Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Jimi Hendrix’s 1965 Fender Stratocaster will be auctioned on 4 September. The guitar was set alight by Hendrix at the Finsbury Astoria gig in 1967 and remains the only surviving burnt guitar fully intact but with distictive burn marks. The...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
A GUITAR set on fire by Jimi Hendrix during a live show is to go on sale, it was revealed yesterday.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
A GUITAR set on fire by Jimi Hendrix during a live show is to go on sale, it was revealed yesterday.
arnsteinblogg 2.0 (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Yeah yeah, we knew Jimi Hendrix was coming to Guitar Hero . Now we know how he's coming. Activision have announced that two songs - one a master recording, one a live track - will feature in the upcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour, with more to come as DLC. The live song's "Purple Haze" (from a 1969 show at the San Diego Sports Arena), while the master track's "The Wind Cries Mary"....
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Yeah yeah, we knew Jimi Hendrix was coming to Guitar Hero. Now we know how he's coming. Activision have announced that two songs - one a master recording, one a live track - will feature in the...
Thumbrella - Words To A Void (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
UPDATE: This may in fact be a replica of the 1968 Miami Pop Festival Strat, because the one that is up for sale from the Astoria is different. There's a lot of interest lately in a Hendrix guitar that has come on the market. There's a story here. My friend Ainsley (I got my lovely ESP Tele from him) plays guitar in a Whitesnake tribute band called Slip Of The Tongue. He also owns...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
One of Jimi Hendrix's favourite guitars, set alight on a London stage more than 40 years ago and thought to have been lost forever, is to be auctioned later this year, news websites are reporting today. The guitar, a 1965 Fender...
Cape Argus (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The guitar set alight on a London stage by Jimi Hendrix more than 40 years ago is to be auctioned.
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
BBC : The guitar torched by late rock legend Jimi Hendrix during a live performance in London is expected to fetch £500,000 at auction in September. The 1965 Fender Stratocaster was doused with lighter fuel and set on fire by Hendrix at the London Astoria in 1967. It was the first time Hendrix had set his guitar on fire. He later repeated the stunt at the Monterey...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
FIRST guitar ever torched by rock legend Jimi Hendrix is set to fetch £500k at auction
Wizbang Pop! (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
One of Jimi Hendrix's favorite guitars, set alight on a London stage more than 40 years ago and thought to have been lost forever, is to be auctioned later...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
A guitar famously lit on fire by Jimi Hendrix while performing onstage in London in 1967 is going to auction. Experts are predicting the guitar may fetch as much as $1 million. Hendrix used the guitar at the London Astoria while he was living in the U.K. on a temporary visa. Looking to make a [...]
F-News (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
The iconic guitar from Jimi Hendrix’s legendary 1967 performance in London is set to go to auction this September. Experts claim the burnt guitar will reach a staggering sale of $1million. Way back in 1967 guitar legend Jimi Hendrix performed a one off show in the UK at the London Astoria on just a temporary VISA. Determined to make his name one to remember amongst...
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Prefix readers with a lot of money in their pockets might be interested in the following item. Yesterday it was that a slew of James Brown memorabilia was going under auction. Not to be outdone, Jimi Hendrix’s estate has announced that a guitar belonging to the rock legend is also up for grabs.But this is no ordinary guitar. If you want to lay down some smokin’ riffs, you’ve definitely...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The guitar famously torched by rock legend Jimi Hendrix at a London concert is expected to fetch £500,000 at auction.
