what year is hendrix strat at monterey?

a brand new 67 strat or something a little earlier?

Monterey was 1967, so it can't be any later than that.

Dweezil Zappa has the one Jimi lit on fire. He said it was in his fathers closet and it had like boxes and stuff stacked on top of it. He put a new neck on it and electronics and he plays it now.

what year is hendrix strat at monterey?


Which one?

Hendrix played two guitars at Monterey ... a black one and a red/white one.

The one Dweezil has was burned at a concert in FL. not the same as the Monterey one.

The Fiesra Red one that was all painted was a 64 not sure what the black one was. All of Jimis Strats were stock. His Marshall amps were modded but all his guitars were bone stock.

The one Dweezil has was burned at a concert in FL. not the same as the Monterey one.

The Fiesra Red one that was all painted was a 64 not sure what the black one was. All of Jimis Strats were stock. His Marshall amps were modded but all his guitars were bone stock.

Huh, I could have swore the doc I was watching said it was the Monterrey Strat.

All of Jimis Strats were stock. His Marshall amps were modded but all his guitars were bone stock.

Other than the left hand conversions that is.

Other than the left hand conversions that is.

Yep nut was reversed but thats it.

Thats why I sorta chuckle when I see guys that change parts every week trying to get a sound when most of the players they admire play completly stock guitars.

Thats why I sorta chuckle when I see guys that change parts every week trying to get a sound when most of the players they admire play completly stock guitars.


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I think it was a 65. And heres why the The fender custom shop made a set and referred to them as copies of the pups in the Hendrix Monterey strat. They say they were 65`s

In the book "The Stratocaster Chronicles" by Tom Wheeler there is a black & white photo of Hendrix playing his Fiesta Red Strat at Monterey. Under the photo the following is written.

"Jimi Hendrix made his American major-venue debut at the Monterey International Pop Festival during 1967's "Summer of Love." Following his historic, mind-blowing set he further stunned the crowd by squirting lighter fluid on his hand painted '65 Fiesta Red Strat and setting it aflame, inspiring journalists to wax eloquent about everything from antimaterialist destruction as concept art to voodoo sacrifice."

So, according to Wheeler it was a '65.

In that same book, Mike Bloomfield is quoted as follows in reference to Hendrix. "He had no favorite guitar. They were all expendable."

Jimi went through a lot of Strats in a relatively short period of time.

Zappa had the one from Florida. There's a Guitar Player issue from the late 70s with him on the cover with the guitar.

Thanks for the correction I knew it was a mid 60's was going from memory.

Zappa had the one from Florida. There's a Guitar Player issue from the late 70s with him on the cover with the guitar.

Ya Ive still got that magazine at least I got that right. LOL

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Thanks for the correction I knew it was a mid 60's was going from memory. The only thing that gets better as you get older is your forgetter .

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The Monterey Pop Stratocaster was an early-1965 Fiesta Red Stratocaster, bought after CBS took control of Fender (Jan '65) but before they introduced the larger headstock.

It's generally referred to as a transition Stratocaster - built under CBS control (and with the larger and bold CBS headstock logo), but still using predominantly pre-CBS stock parts.

CBS filtered changes of their Stratocaster specifications independently as original pre-CBS stock ran out in the factory, so aside from the headstock size and logo (the most recognised CBS trait), during 1965 the quality of the wood used also dropped significantly as did the finishing procedure (resulting in those dirty-looking sunbursts with rubbish grain beneath), and the pick guard changed from mint green/ivory to a very white ABS plastic.

Hendrix's Monterey Pop Stratocaster featured the bolder headstock logo (CBS), smaller (pre-CBS headstock, so a '64 neck slab board in reality), ABS white plastic three-ply scratchplate (CBS), alder body in poly (CBS)

So a complete mish-mash really!

Given that the bigger headstocks were only introduced en-mass around November/December of 1965, it's safe to assume that the Monterey Pop is an mid-to-end '65 build although as with all of these things where specific records weren't kept, it's hard to tell.

Definitely a '65 CBS in Fiesta Red though :smile:

Not the Monterey Start but, you could get this:

http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/jim-hendrix-s-fender-stratocaster-body-1-c-cc1a7c21d0