1987 Fender Jimi Hendrix Strat on my bench

I think thats a '97. They came out with those when I was selling Fender guitars in the 90's.

Those guitars played like shit new but thats horrible.
 
vintage clubber said:
neck heel and neck pocket are both stamped 1987...:confused:
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seriously? Perhaps it was an old neck used for that guitar...they would do that in the '60s a bit.

Check this article out: http://guitarinternational.com/2010...er-stratocasters-that-pay-tribute-to-hendrix/

That guitar I believe is a Tribute strat:

Number Four: Hendrix Tribute Stratocaster (1997-2000)
JANUARY 19, 1997, FENDER PRESS RELEASE:


In the late 1960s, Jimi Hendrix single-handedly stretched the sonic possibilities of the guitar and, in the process, changed rock music–forever. In his gifted hands, the instrument became a major vehicle of expression. It talked, cried, exorcised and exulted as he glided with exuberance and ease from searing, blistering, electric blues to feedback-laden, free-form jazz to smoothly crafted torch ballads.

In honor of the guitar-wielding legend, Fender Musical Instruments and Experience Hendrix, LLC (the family of Jimi Hendrix) have just released the Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster. “Modeled after the same Strat that Jimi played at his historic performance at the Woodstock Music Festival of August 1969, the instrument is bound to delight generations of guitar players and music history enthusiasts for years and years,” noted Jack Shelton, senior vice president of sales at Fender.

For starters, the Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster, which is built in Fender’s factory in Corona, California, is a left-handed model strung right-handed and reversed, with the strap button on the lower horn, so that right-handed players would appear as Jimi did when looking at themselves in the mirror.

The guitar, which is available in Olympic White, also boasts a maple neck with a large late-60s-style headstock, classic Schaller “F” tuners and woven strap. The icing on the cake, however, is the pickup configuration–three reverse staggered vintage Stratocaster pickups that are positioned perfectly for boning up on Jimi Hendrix classics such as “Wild Thing,” “Purple Haze” or even “The Star Spangled Banner.”

Specifications:

  • Color: Olympic White Only
  • Part Number: 010-6822 Maple
  • Body: Contoured Alder
  • Neck: Special Shape One-piece Maple (7.5″ radius)
  • Machine Heads: Fender/Schaller Vintage “F”
  • Fretboard: Maple
  • Frets: 21 vintage
  • Pickups: 3 Staggered-pole Vintage Single-Coil
  • Controls: Volume, Tone (neck), Tone (mid)
  • Tremolo: Original Sychronized
  • Pickup Switch: 3-Way (5-way kit included)
  • Pickguard: White/Black/White (With Hendrix Tribute logo shown above)
  • Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
  • Neck Width at Nut: 1.650″ (42mm)
  • Strings: Fender Super 250R
  • Case: Black Tolex
Last MSR Price: $1,600*

*Blue Book Publications, Inc.’s “Blue Book of Electric Guitars, 8th Edition”
 
Seriously, that thing is firewood. Throw the hardware and electronics on a Warmoth body and neck (assuming those parts aren't equally worthless) and call it a day.

I wouldn't put a dime into that turd.
 
Mark Wein said:
seriously? Perhaps it was an old neck used for that guitar...they would do that in the '60s a bit.

Check this article out: http://guitarinternational.com/2010...er-stratocasters-that-pay-tribute-to-hendrix/

That guitar I believe is a Tribute strat:

Number Four: Hendrix Tribute Stratocaster (1997-2000)
JANUARY 19, 1997, FENDER PRESS RELEASE:


In the late 1960s, Jimi Hendrix single-handedly stretched the sonic possibilities of the guitar and, in the process, changed rock music–forever. In his gifted hands, the instrument became a major vehicle of expression. It talked, cried, exorcised and exulted as he glided with exuberance and ease from searing, blistering, electric blues to feedback-laden, free-form jazz to smoothly crafted torch ballads.

In honor of the guitar-wielding legend, Fender Musical Instruments and Experience Hendrix, LLC (the family of Jimi Hendrix) have just released the Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster. “Modeled after the same Strat that Jimi played at his historic performance at the Woodstock Music Festival of August 1969, the instrument is bound to delight generations of guitar players and music history enthusiasts for years and years,” noted Jack Shelton, senior vice president of sales at Fender.

For starters, the Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster, which is built in Fender’s factory in Corona, California, is a left-handed model strung right-handed and reversed, with the strap button on the lower horn, so that right-handed players would appear as Jimi did when looking at themselves in the mirror.

The guitar, which is available in Olympic White, also boasts a maple neck with a large late-60s-style headstock, classic Schaller “F” tuners and woven strap. The icing on the cake, however, is the pickup configuration–three reverse staggered vintage Stratocaster pickups that are positioned perfectly for boning up on Jimi Hendrix classics such as “Wild Thing,” “Purple Haze” or even “The Star Spangled Banner.”

Specifications:

  • Color: Olympic White Only
  • Part Number: 010-6822 Maple
  • Body: Contoured Alder
  • Neck: Special Shape One-piece Maple (7.5″ radius)
  • Machine Heads: Fender/Schaller Vintage “F”
  • Fretboard: Maple
  • Frets: 21 vintage
  • Pickups: 3 Staggered-pole Vintage Single-Coil
  • Controls: Volume, Tone (neck), Tone (mid)
  • Tremolo: Original Sychronized
  • Pickup Switch: 3-Way (5-way kit included)
  • Pickguard: White/Black/White (With Hendrix Tribute logo shown above)
  • Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
  • Neck Width at Nut: 1.650″ (42mm)
  • Strings: Fender Super 250R
  • Case: Black Tolex
Last MSR Price: $1,600*

*Blue Book Publications, Inc.’s “Blue Book of Electric Guitars, 8th Edition”
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yep. like I said, both the neck heel and the neck pocket on the body have 1987 stamped on them. Will take more pics tonight. Logo is the same as this one in your picture - backwards...
 
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