Duncan Hendrix

Seymour Duncan now offers you tone dweebs the Hendrix single coil set. Pickups are reverse wound to emulate how Jimi Hendrix got on with a reversed, right-handed instrument (get it?).

Pre-loaded pickguards are also available (lefty version included).

PIC: Seymour Duncan

The Hendrix way

This is the current swing in the Hendrix/Fender camp. This guitar was previously mentioned here: CLICK

Do you know that Fender actually did a more accurate repro of the Hendrix Strat in all its reverse glory? It was a limited run, if memory serves me right, in the early Y2Ks... Note the strap button- it's a righty guitar, not a lefty.

That's how Hendrix played his Strat, yes? He had all the controls over at the top side (arrowed) & his cable was getting in the way of his picking hand.

Hendrix Strat

Remember the Fender Hendrix Strat that made quite a stir late last year? These are now available at Swee Lee (List: $1,349)

Flipped

We end October with this piece of news- Fender recently released this 'flipped over' Jimi Hendrix Strat. Yes, we have a few Hendrix Strat incarnations out there already, some of which are costly. However, this particular version, judging by its production model number (not to be confused with the product's unique serial i/d) is not an American & should be in a very attractive price bracket. Reverse headstock & that reverse slanted bridge pickup- these should appease the Hendrix cult.

Hendrix desecration

This is the current uproar- Gibson is releasing a Jimi Hendrix guitar in the shape of a Strat...

... which is also offered in a packaged deal, a very affordable offering... attractive to beginners, maybe- provided they know this belated south paw guitarist who shook guitardom in his time, but that was when our fathers were hippies.

In his lifetime, Hendrix did play Gibsons- Flying Vs, SGs & occasionally, flipped over Les Pauls. It would be more respectable if the manufacturer takes pride in re-issuing the aforementioned guitars as opposed to the strat-alike production item depicted above.

You'd ask yourselves, why would Gibson, one of the industry's behemoth brand name, stoop this low- would you buy this guitar or invest in a Fender in the name of Hendrix adoration?