Man, you are blessed to have such an opportunity in life to play Hendrix/Milles/Bloomfeld strat. There are thousands of us guitar geeks dreaming of such possibility. As a devoted fan of Jimi I am a bit jealous but at least I had an opportunity to sleep in the same hotel room that once was ocupied by Jimi in the 70s. Holding his guitar whould be a spiritual experience. Cheers and rock on
I had the extreme pleasure to work for Hard Rock Internationals memorabilia department for about a decade and I can say, I enjoy so much, when I see videos like this (The Original Video). It brings me back to the amazing time I had with that “job”. And the great people I worked with and those I met along the way. I had my hands on some of the most Iconic, historical instruments and documents in music history. Nothing beats it. And I love seeing true fans and purveyors of the history get to hold items like this and just jam. I 100% agree it’s hard to fathom how nervous you get holding something like that. You do almost forget at times but you’re still in awe. I worked a lot with filing the LOA’s (Letters of Authenticity). It’s a nightmare at times dealing with proving authenticity when the items changed so many hands. But when you find that one letter or photo linking and verifying the exact item in question, what a feeling. I watched the original video after this. Such an amazing sound. Sorry for such a long and kinda scatter brained comment. I got very nostalgic.
You could fly to Seattle and dig up Jimi's body. But then you would have some ass clown in the comments saying that Jimi's femur doesn't look quite right enough. 🤨
Was a great video. Flipping awesome experience. I’m young enough to operate my smart phone and know how to find the full length video, if a short catches my attention, and I’m old enough to appreciate watching young talented people make a name for themselves in this world without stepping on toes or hurting anything in the process. Through music we shall all be free. I see a couple people make mention of early MW attitude and I agree. I say torch these commenters like a bad watch mojo list❤❤❤ 🤘🤘✊✊
Just continue to enjoy the ride man, you have earned it. People don’t understand how much work it is to be creator on any platform. I barely have 500 followers and there are just days you can’t or don’t feel like being creative or even just crappy like me. This stuff eve on the most basic level. I’m lucky that a lot of the better things I did were when I was younger and I used to just sit around and record I haven’t really tapped that as much so far. I did yesterday with a video I made in 2017. It was originally vocal to a mic, guitar acoustic piezo in direct and video from probably my Sony handycam. I just snagged the video camera only and dis a bare bones with that. Digging through my old reaper media files was fun on a day where I didn’t feel like working all day on a mediocre thing I wasn’t into. I ramble because I’m old sorry. Boring. The weather is changing and it makes me hurt. I’m gonna to do some photo auditing for a customer and make a few bucks. Love what you do Tyler just keep kicking ass. Trolls ain’t shit.
In a way, it's good that you have people who will always refute something like this. If everyone believed it, the prices for these guitars would be absolutely crazy!! I buy the explanation that it was very likely to be Jimi's guitar, and even if it's not, it's still a really interesting and awesome sounding instrument! Definitely worthy of a video.
Lots of living guitar legends around as well. Would love to see some of those videos. Keith Richards, Mark Knopfler, Clapton, Buddy Guy, Page, Billy Gibbons. All would be great videos if you used your connections to track some guitars down.
I for one was just as impressed by Bloomfield owning and playing the guitar as Jimi, but now you add Buddy Miles to the mix. Holy crap Tyler this You Tube might just be workin for ya.
I went to high school with a lefty who learned how to play righty guitars upside down. Theory was there's rarely a lefty guitar kicking around. He was pretty good too
The problem with Jimi Hendrix's guitars. Especially the Fender Stratocaster. Is that he didn't use just one throughout his career. He used many. Years ago in some guitar magazine. They had a copy of the guitars he bought from manny's in NYC. there was 12 Fender Stratocasters on the receipt! This was for a tour he was doing. Now we can scour the internet, books and magazines and chronicle each Stratocaster in the pictures. But what about the ones that weren't photographed? All that to say. You can't pin down one particular Stratocaster that was Hendrix's.
I was just at Emarald City Guitar 2 days ago. I go there evey time I go to Seattle. Great place, great employees. They actually have a small wall of affordable guitars. A very small wall. The rest is rows and rows of drool-worthy guitar dreams.
Tyler, great comments. You handled that with a lot of class. Unfortunately there are lame people out there. Keep it going my friend! Great channel, great information!
Fender would send Hendrix 5 or 6 Strats at a time. He would rip the boxes open, grab a guitar and play it. Most of the time, he would just leave the guitars or give them away. Makes sense if you know Fender going to give you four more Strats next week. So TLDR they are probably quite a few Hendrix Strats floating around.
To see you and Joe satriani together playing and talking guitar and gear would be awesome ! Joe is a living legend, so melodic and so much talent.. wowzzzaa
Trevor and Jay are as well connected and traveled in the world of vintage gear as they come. They wouldn't put their name on a guitars provenance otherwise without solid intel.
I already had my turn to speak. I know that I get pleasure out of just getting to play special guitars. Recently, I’ve been playing a 2011 special edition strat with a mahogany body and maple board. Has all the tags. Stickers , plastic on the pick guard case candy- I don’t know where it’s been for 15 years but it plays like a dream and that is what I take pleasure in. Some guitars are just special. Nobody famous probably played this guitar but it is way special. Priced to sell. I raved on it too much and the shop owner I do work for took it home. I’m going to probably make a play for it eventually Id I live long enough. lol
Think about this. I've played many guitars, even guitar shopping. If I were famous as Jimi people would be looking for the guitars that I played and there were no pictures of. Like floor models and then I got a new one out of the box at the shop. The guitars I've sold with no receipt etc. Thats the nostalgia of the guitar.
Would like to see more info on what the 12 string version of that guitar looked like? Also, seems that as time goes by, “New” guitars like that one will become less and Les found/proven/authenticated as the sources of info pass away. 🤘🏼
Is he? Keith Richards was touring the States with one in 1964 and Eric Clapton bought one in 1965. Bloomfield didn’t own a Sunburst Les Paul until 1967. And he said he was inspired to buy it by Eric Clapton’s use of one on the Beano album.
Definitely an ambassador for guitar and music knowledge. Awesome you got to play that guitar and have a very credible source for the origin. To be fair, there was that big controversy a year or two ago around the "Hendrix Monterey Strat." I remember Mike at CGS did a few in-depth videos on that and in the end, I believe, don't remember for sure, it was acknowledged to be a fake.
Hendrix played a black les paul custom also and the white strat had a tele neck on it in some photos. I bought my Hiwatt from Jay Boone in 1984, I bring my goodies to them to sell for me, ECG is fair, and Know their stuff.
I get it. Was told a story by a guy (long passed now), back in the late 60's, he went to Macari's (London) to look at guitar stuff, as he walked in a man was walking out. He went into the shop and the staff were buzzing, that was Jimi Hendrix. He'd come in, took a strat off the wall plugged in played a few blues licks, thanked them and left. No way to prove that ever happened, but why make it up. On the balance of probability......
man people always gunna hate because people are doing stuff that they want to do, you just played the dream guitar of so many people who also might not be able to play guitar at all, you’re loving the life Ty!
"Who would make that up, right?" -- A lot of people. Not discrediting the guitar, by any means, but that's really the problem with word of mouth. However, if enough people have corroborated the story, then I'd say it checks out.
How awesome is that!!!! However, next time let me know your coming to Seattle Ill show you the good places to eat. LOL Super cool that you got to play Jimi's guitar though.
You don't need 100% proof it was Jimmy's. It's got the story with it, but more importantly, if you feel it and believe it, it is true mate. Just ask anyone that owns a copy of the highest selling book in the world!
I recently picked up a 1969 Gibson J160E that came with the story that Paul McCartney gave it to a guy at a show in San Francisco after his guitar was smashed before he was supposed to play with him on stage. Didn't have picture proof. But nonetheless, it's a cool story to think about. Whether it's true or not means nothing to a player. Just getting the chance to play a guitar that may or may not be associated with someone is still cool. I just like to believe that the story is true lol
I’m the exact opposite. I just had difficulty getting into SRV, even though I love his influences. I think I don’t like the 80s studio sound from the drums and bass
@@yaboiflats6986 I’ll admit that SRV was probably a better guitarist, technically speaking, but SRV isn’t even comparable as a song writer! Jimi was the whole package, before anyone even knew what the package was. SRV, while a solid blues guy, who revived blues in popular culture, he was playing a lot of covers, just another white guy playing the blues, which had been done. Stevie just did it so well that he got everyone’s attention. It’d be like if an Elvis impersonator was really good and started writing a few original songs that charted
Hmm... I think the authenticity of that guitar was researched by the guitar store through the master and mixihg engineers, producer, band mates or the janitor from the studio where Hendrix used it at the recording studio. These people, for sure, was asked about this particular guitar.
What would be cooler than playing legendary instruments for You Tube? I think doing a live gig with such a legendary guitar would be cooler, because that is waht those instruments were mace for.
I was thinking: Have a kid, teach them guitar and enough information that they can appreciate the greats like Hendrix. THEN show them the video of you playing that guitar.
For me, the black strat it’s the ultimate goal to play, but as our is in the personal collection from the owner of the indanopolis colts, it will never happen. it could be something that could happen to you.
A little fantasy I play over in my mind is someone famous tries out one of my guitars and loves it. Not sure if Slash would ever want to play my Godin Custom Session but maybe Eugene Edwards would give it a try? Kidding aside, maybe that could be your next cool thing?
Honestly I think most people sell Jimi Hendrix short by calling him the greatest guitar player ever. He was the greatest rock and roll and blues creator ever. He wrote, recorded, and then flawlessly improvised live, the greatest songs of all time.
Early Tyler? Yes please. Edit: also i always heard jimmy played a normal strung right hand, but left handed by using it upside down so wouldnt there be wear from the lap movement? Just a guess
Two questions strap button should be down on the bottom is there a hole down at the bottom and if there was a hole and it was refilled the guy who actually owns the guitar after Hendrix should have left it open if it was really hendrix's guitar Strat second question why is there no ring where on the top of the neck where you were playing it at all Hendrix always wore Rings no matter wear he was why is there no ring wear , if you can tell us that your next video I would really be gladly happy listening to you I watched almost all your videos you're pretty cool cat but please prove it beyond the shadow of a doubt cuz I need to see where the bridge was he used when it was a 12-string does he have the bridge still also the high e would be where Hendrix had his low E the tuner it always had a lot of drag on it so therefore it was been inward towards the other tuners or away why is that one perfectly straight the neck does not even show the back of the head start where that tuner would have been pulled unless the tuners were replaced I do a lot of heavy duty guitar work can I do excellent replicas I can make that guitar and at least a week without a doubt 100% and I can make it look exactly like Jimi hendrix's guitar . Also the heavy gloss that's on my guitar body did not exist back then the original gloss coating on that guitar would be brown in color and tone and it would be flaking off continuously around the edges and on the back continuously around the Picard would be crackled and actually I guess you could say amber checking would be everywhere lacure checking would be everywhere . I'm not doubting your word at all but these are questions I do have in order for me to believe in something to be 100% authentic it has to be proven 135 billion percent without a doubt
These are good questions, I know the guitar was refinished by Bloomfield obviously without him knowing Hendrix would later become an icon, and your other questions and those like it are what keep this guitar from being 100% verifiable without photos, which is the lore so many of Hendrix guitars that have sold in the past share. It’s truly fascinating! 🤘🏻
@@MusicisWin believe me I know what you're saying but at the same time if he knew this was Jimi hendrix's guitar and he can prove it we are beyond a shadow of a doubt then why would you go ahead and ruin the most the greatest guitar players guitar of all time by refinishing it and changing it and then claiming it to still be Jimi hendrix's guitar without having a shred or lick of proof whatsoever at all I mean I'm asking you because obviously you would be able to find out something more than me but in all honesty I believe you I've watched a lot of your videos and you have not told any Tales so far but you have to ask yourself be honest with yourself is it really is 100% in your own mind do you really believe it's his
Some of those commenters should be permanently stripped of guitar privileges, I’m sorry. We, the guitar community, are not the sharpest tools in the shed sometimes.
A cool thing to do would be to play that same strat again. just for the lols. or u could try to find another hendrix guitar to play. maybe 1 with more authenticity
So cool that you went to Emerald City Guitars. Such an amazing shop. For the record, I could feel the aura of the guitar through the screen…no way it’s a fake. Trolls are hilarious, but your positive energy is inspiring! You’re the best!
Hold your head high, TYLER. You are a gifted Musician, an exceptional Guitarist, and knowledgeable on all fronts. You have been blessed through this forum, its content and YOU. You’re fortunate to have such amazing followers that have reached out to you, giving you the honor to play these magnificent instruments of our Icons. You have also met, interviewed, played and become friends with so many of our modern day guitar gods. YOU are doing something right. Many are going to be skeptics, haters, doubters, and non believers. You can’t please everyone…Stand Tall, keep the faith, and keep providing this wonderful content for us, your viewers. Exceptional work!⭐️⭐️🙏⭐️⭐️
