Fender Jimi Hendrix Strat OWH

What can I say about the Jimi Hendrix Strat other than it beats the pants off of any Strat in any range below American Vintage!

I'll start with the best part of this guitar the sound, the American Vintage 65 pickup set is glorious and to me captures the Strat sound I hear in my head. They are not hot pickups and they will nail anything from Hendrix's, Mayer's or Stevie's catalogue especially Slow Dancing. The bridge pickup is very trebly but not enough that its unusable and the neck pickup is utterly divine.

The look is of course striking, with the reverse headstock, stunning white with the aged hardware, it certainly stands out from the pack. But the look does more than make you stand out it makes you play different as the reverse headstock makes the string tension feel very different from a normal Strat with slinky low strings and slightly tighter high strings it makes you work for those bends!

The neck is a thin C profile which is comfortable providing lots of access for either the shredder style hand position or the thumb over the top blues style...my only minor criticism is the fret ends which can remind you that this is still a Mexican made instrument but they are still perfectly serviceable but the only reason this guitar doesn't get all 5 stars.

using this guitar for home use/ light gigging, recording
A lovely guitar well built and packing some serious tone.
The 60s pickups sound great combined with the unique positioning (they are inverted) and the reverse headstock give this guitar a unique tone. the neck and bridge pick up give a classic bluesy strat tone. while the bridge gives a raw punch.
the guitar is well built and the trem system holds turning quite well.
ut also came with a nice gig bag

Only down sides to this is theres a slight overhang on the fret wire which is easily remedied and i would have liked a bone nut to make it truly 60s style

overall very happy with my purchase now if i could only play like jimi!

I?m in love with the guitar's look - inverted large vintage head, creamy body and plastic give the guitar special charm. I used to play rosewood U-necks before and now I really like the feeling of maple C-neck, it's so smooth and easy to play. No questions about the build quality, everything?s done well. Pure vintage '65 pickups give authentic 60's Fender sound. They are perfect for clean and crunchy sound. Heavier presets like distortion sound great too, I just don't use them much. The only thing I would prefer is to move the tremolo handle to the top, like on Jimi's guitar. I think it would be easier to grab and would be a really cool feature, but it's only my opinion, classic handle position is okay with me too.

Overall, great value for money. If you're looking for a Stratocaster and don't want to spend twice more on an American one, this is a great choice.