New Hendrix Custom V & SG

Philly_Q

Of course it's an enormous cash-in and I won't be buying one (or giving Janie any of my money), but I think they are legitimate "Hendrix models" and they are very cool guitars.

Hattigol

designerseye88 said:

Alterlifeson said:

I've just read Cesar's press release and he thanked Janie Hendrix and the whole 'Authentic Hendrix' team. I presume they have strict rules around who can use his name and it has to pass by them. 

I think Hendrix’s ‘sister’ Janie is notoriously ‘protective’ of the Hendrix brand. 

Not saying she is keen on money but she is rumoured to have dropped a nickel once and she bent down to pick it up so quickly, it hit her on the back of her head...

Sassafras

I'd buy one like a shot if it meant I could play like him but unfortunately the guitar that makes me play better hasn't been invented.

usedtobe

guitars4you said:

designerseye88 said:

Alterlifeson said:

I've just read Cesar's press release and he thanked Janie Hendrix and the whole 'Authentic Hendrix' team. I presume they have strict rules around who can use his name and it has to pass by them. 

I think Hendrix’s ‘sister’ Janie is notoriously ‘protective’ of the Hendrix brand. 

I think we all would based on the income stream it can produce 

Heard you the first time..

skunkwerx

Hattigol said:

designerseye88 said:

Alterlifeson said:

I've just read Cesar's press release and he thanked Janie Hendrix and the whole 'Authentic Hendrix' team. I presume they have strict rules around who can use his name and it has to pass by them. 

I think Hendrix’s ‘sister’ Janie is notoriously ‘protective’ of the Hendrix brand. 

Not saying she is keen on money but she is rumoured to have dropped a nickel once and she bent down to pick it up so quickly, it hit her on the back of her head...

That made me laugh not heard that one before haha! 

Sassafras

designerseye88 said:

Alterlifeson said:

I've just read Cesar's press release and he thanked Janie Hendrix and the whole 'Authentic Hendrix' team. I presume they have strict rules around who can use his name and it has to pass by them. 

I think Hendrix’s ‘sister’ Janie is notoriously ‘protective’ of the Hendrix brand. 

Not too protective considering the millions of things she puts his name to.

p90fool

guitars4you said:

designerseye88 said:

Alterlifeson said:

I've just read Cesar's press release and he thanked Janie Hendrix and the whole 'Authentic Hendrix' team. I presume they have strict rules around who can use his name and it has to pass by them. 

I think Hendrix’s ‘sister’ Janie is notoriously ‘protective’ of the Hendrix brand. 

I think we all would based on the income stream it can produce 

It's shortsighted though. A whole generation has grown up thinking he's an out-of-tune noise merchant on YouTube, having no easy access to his fabulous pop songs.  

His songwriting legacy will continue to fizzle out until Janie dies and someone who actually likes his music obtains the rights to it. 

Philly_Q

I've been looking at the Hendrix discography on Wikipedia.  I'd kept track of the first few reissues and "new" releases under Janie's oversight, but there have been an astonishing number of odds-and-sods collections, compilations and semi-official live albums.  I think I'll stick with the original stuff and the first few posthumous releases.

lustycourtier

Musicman20 said:

idiotwindow said:

Trogly will no doubt have already got his order in. I look forward to the review episode where he first explains to us who this guy Jimi Hendrix is.

I swear that guy is being paid backhanded by Gibson. 

Why would he hide if he was? I like Trogly, but as a brand ambassador, I can think of millions of people Id like first.  

soma1975

In fairness the new Maui concert looks amazing and the 'Songs for Groovy Children' release is fantastic. 

But she still used his name to endorse vodka which is v tasteful considering he died of a booze and barbiturates OD. 

Musicman20

lustycourtier said:

Musicman20 said:

idiotwindow said:

Trogly will no doubt have already got his order in. I look forward to the review episode where he first explains to us who this guy Jimi Hendrix is.

I swear that guy is being paid backhanded by Gibson. 

Why would he hide if he was? I like Trogly, but as a brand ambassador, I can think of millions of people Id like first.  

No idea. Just messing to be honest. He's his own market. Hype a second hand guitar, pretend to be an expert (low level setups) then sell for double. Fair play but I'd never buy from him.

Sassafras

I'm surprised she hasn't used his name to endorse lighter fluid. She's missed a trick there.

guitars4you

Sassafras said:

I'm surprised she hasn't used his name to endorse lighter fluid. She's missed a trick there.

excellent 

springhead

Paul Davids has got his hands on them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRZn7iKFq8A 

Mudcrutch

I played one of the Hendrix guitars that hung on the walls of the Hard Rock in London in the mid 70s.
Probably all in glass cases or underground concrete bank vaults now.
Just don’t get it over the years that the company that controls everything Jimi has managed to find so many of his guitars to sell for silly amounts of money around the world???
Ive got tapes of Jimi playing round friends homes with Noel and Mitch 
All transferred to CD.
Many of Noel’s old friends have copies of loads of recordings that ain’t going to see the light of day until those Ruling the Hendrix Legacy Stop controlling Just to keep milking money.
Teachers still get banded on YouTube for playing anything Hendrix related?
Its completely  fooked up mental Why anyone would stop a youngsters  from learning All Along The Watch Tower by Bob or Jimi.
Youtube need to stop the record company blockers.

springhead

I was lucky enough to go to the one off screening of the Hendrix Experience at the Albert Hall, shown in the Albert Hall last year on the 50th anniversary.  It's been stuck in dispute all these years which is a tragedy as it's a proper 5 camera shoot with excellent sound plus soundcheck etc.  Introducing the film was the director and Janie Hendrix herself.  She didn't exactly get booed but there was a bit of an uneasy muttering that went round when she was introduced.

Philly_Q

It often strikes me that, for a man whose career lasted barely four years in an age long before social media and 24/7 news coverage, the sheer amount of film, audio, photography and recorded music of Jimi Hendrix is absolutely astonishing.  It seems like a bottomless well.

Skipped

Did the batwing SG Customs have "fretless wonder" frets?

The ad below suggests that they did.

I can remember liking the majority of late sixties Juniors/Specials/Standards  that I tried  - and that was a lot of  guitars - but not being impressed with any of the Customs for some reason. (Not the physical presence of the middle pickup....it was something about  the neck.)

https://kcvintageguitars.com/products/1969-gibson-sg-custom-walnut-100-original-w-ohsc-1960s-sg-les-paul?variant=18989952729158

Philly_Q

springhead said:

Paul Davids has got his hands on them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRZn7iKFq8A 

I just watched that.  The V in particular sounds fantastic.

Emiel

Skipped said:

Did the batwing SG Customs have "fretless wonder" frets?

The ad below suggests that they did.

I can remember liking the majority of late sixties Juniors/Specials/Standards  that I tried  - and that was a lot of  guitars - but not being impressed with any of the Customs for some reason. (Not the physical presence of the middle pickup....it was something about  the neck.)

https://kcvintageguitars.com/products/1969-gibson-sg-custom-walnut-100-original-w-ohsc-1960s-sg-les-paul?variant=18989952729158

Might be the narrow Gibson nut that showed up in the later part of the '60s. These are 1 9/16" or 1 5/8" instead of the usual 1 11/16". Guess what, Gibson went for the latter 1 11/16 for the Hendrix SG. I have a +- 1970 SG Standard with that narrow nut, takes some time to get used to!

The low 'fretless wonder' frets get mentioned here: