See If You Can Follow The Logic In This: GIBSON To Produce Hendrix Stratocasters

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  • chefcraig
    DIAMOND STATUS
    • Apr 2004
    • 12172

    See If You Can Follow The Logic In This: GIBSON To Produce Hendrix Stratocasters

    Notice how the word Stratocaster is not mentioned once in this press release, nor on the guitar itself.

    For a larger image of the black guitar and the source of the article, click here.

    Jimi Hendrix Electric Guitar Packages

    Now a part of the Gibson family of brands

    Press Release, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:48 am BST

    Authentic Hendrix LLC, a Jimi Hendrix Family Company, announced today the introduction of three branded Jimi Hendrix Electric Guitar Packages as part of an exclusive agreement between the Gibson Guitar Corp. and Authentic Hendrix properties.

    Specifically chosen for its innovation, quality and global impact, Authentic Hendrix LLC began conversations with the Gibson Guitar Corp. in 2008 to develop guitar packages that would serve as a tribute to the musician who many have called the world's greatest guitarist of all time. The effort is also part of preserving his legacy so that generations to come could develop and appreciate his techniques and musicianship. Each guitar will have the Jimi Hendrix signature and logo on it and will come with special added value components only offered with the specific package.

    Gibson Guitar and Authentic Hendrix LLC announced the launch of three exclusive Jimi Hendrix electric guitar packages.

    The Jimi Hendrix "Experience" Electric Guitar Package is the ultimate tribute to the greatest guitarist who ever lived. The company has combed over historical details and taken the best from more than 100 years of guitar making so that every guitarist – from the beginner to the seasoned player – can find his or her inner Hendrix with this package. The "Experience" package will come with an official "Jimi Hendrix signature electric guitar" and all the necessary accessories and some fun extras including a Jimi Hendrix Signature "Voodoo Child" amplifier, a Foxey Fuzz pedal, a deluxe padded gig bag, an instructional DVD, an electronic tuner, two guitar cables, a Hendrix inspired strap, three picks and a USB drive containing exclusive Hendrix media content. In addition consumers will receive a Hendrix inspired tie-dyed tee-shirt and bandana. True to its name, this guitar package will give the music enthusiast the ultimate Hendrix experience. MSRP $449.99 USD.



    Jimi Hendrix "Signature" Electric Guitar Package: It's been almost 40 years since Jimi Hendrix's death but he has continued to assert his tremendous legacy with the six strings of his guitar. In recordings and film footage, his mesmerizing showmanship lives on. In a fitting tribute to the man who famously played right-handed guitars upside down, Gibson and Authentic Hendrix have announced the Jimi Hendrix Signature Electric Guitar Package.

    Designed in close collaboration with Janie Hendrix and Gibson engineers. The package inherited the best features from Jimi's original equipment so that Hendrix fans the world over can enjoy a deluxe guitar package the way Jimi would have liked it. This package comes with a "Jimi Hendrix signature electric guitar and all the necessary accessories, a Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child amplifier, a deluxe padded gig bag, an instructional DVD, an electronic tuner, a guitar cable, a Hendrix inspired strap, three picks and a USB drive. MSRP $332.99 USD.



    The third offering from this exclusive partnership is the Jimi by Jimi Hendrix "Little Wing" Electric Guitar Package which Gibson engineers and Authentic Hendrix LLC designed with one question in mind: "What if the world's greatest guitarist was still alive today, what guitar would he want to play?" Combining the historical authenticity and more than 100 years of precision guitar making the launch of the Jimi "Little Wing" electric guitar package has been launched.

    This "Jimi" guitar package is equipped with three Voodoo Child Inspired by Jimi Hendrix pickups and comes with the new 10-watt "Max Feedback" amplifier so that the musician is all set to recreate Hendrix's unearthly playing style. The package also comes with an instructional DVD, which includes detailed lessons and a walk through of the components of the entire guitar package. In addition consumers will receive a deluxe padded gig bag, a 10 foot guitar cable, a nylong strap with the Authentic Hendrix logo on it and three Authentic Hendrix guitar picks. MSRP $249.99 USD.

    "Creating this new guitar is continuing Jimi's practice of giving back to people. He would go to Manny's Music store in New York to make himself available to young musicians and invite them to his studio to watch him record. He also gave away guitars or bought them for young players," said Janie Hendrix, Jimi's sister and CEO of Authentic Hendrix.

    "It was our own idea to approach Gibson in the beginning after the positive experiences we'd had with the Flying V's that they made based on Jimi's guitar some years back. Our excitement inspired their excitement, and here we are, creating these new branded musical instruments. This is just the tip of the iceberg."
    Last edited by chefcraig; 09-23-2009, 09:34 AM.









    “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
    ― Stephen Hawking
  • jackassrock
    Head Fluffer
    • Sep 2004
    • 299

    #2
    Wow, that poor dead guy's family is doing everything possible to destroy his good name.
    It's a shame that families should be torn apart by something as simple as....wild dogs

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    • Coyote
      ROTH ARMY SUPREME
      • Jan 2004
      • 8185

      #3
      Ultimate moneygrabs, part MCXLVII...
      Why settle for something you have, if it's not as good as something you're out to get?

      Originally posted by Seshmeister
      It's like putting up a YouTube of Bach and playing Chopstix on your Bontempi...

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      • Hardrock69
        DIAMOND STATUS
        • Feb 2005
        • 21897

        #4
        BLASPHEMERS!

        WHAT IN THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE GODDAMNABLE FUCKS!!!

        JANIE HENDRIX IS A FUCKING DELUSIONAL MONEY-GRUBBING FUCKING KUNT!

        This "Jimi" guitar package is equipped with three Voodoo Child Inspired by Jimi Hendrix pickups and comes with the new 10-watt "Max Feedback" amplifier so that the musician is all set to recreate Hendrix's unearthly playing style.
        Voodoo Child Inspired By Jimi Hendrix pickups? What kind of fucking lame bullshit is that?

        Wow...a 10-watt Max Feedback amplifier? Who the fuck is "Max Feedback"? Some fucking wino from the Pioneer Square district that Janie has been paying to assfuck her?

        Time and time again, this fucking bitch has demonstrated she has nothing in her heart but using Jimi's name to make money, and crapping on the Hendrix legacy.

        She took a proper step by selling the rights to the Hendrix catalog to Sony last month. Perhaps with her out of the way, at least the release of his music will be in better hands.

        But she still has to keep on fucking shit up in the name of Jimi Hendrix, while claiming to be doing 'good'.

        If she had a fucking clue, she would have created these packages with Fender Squires and Fender amps.

        The truth is probably that Fender is tired of her ignorant ass, and wants nothing further to do with her.

        Gibson likes to fuck people in the ass also. Perhaps it will be a marriage made in Hell.

        God damn her to Hell!

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        • Hardrock69
          DIAMOND STATUS
          • Feb 2005
          • 21897

          #5
          Note the comments from the source article, lol:
          Jimi's STEP-sister should've known better, although judging from past performance, I suppose these "guitars" & "amp" shouldn't really come as any big surprise.


          No No No No, Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong !!! jeez.....whatever next!

          "What if the world's greatest guitarist was still alive today, what guitar would he want to play?"
          Probably not one made out of Plywood... probably not one that is a complete cash in in the purity and innocence of music... probably not into a cheap chinese made 10 watt solid state amp...
          And **if** he were to have a signature one made up - I'm quite sure the guy who suggested calling the package 'Little Wing' would have been fired on the spot.
          For someone who spends her life pushing the message of Jimi Hendrix - she has certainly missed the message of Rock n Roll.
          Janie Hendrix - you ARE the man. And I honestly believe that if he was alive today, your brother would be sticking it to you.

          Hendrix's sister yet again cashing in on her brother's legacy, whilst Leon Hendrix gets next to nothing...
          Should be a Fender

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          • chefcraig
            DIAMOND STATUS
            • Apr 2004
            • 12172

            #6
            When is a 'Strat' not a Strat? When it's an 'Authentic Hendrix' Gibson

            Michael Leonard, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 9: 06 pm BST

            You may have missed this in our Press Release feed, but Gibson has announced a new range of Authentic Hendrix electric guitar packages. Yes, Gibson.

            The late Jimi Hendrix did indeed play Gibson guitars: a few notable Flying Vs and even flipped-over right-handed Les Pauls, occasionally. So when it was recently announced that Gibson were to launch a series of 'Hendrix-endorsed' Gibsons, MusicRadar assumed it could only be based on one of these iconic designs?

            But, no. Frankly, MusicRadar is lost for words.


            This new guitar is apparently "part of preserving his [Jimi's] legacy".

            It is, according to Janie Hendrix (Jimi's half-sister) "designed with one question in mind: 'What if the world's greatest guitarist was still alive today, what guitar would he want to play?'

            Again. Lost for words. MusicRadar has contacted Gibson and Fender for any further statements, but both companies are currently declining to comment. MusicRadar was hoping to speak to Janie Hendrix 22 September, but she had to postpone.

            Only "an idiot" could confuse?

            There have been many 'copy' guitars over the years, of course. And sometimes, innovations have come out of that (Ibanez grew from a copy-merchant to a major player in the guitar-making business). What's startling here is... this is Gibson. Gibson is one of the world's longest-established guitar makers.

            Gibson Guitar, you may recall, sued PRS in the early noughties over the latter's Singlecut design, claiming it breached design copyright. In that drawn-out case, Gibson finally conceded in 2006 that only "an idiot" could confuse a PRS Singlecut with a Gibson.

            By Gibson's own logic, will only an idiot think this is a Fender Stratocaster, the model of guitar that Jimi Hendrix mostly played?

            Don't think I'm anti-Gibson. Not at all. I love Gibson guitars. I love their use of fine woods, the roar of humbuckers, the glued-in necks, the neck binding (on some models), the neck profiles, the headstock designs. Fantastic, heritage stuff. Things that few other companies can match. Things that actually say 'brand' and integrity.

            But everything I - and many others - love about Gibson-made guitars seems to be utterly absent from this 'Authentic Hendrix' instrument, from what I can see. I'm sure it's a decent-enough guitar, but...again, lost for words.

            Gibson is a great guitar company. Jimi Hendrix is an icon. How the brains behind each legacy has come so-unstuck on this 'authentic' instrument, only time will tell.

            Me? I'm not buying.

            "If the world's greatest guitarist was still alive today, what guitar would he want to play"? asks the Hendrix estate. Big question, but I'd say if Jimi were alive and played a guitar that LOOKED like this, it would have two important words on the headstock...

            Not "Jimi Hendrix". But "Fender Stratocaster".

            One can imagine the conversations among players coming soon..

            Player #1: "Check out my new Hendrix guitar!"
            Player #2:: "Cool, is that a Hendrix Strat?"
            #1: "Well, err, no - it's an 'Authentic Hendrix' guitar. But it's a Gibson."
            #2: "But wait, it looks pretty much like a Fender Stratocaster. Like Jimi played, yeah?"
            #1: "Yeah, kind of. But it's made by Gibson."
            #2: "Jimi played Flying Vs, sure. But this is a Fender, right?"
            #1: "No. It's an official Hendrix model. It's just made by Gibson."
            #2: (walks off, utterly confused.)

            The world of 'signature' guitars is a rum one, but is this a low? "Authentic Hendrix"? I personally don't think so.

            Authentic Hendrix... by Gibson. Yes, that does appear to be a picture of Jimi playing a Fender on the box


            BLOG: When is a 'Strat' not a Strat? | Musicradar.com
            Last edited by chefcraig; 09-23-2009, 10:23 AM.









            “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
            ― Stephen Hawking

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            • jhale667
              DIAMOND STATUS
              • Aug 2004
              • 20929

              #7
              Unbelievable.
              Originally posted by conmee
              If anyone even thinks about deleting the Muff Thread they are banned.... no questions asked.

              That is all.

              Icon.
              Originally posted by GO-SPURS-GO
              I've seen prominent hypocrite liberal on this site Jhale667


              Originally posted by Isaac R.
              Then it's really true??

              The Muff Thread is really just GONE ???

              OMFG...who in their right mind...???
              Originally posted by eddie78
              I was wrong about you, brother. You're good.

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              • indeedido
                Veteran
                • Feb 2004
                • 2293

                #8
                I don't even know where to start with this shit
                This space for rent.

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                • chefcraig
                  DIAMOND STATUS
                  • Apr 2004
                  • 12172

                  #9
                  Now that's "authentic"...

                  Look what happens when you flip the guitar around to play it, just like Jimi would have.




                  Ooops!









                  “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
                  ― Stephen Hawking

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                  • ELVIS
                    Banned
                    • Dec 2003
                    • 44120

                    #10
                    Gibson ??

                    I don't see GIBSON on the headstock!!!!!!


                    Last edited by jhale667; 09-23-2009, 10:58 AM.

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                    • Anonymous
                      Banned
                      • May 2004
                      • 12749

                      #11
                      This is so ridiculous, it's not even funny...

                      Jimi played a Stratocaster, so Gibson creates a replica.

                      Of course it makes sense.

                      Hell, everything today makes sense. It's the "fast-changing" world we live in, I guess.

                      'Scuse me, I'll go back to my little black hole and get away from the real world.

                      Hope you guys do't mind.

                      Cheers! :bottle:

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                      • ELVIS
                        Banned
                        • Dec 2003
                        • 44120

                        #12
                        Jimi played a Flying V (already recreated by Gibson) and a lefty SG (not recreated)...

                        This fake strat-crap is the lowest i've seen...

                        Fender made two awesome HENDRIX STRATOCASTERS in 1997!


                        PERIOD!

                        END OF STORY!


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                        • Hardrock69
                          DIAMOND STATUS
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 21897

                          #13
                          I agree!

                          This is so wrong it is unbelievable.

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                          • jhale667
                            DIAMOND STATUS
                            • Aug 2004
                            • 20929

                            #14
                            Surprised Fender isn't suing them blind already...
                            Originally posted by conmee
                            If anyone even thinks about deleting the Muff Thread they are banned.... no questions asked.

                            That is all.

                            Icon.
                            Originally posted by GO-SPURS-GO
                            I've seen prominent hypocrite liberal on this site Jhale667


                            Originally posted by Isaac R.
                            Then it's really true??

                            The Muff Thread is really just GONE ???

                            OMFG...who in their right mind...???
                            Originally posted by eddie78
                            I was wrong about you, brother. You're good.

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                            • chefcraig
                              DIAMOND STATUS
                              • Apr 2004
                              • 12172

                              #15
                              Ya know who would purchase this thing? Parents wandering around in a department store, looking for a first guitar in an all in one package for their kid. These folks have no clue as to tradition quite like us guitar snobs, nor do they see the irony in trying to sound like Jimi Hendrix while using a ten watt amp.

                              I could be mistaken, yet both the low pricing and the timing would seem to bear out this assumption. Coming to a WalMart or Target near you, just in time for Christmas.









                              “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
                              ― Stephen Hawking

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