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Post subject: Hendrix burnt Strat auction
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:36 am
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The first Strat that Hendrix burned, at the Astoria in Finsbury, North London, 31 March 1967, is up for sale today in an auction of Rock Memorabilia.

The auction is being held by The Fame Bureau at Idea Generation Gallery in London's East End, and Hendrix's Strat is estimated to attain in the region of £500,000; a million dollars.

The guitar was apparently in the possession of Jimi's publicity manager, Tony Garland, for the last 41 years and was "rediscovered" in a garage in Hove, a sleepy retirement town on the English south coast.

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www.famebureau.com (see item halfway down page)

Apparently, the auction can be viewed live at:

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/search?s ... bureau&fq=

Opening bid; £125,000, $250,000. If this is a little rich for your blood, then a drumkit of John Bonham's is also available at a comparatively affordable estimate...

You heard it here first!

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:44 am
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man I couldn't afford the cover charge but cool anyway

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:12 am
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Oh,Man! It's unbelieveble :wink:

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[Later the same day] Well, it went for £280,000; somewhat over half a million dollars. Above the lower estimate but nowhere near the upper amount that the sellers have excitedly been hyping on the BBC earlier in the day.

It seems there's just too many burnt Strats already out there. Anyone who really wants one that much has already got one!

Here it is:

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:00 pm
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If you guys want a burnt strat why dont u just burn yours? see if you like it :P


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If you guys want a burnt strat why dont u just burn yours? see if you like it :P
:twisted: :lol: :lol: :twisted:

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:20 pm
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Thanks for that info, Ceri.

In my youth, I burned a guitar. It was some el-cheapo, $5 Asian-made thing. I don't remember what brand it was, but it had that "classic" '60s Japanese styling. It would probably be worth much more than $5 to someone today, but I burned it, smashed it, threw it away.

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I have a thread about this topic going in The Lounge:

http://www.fender.com/community/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11131

Results of the auction posted there. If anyone has more details please add them. :D

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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:57 am
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I guess that if you have a lot of dough and plenty more to spare, you could argue that it is a great collector's item.

I heard a brief interview with the buyer on the radio while driving to chemo this morning and he said he would let his daughters play it and he "might" play it himself for the fun of it. :?

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Miami Mike wrote:
I guess that if you have a lot of dough and plenty more to spare, you could argue that it is a great collector's item.

I heard a brief interview with the buyer on the radio while driving to chemo this morning and he said he would let his daughters play it and he "might" play it himself for the fun of it. :?


Ah man! Really? I was hoping that whoever purchased this guitar would donate it to the EMP or Rock & Roll HoF - some comperable place - for display and enjoyment of the fans. That's what I would have done, I think (after a little bit playing - for that Hendrix mojo). :D

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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:17 am
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Ive got very mixed feelings about the guitar.

love it cos its hendrix's
hate it cos its ruined.

either way i'd mod it :twisted:
a set of burstbuckers with a cheapo stacked humbucker inbetween em and scallop the fretboard. Paint it 80's charvel orange too and bung a floyd on it too.

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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:28 pm
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nikininja wrote:
Ive got very mixed feelings about the guitar.

love it cos its hendrix's
hate it cos its ruined.

either way i'd mod it :twisted:
a set of burstbuckers with a cheapo stacked humbucker inbetween em and scallop the fretboard. Paint it 80's charvel orange too and bung a floyd on it too.


Excellent! Now that's the right attitude - a guitar is for playing, not a holy relic!

Not many will agree, though...

BTW. Apologies to Stigall for inadvertently replicating his thread elsewhere - I missed that one. I heard the sellers promoting the sale on the radio first thing and thought; gotta post that on the Forum, soon as it opens!

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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:14 pm
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Ah man! Really? I was hoping that whoever purchased this guitar would donate it to the EMP or Rock & Roll HoF - some comperable place - for display and enjoyment of the fans. That's what I would have done, I think (after a little bit playing - for that Hendrix mojo). :D[/quote]


With that in mind I thought the purchase might have been Paul Allen. Was he identified? :?

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Ceri wrote:
[Later the same day] Well, it went for £280,000; somewhat over half a million dollars. Above the lower estimate but nowhere near the upper amount that the sellers have excitedly been hyping on the BBC earlier in the day.

It seems there's just too many burnt Strats already out there. Anyone who really wants one that much has already got one!

Here it is:

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i would love to have this i couldnt even afford the insurence


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joephstrat wrote:
i would love to have this i couldnt even afford the insurence


I don't know if you would have to worry about Fire Insurance at this point! :lol:

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