Hendrix played a moserite.

Ty · Post by Ty » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:27 am

Not sure if this has been posted before, but I stumbled upon the moserite forum and was reading some posts and found this.

Mosrite Factoid wrote: Did you know that Jimi Hendrix owned and used a Mosrite guitar for many years. He also had a doubleneck Joe Maphis Model. We don't know for sure how many times he used it to record with. But The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame is displaying the one he recorded Spanish Castle Magic on. I can hear what sounds like a Mosrite on several of the songs on Axis Bold as Love.

Here is a pic of the guitars.

I thought this was pretty interesting and thought some of you would too.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:31 am

And with that, Mosrite prices flew through the ceiling.

Seriously, anything even remotely associated with Hendrix immediately jumps 10x in value.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:24 am

I like the Black Widow.

Ty · Post by Ty » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:39 am

After seeing that I realized I have a tee shirt with that on it.

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:44 am

He also had a danelectro 59dc, Waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy long ago though.

Ty · Post by Ty » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:56 am

He most certainly did play more than strats, that is fact, he had a Dousonic in the early days, and a Jazzmaster with Little Richard and he played that one variously. But I didn't know about him with a Dano. any pics?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:32 am

silly_rabbit_band wrote:He most certainly did play more than strats, that is fact, he had a Dousonic in the early days, and a Jazzmaster with Little Richard and he played that one variously. But I didn't know about him with a Dano. any pics?

Your wish is my command

Ty · Post by Ty » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:48 am

Thanks westtexasred, he looks like he's about 15 in that pic.
I've been reading more and more about his gear, apparently he used a mustang to record on axis bold as love and electric lady land. This may or may not be his.

Ty · Post by Ty » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:53 am

Here is a much better Link.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:11 am

The auction value estimate is $80,0000 - $100,000, which, if the sale approaches that range, would probably make this the most expensive Fender Mustang ever sold at auction.

neato

yea, have you seen that les paul custom of his they have at the EMP? It has a bigsby and I can't remember if it has p-90s or 3 humbuckers... something different about the pickups though. but holy shit that thing is badass. it's totally worn to shit. The top black layer of the pickguard is actually worn away and you can see the white layer.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:51 pm

He had tons of guitars, there is this article about his guitars that states once he got paid he went down to Manny's and got a bunch of stuff you might not associate with him Rickenbackers, Hagstroms, including an 8 string Hag bass where the strings were set in pairs an octave apart.

Also by the end of his life Fender was sending him crates of guitars, he was giving a lot of them away to friends and guitar players he liked. Including the infamous pink strat he gave to a young Billy Gibbons.

I'll see if I can post my pics of all the different stuff he's played.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:27 pm

Hendrix with Jazzmasters which he played in his early days very frequently.

Hendrix with much rarer Jaguar

Hendrix Duo-Sonic

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:39 pm

Hendrix with some of his famous Flying V guitars.

couple of pics of Hendrix with an LP Special

Hendrix with an LP Custom.

He used a 3 pickup SG Custom on the Dick Cavett show but I can't find any pictures.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:43 pm

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:48 pm

A bigger picture of his Black Widow.

In this picture you can see what is believed to be one of Hendrix's Rickenbackers and also some sort of Dobro.

Hendrix checking out Keith Richard's Dan Armstrong Plexiglass guitar.

Hendrix with The Who and what I assume is Pete's guitar.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:50 pm

Reece wrote:

Thanks

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:52 pm

This is a terribly small picture but it's Hendrix from his teenage years in Seattle with a Supro

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:58 pm

Hendrix with the Isley Brothers playing another short scale Fender.

James · Post by **James** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:03 pm

This thread rocks.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:18 pm

jcyphe wrote: including an 8 string Hag bass where the strings were set in pairs an octave apart.

That bass was responsible for "All Along The Watchtower" (after Noel Redding threw his first of many hissy fits and stormed out during the sessions), the lawsuit that birthed Band of Gypsies, and probably his death a little bit.