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

This is the main guitar used by Jimi during his two days visit in Switzerland, the very same guitar he used during his tour in Italy the week before. As a matter of fact you can see the Roses someone gave to him in Bologna, still sticking to the headstock. (For more information on Jimi’s italian experience you should get a copy of the excellent publication Jimi Hendrix In Italia 1968 by Caesar Glebbeek and Roberto Crema).

Although the blue Strat and the black Les Paul can be seen lying on the floor on the left of his Marshall stacks in some photos, it doesn’t seem that he used them. Of the almost 300 photos of the Jimi Hendrix Experience in my archive from the first night, there is not a single shot of Jimi playing another guitar than his white Strat.

Tuning up at the beginning of his set (JB1-14A)