Jimi's Guitars - The Blue Strat (first night)

I believe that Jimi bought this guitar during his short stay in New York after coming back from Italy and before leaving for Switzerland. This rare backstage pic shows Jimi and Eric Barrett adjusting the guitar for lefthand playing. Jimi is working on the guitar himself with a screw driver and this could be very fatal only a few hours before a gig. Although the guitar was ready to be played for the first night, there's no pic showing him doing so (EB5-19)