are many other photos of Hendrix playing what must be Strats, but from the back.
:lol: