Saturday, 31 March 2012

hendrix strat


Jimi 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 auctioneers hammer.
On the 31st March, 1967, Hendrix set fire to his Fender with lighter fuel for the first time when he was appearing at The Astoria in London, England.
It was the first night of a 24-date tour with unlikely headliners The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdink (yikes!). The Fender was last sold in 2008 for a cool £280,000.
This time it's expected to be half a million!

Video below is a different Stratocaster he set fire to. Wonder where that one went?