Lefty's were usually special order. Hendrix had some huge hands. He never seemed to have a problem with reach.

One of the biographies (the sharon lawrence one I think) said he was infact right handed. When he took up guitar there was no one to show him whats what. So he played it lefty, as many people assume is the correct way. It wasnt until later on that a friend showed him the strings were all the wrong way round. He could have had any guitar he wanted at his peak. The general consensus is that he'd got too used to upside down strats.

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I once saw an interview with Eric Clapton - on the UK's The South Bank Show - in which he stated that left-handed strats had just started being mass produced not long before Hendrix's death, and that he'd bought one for Jimi as a present. Sadly, Hendrix passed away before Clapton could give the guitar to him.

It's possible that Clapton was mistaken, but it's unlikely that Jimi's use of right-handed guitars was an affectation if Clapton's statement was accurate.