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Officially Licensed Jimi Hendrix Merchandise

Jimi Hendrix Jimi Cut-Out Iron-on Patch

Hendrix owned and used a variety of guitars during his career. His guitar of choice however, and the instrument that became most associated with him, was the Fender Stratocaster, or "Strat".

He started playing with Stratocasters in 1966 and thereafter used it almost exclusively for his stage performances and recordings.

A remarkable fact about Hendrix is that he was left-handed, and like most lefties used right-handed guitars, naturally turned upside-down and re-strung for playing left-handed, so that the heavier strings were in their standard position at the top of the neck.

This had an important effect on the sound of his guitar: because of the slant of the Strat's bridge pickup, his lowest string had a bright sound while his highest string had a mellow sound, the opposite of the Stratocaster's intended design.