April 30th, 2008
The Fender Stratocaster
Jimi Hendrix has influenced millions of up and coming guitarists with his extraordinary and innovative guitar playing. The guitar of choice for Jimi was the Fender Stratocaster. The Strat was designed by Leo Fender as an answer to Gibson’s popular Les Paul models. At a time when guitars were showpieces in terms of their finishes and styles, the strat came along with it’s out-of-this-world-U Can Play The Guitar-shape and funky colors. It’s design was simple, three pickups, selectable by a simple toggle switch, one volume knob, and a cool vibrato system that had the strings disappearing into the body of the guitar. The outlandish design and distinctive sound gave guitarists another choice to express themselves and their music.