Editing Jimi Hendrix (section)

=== Guitars ===
{{multiple image| direction = vertical| width = 165| footer = | image1 = Jimi hendrix woodstock.jpg| alt1 = A color photograph of a white Fender Stratocaster guitar| caption1 = The [[Fender Stratocaster]] Hendrix played at Woodstock| image2 = Jimi Hendrix's Flying V Gibson Guitar.jpg| alt2 = A color photograph of a black Gibson Flying V guitar| caption2 = Hendrix's [[Gibson Flying V]]}}

Hendrix played a variety of guitars but was most prominently associated with the [[Fender Stratocaster]].<ref>{{harvnb|Moskowitz|2010|ppp=125–126}}; {{harvnb|Heatley|2009|pp=62, 168–171}}.</ref> He acquired his first in 1966, when a girlfriend loaned him enough money to purchase a used Stratocaster built around 1964.{{sfn|Shapiro|Glebbeek|1995|p=671}} He used it often during performances and recordings.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=62}} In 1967, he described the Stratocaster as "the best all-around guitar for the stuff we're doing"; he praised its "bright treble and deep bass".{{sfn|Unterberger|2009|p=211}}

Hendrix mainly played right-handed guitars that were turned upside down and restrung for left-hand playing.{{sfn|Shapiro|Glebbeek|1995|pp=37–38}} Because of the slant of the Stratocaster's bridge pickup, his lowest string had a brighter sound, while his highest string had a darker sound, the opposite of the intended design.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/000039.html#tribute|title=Seven Fender Stratocaster Models That Pay Tribute to Jimi Hendrix|last=Wilson|first=Tom|work=Modern Guitars Magazine|date=November 13, 2004|access-date=September 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922153814/http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/000039.html#67#tribute|archive-date=September 22, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Hendrix also used Fender [[Fender Jazzmaster|Jazzmasters]], [[Fender Duosonic|Duosonics]], two different [[Gibson Flying V]]s, a [[Gibson Les Paul]], three [[Gibson SG]]s, a Gretsch Corvette, and a [[Fender Jaguar]].{{sfn|Heatley|2009|pp=168–171}} He used a white Gibson SG Custom for his performances on ''The Dick Cavett Show'' in September 1969, and a black Gibson Flying V during the Isle of Wight festival in 1970.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|pp=116–117: Gibson SG Custom; 134–135: 1970 left-handed Gibson Flying V}}{{refn|group=nb|While Hendrix had previously owned a 1967 Flying V that he hand-painted in a psychedelic design, the Flying V used at the Isle of Wight was a unique custom left-handed guitar with gold plated hardware, a bound fingerboard and "split-diamond" fret markers that were not found on other 1960s-era Flying Vs.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|pp=74–76: 1967 Flying V; 134–135: 1970 Flying V}}}}