Return of PHIL X: Guitar NINJA! 1969 Fender Stratocaster 01264

This super rare 'custom color' "Hendrix" Stratocaster is the only factory black maple-cap Strat that we have ever seen. Solid alder body, contoured on the back and lower bass bout and weighing 7.60 lbs. One-piece maple neck with a nut width of just under 1 5/8 inches, a scale length of 25 1/2 inches and a wonderful medium-to-thick neck profile. Super rare maple-cap fretboard with 21 original frets and black dot position markers. Large headstock with decal with Fender logo in black with gold trim, "Stratocaster" in black beside it, "With Synchronized Tremolo" in black beneath it, and two patent numbers in black below that: "PAT. 2,741,146 3,143,028." "Original Contour Body Patented" on the ball end of the headstock. Single 'butterfly' string tree with nylon spacer. Fender "F" closed-back tuners with octagonal metal buttons. Four-bolt neckplate with the serial number "280042" between the top two screws. The end of the neck is stamped in green "22 09 018 B" and the underside of the neck is stamped in black "09018". Three light-gray-bottom single-coil pickups with staggered polepieces and balanced outputs of 7.37k, 7.42k, and 7.31k, respectively. Each of the pickups is stamped on the underside in black "7179". Four-layer plastic pickguard (white, black, white, plus mother-of-pearl "mother-of-toilet-seat" underneath) with eleven screws. Three controls (one volume, two tone) plus three-way pickup selector switch, all on treble side of pickguard. White plastic Stratocaster knobs lettered in green. Fender "Synchronized Tremolo" combined bridge/tailpiece. The potentiometers are all stamped "137 7002" (CTS January 1970). There are a few minor dings and surface marks which are mainly confined to the edges of the body. The original frets(and fretboard) show very little sign of playing wear. This "Hendrix" Strat is in excellent plus (9.00) condition and is an exceptional player. Complete with the original white plastic tipped tremolo arm. Housed in its original Fender black hardshell case with orange plush lining (9.25).

[davidjoel]

"you need practice to sound good" best advice ever lol.

[LTDannomods]

i need more coffee to keep up with this guy omg!

[sakavanagh]

Half of what makes Phils playing so awesome, is the energy he gives off, its fantastic, i can feel it through my computer!

[CurtDawg]

I don't care what other people say I'm happy to see you bring back the Funk 49

[philx]

I MISS ALL OF YOU TOO! THANKS FOR ALL THE AMAZING COMMENTS.
more vids on the way.

[jrdeckard]

I was on a plane from Tampa to Chicago, and Phil X got up and did an hour guitar improve, including Mr. Crowley. It was wild.

[John.Doe]

These videos always make me smile, not because Phil is such a crazy and awesome guy (btw he really is). It's because this is real entertainment and you don't even mention that this is more or less advertisement ;)

[paulhenry]

Phil X knows so much, thanks for sharing your knowledge, thanks mate, enjoy your work.

[guitardude]

phil hasnt changed at all. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NEW VIDS

[yxvq]

Man, Phil, those high screams on Speed King? I knew you are amazing on guitar, but not just that, you're like Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Gillan rolled into one musical whirlwind! :)

[Lallen]

I'm so glad Phil's back. Definitely my favourite videos on Youtube.

[MrFenderbender]

over the summer when they had no videos i realized how much of an addict I am to frettedamericana

[philx]

@TeamXTREMEPANTERA thanks, man. had a blast making it.

[MegaDarth]

Good to see Phil again. I don't care what people say. He is awesome and I think he was an excellent pick by FA. Keep on rockin!

[crysisgamer]

omg i was so used to not seeing new frettedamericana videos, i overflew it!!! dang it, thanks so much for coming back, guys!!

[modland]

How can anyone dislike Phil X? He's cool as and I laugh and smile every video!!

[kztuner]

That soloing over Message in a Bottle was SMOOTH, MAN...

[bowslap]

The ubiquitous black Strat with a maple neck/board...yep, have one, too.

That '69 sounds very good....speaks to the quality of the pickups when they can drive the amp that hard WITHOUT a pedal. Thanks for demo-ing this beaut!

[JenniferPricci]

OH MY GOD!
I love me some Phil X on a looper.
It's Phil X squared!

[grandzenon]

the improvisation was SUPERBBB. thank you Phil not only for the efford you put on making these guitars sound as good as possible but also for giving me ideas to add to my guitar playing your my hero man :D