The TRUTH about the Jimi Hendrix guitar I played...

0:00 - The long lost Jimi Hendrix studio guitar
0:52 - The most popular question I saw
1:19 - Why is the guitar strung right-handed?
2:00 - What were the pins in the headstock?
2:26 - It was just like a random Squier?
2:52 - Jesus's guitar?
3:00 - My bad
3:09 - The quintessential Strat tone?
3:34 - Where is the video?
3:42 - SRV is the GOAT?
3:48 - Hendrix's many guitars
4:00 - E-flat tuning?
4:11 - Is this the coolest thing that will ever happen to me?
4:30 - My reverse guitar solo on Jimi's guitar
5:09 - Is this the same guitar Paul Davids played?
6:09 - How much is this guitar worth?
6:37 - How to authenticate a guitar if there are no photos?
7:34 - The story of Buddy Miles
8:34 - My favorite comment :)

[m.a.j.i.c]

Come to think about it, you *have* become an ambassador for the hobby of playing guitar.

[kazzanPL]

Man, you are blessed to have such an opportunity in life to play Hendrix/Milles/Bloomfeld strat. There are thousands of us guitar geeks dreaming of such possibility. As a devoted fan of Jimi I am a bit jealous but at least I had an opportunity to sleep in the same hotel room that once was ocupied by Jimi in the 70s. Holding his guitar whould be a spiritual experience. Cheers and rock on

[daveelbourn]

My 1st blues guitar hero was Mike Bloomfield, which makes that guitar so much more special, and means more to me!

[mikedupgaming]

I had the extreme pleasure to work for Hard Rock Internationals memorabilia department for about a decade and I can say, I enjoy so much, when I see videos like this (The Original Video).

It brings me back to the amazing time I had with that “job”. And the great people I worked with and those I met along the way.

I had my hands on some of the most Iconic, historical instruments and documents in music history. Nothing beats it.

And I love seeing true fans and purveyors of the history get to hold items like this and just jam.

I 100% agree it’s hard to fathom how nervous you get holding something like that. You do almost forget at times but you’re still in awe. I worked a lot with filing the LOA’s (Letters of Authenticity). It’s a nightmare at times dealing with proving authenticity when the items changed so many hands. But when you find that one letter or photo linking and verifying the exact item in question, what a feeling.

I watched the original video after this. Such an amazing sound.

Sorry for such a long and kinda scatter brained comment. I got very nostalgic.

[jamesanthony]

You said it keeping the name of Jimi Hendrix alive in 2024!! Appreciate young folks like yourself!

[kdavis]

Wait a minute, that guitar was owned by Michael and Jimi, well what the heck, Michael was so awesome

[takethestagebne]

There's still a ton of stuff out there that might surface one day that is Hendrix related. For example - Eric Burdon, Stephen Stills, and others have said in their autobiographies about a weekend spent at Joni Mitchell's house in the canyon - where Hendrix jammed for hours - with Stephen Stills playing organ - and a bunch of other famous players just stepping in and out of the jam. Apparently it was all recorded on tape - some 20+ hours of music - with some of the greatest players of all time. To date, I have not heard of any of this infamous jam coming to light on any released album (or bootleg) - but there are so many stories that corroborate the event taking place, that someone must have those tapes somewhere.

[TheNino]

Thank you for making content, Tyler. Oh, and thank you for Guitar Super System, that has helped me a lot.

[scottieat]

Cooler? I can see that you already have it. The gratitude for having played it will stay with you forever. Music IS Win. Yep.

[WilliamCrone-kd]

Not really related to the video but I just wanted to say that you have been such an inspiration for my guitar playing. As a young guitar player, finding your channel has been so awesome. I check you channel every week for new videos and I really admire your playing. Your understanding of the instrument is amazing and I hope to be like you someday, sharing my music with the world one way or another. Also when is the new album coming out? Rock on dude🎸🎸

[JaimeYoung-cnoo]

You fully understood the flak that would come and had the forethought to squeeze a second video about it (and I'm happy you did). Well played, sir.

[derangedhermit]

My dad’s best friend is the collector who bought Buddy Miles 2nd Hendrix Stratocaster in the 1980’s, that was referred to on that list along with the Bloomfield guitar. It lives out of reach on a high wall in a glass case, in Racine Wisconsin, where I’ve marveled at it. Crazy to see it mentioned here in passing, I’ll have to make a video & upload some pictures of it. In the early 2000’s Buddy Miles was a local celebrity regular, bumming cigarettes while bellied up to the bar, at George’s on Main Street, where we used to buy him shots of tequila to pester him about Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox, Wilson Picket, John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana & the California Raisins…LoL…🎸

[kennethhughmusic]

I read that Hendrix used to play guitar right handed when his dad was home and left handed when not. Something along the lines of being left handed was frowned up. Story goes he would just flip it over when his old man was around. With that in mind, it means he would be playing the guitar upside down at some point :) When I watched the original video all I could do was smile. Can only imagine the vibe that axe must have been giving off while you played it.

[KRColson]

Never doubted it for a minute Tyler! It was awesome to see you play it. Thank you and cheers!

[kyledeluca]

Tyler, the coolest thing you can do is leave such an impact that someone in the future is as hyped to play your green PRS as you were with this guitar. Godspeed.

[ffbai]

You could fly to Seattle and dig up Jimi's body. But then you would have some ass clown in the comments saying that Jimi's femur doesn't look quite right enough. 🤨

[williamhurrelbrink]

Was a great video. Flipping awesome experience. I’m young enough to operate my smart phone and know how to find the full length video, if a short catches my attention, and I’m old enough to appreciate watching young talented people make a name for themselves in this world without stepping on toes or hurting anything in the process. Through music we shall all be free. I see a couple people make mention of early MW attitude and I agree. I say torch these commenters like a bad watch mojo list❤❤❤ 🤘🤘✊✊

[newbienewb]

Jimi was the best but mikes still so underrated, let’s just call it the Bloomfield guitar

[AdAstraOnYafro]

Just continue to enjoy the ride man, you have earned it. People don’t understand how much work it is to be creator on any platform. I barely have 500 followers and there are just days you can’t or don’t feel like being creative or even just crappy like me. This stuff eve on the most basic level. I’m lucky that a lot of the better things I did were when I was younger and I used to just sit around and record I haven’t really tapped that as much so far. I did yesterday with a video I made in 2017. It was originally vocal to a mic, guitar acoustic piezo in direct and video from probably my Sony handycam. I just snagged the video camera only and dis a bare bones with that. Digging through my old reaper media files was fun on a day where I didn’t feel like working all day on a mediocre thing I wasn’t into. I ramble because I’m old sorry. Boring. The weather is changing and it makes me hurt. I’m gonna to do some photo auditing for a customer and make a few bucks. Love what you do Tyler just keep kicking ass. Trolls ain’t shit.

[rodbelding]

Any music fan knows that Jimi played a right-handed strat upside down, blows my mind how so many comments didn't lol.