Monterey Hendrix Stratocaster

[HNB]

I got this used from Guitar Center. The paint job is so nice looking and this, although used, is like new condition wise. This guitar sounds beautiful. It is not humcanceling in position two or four, but it has beautiful sounds. No need to change anything from playing around with it for about a month. Great find and awesome stratocaster.

20190407_155239_HDR by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20190407_155243_HDR by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20190407_155248 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20190407_155321_HDR by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20190407_155325 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

[fuzzjunkie]

Nice strap choice as well.

It is not humcanceling in position two or four, but it has beautiful sounds.

I don’t know much about Strats, but isn’t that true of vintage Stratocasters? I thought I read Strat tone aficionados recommending that for the purest tones from a Strat, but maybe I misunderstood what they were talking about?

[Larry Mal]

They didn't even add the five way switching until the late 70s, so there would have been no two or four position before that. My guess is that this would be wired up the way that Hendrix' guitar would have been, except for five way switching.

Nice guitar! I like it.

[HNB]

Yeah iirc the middle being reverse to hum cancel wasn't a thing with starts for awhile. The sounds are beautiful. Best sounding strat I have played so far. I love it. Looks so beautiful too. The art on it is classy. Any time I try to do art on a body like that it never looks good to me.

[aliendawg]

Oh my!

I generally don't like guitars with drawings in them but this one is an exception. Tbh seeing John Mayer playing one of those when I was a kid definitely drew me to guitars

[countertext]

Hendrix at Monterey was my sacred text for a long time. I will always be 100% in favor of this Strat.

[fuzzjunkie]

They didn't even add the five way switching until the late 70s, so there would have been no two or four position before that. My guess is that this would be wired up the way that Hendrix' guitar would have been, except for five way switching.

Nice guitar! I like it.

Oh, that's right, now I remember. Hendrix was a pioneer of getting those in-between tones by literally putting the selector switch between the different positions.

[cmatthes]

That's cool!

[i love sharin foo]

They didn't even add the five way switching until the late 70s, so there would have been no two or four position before that. My guess is that this would be wired up the way that Hendrix' guitar would have been, except for five way switching.

Nice guitar! I like it.

Oh, that's right, now I remember. Hendrix was a pioneer of getting those in-between tones by literally putting the selector switch between the different positions.

I think Buddy Guy did that, too.