Paul Davids with Jimis Guitar in Denmark Street

BillDL

elstoof said:

Wouldn’t the nut be the wrong way round if it was still set up for a lefty

The seller asked the music store technician/luthier to swap the nut around so that it could be played by Paul Davids and perhaps other well known players.  It was mentioned in the video at the 9:36 mark.

elstoof

Who in their right mind cuts the original nut out of jimi hendrix’s alleged historic one of kind guitar so some bloke off the Internet can play it, might as well refinish it and put some Lace Sensors in too

guitars4you

uksaint7 said:

Sure it has been posted before but this was a cool article about the Woodstock Strat:

https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/jimi-hendrix-week-i-played-jimis-woodstock-strat-178118

Similar article

https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/under-the-microscope-jimi-hendrixs-1967-monterey-strat-in-pictures-644617


then from June 2021 - https://www.guitarworld.com/features/what-happened-to-jimi-hendrixs-monterey-stratocaster

TINMAN82

I’m not a massive fan of PD after signing up to his online course and (surprisingly) finding it to be pretty poor. His regular YouTube videos are better.

But as a Hendrix fan this was a very cool video.

Agree with others comments on playwear. You get the impression someone has been playing it right handed for a while. That would certainly corroborate the theory that it would be crazy to remove the original nut just so a YouTube guitar teacher could have a shot…the nut was probably changed years ago. 

tone1

I didn’t quite believe it had been sat for 50 years in an office unplayed 

mrkb

Hey You lot are spoiling my enjoyment of the video!  

EricTheWeary

mrkb said:

Hey You lot are spoiling my enjoyment of the video!  

I think spoiling other's enjoyment of guitar based videos goes all the way back to TheFB manifesto. 

jonnyburgo

I woul pay that for Paul Davids sweet blue eyes and hairline.

GuyR

If I recall correctly, there was an article about this guitar in Guitarist magazine, possibly early 1990s when it was in the ownership of Monika Dannemann. Plenty of close up pictures, and the guitar was as it was last played by Hendrix, same strings. I understood it had Since been in the custody of Uli Jon Roth, Dannemann’s former husband.
How such a well documented instrument ended up in Denmark St I would expect would be a matter of public record. Quite embarrassing for all concerned and unprecedented for Denmark St if it is a fake.

TeleMaster

I wouldn't say unprecedented. There have been many a scandal involving that street. 

GuyR

TINMAN82 said:

I’m not a massive fan of PD after signing up to his online course and (surprisingly) finding it to be pretty poor. His regular YouTube videos are better.

But as a Hendrix fan this was a very cool video.

Agree with others comments on playwear. You get the impression someone has been playing it right handed for a while. That would certainly corroborate the theory that it would be crazy to remove the original nut just so a YouTube guitar teacher could have a shot…the nut was probably changed years ago. 

It was strung left handed in January 2017. Sorry for my grainy pictures.

https://i.imgur.com/wF6xAjb.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/hascNv3.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1PmyZYQ.jpg

Apparently it’s owned by a UK collector called Justin. 

TeleMaster

GuyR said:

TINMAN82 said:

I’m not a massive fan of PD after signing up to his online course and (surprisingly) finding it to be pretty poor. His regular YouTube videos are better.

But as a Hendrix fan this was a very cool video.

Agree with others comments on playwear. You get the impression someone has been playing it right handed for a while. That would certainly corroborate the theory that it would be crazy to remove the original nut just so a YouTube guitar teacher could have a shot…the nut was probably changed years ago. 

It was strung left handed in January 2017. Sorry for my grainy pictures.

https://i.imgur.com/wF6xAjb.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/hascNv3.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1PmyZYQ.jpg

Apparently it’s owned by a UK collector called Justin. 

Could it be Justin Harrison? 

GuyR

TeleMaster said:

GuyR said:

TINMAN82 said:

I’m not a massive fan of PD after signing up to his online course and (surprisingly) finding it to be pretty poor. His regular YouTube videos are better.

But as a Hendrix fan this was a very cool video.

Agree with others comments on playwear. You get the impression someone has been playing it right handed for a while. That would certainly corroborate the theory that it would be crazy to remove the original nut just so a YouTube guitar teacher could have a shot…the nut was probably changed years ago. 

It was strung left handed in January 2017. Sorry for my grainy pictures.

https://i.imgur.com/wF6xAjb.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/hascNv3.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1PmyZYQ.jpg

Apparently it’s owned by a UK collector called Justin. 

Justin Harrison?

Phew, that guarantees it’s legit

Lebarque

Denmark St...an expensive guitar with disputed provenance...Justin...

Not sure why my spidey senses are tingling lol.

Philly_Q

GuyR said:

Apparently it’s owned by a UK collector called Justin. 

Not Justin Harrison, hopefully...

Philly_Q

A lot of near-simultaneous comments there... 

TeleMaster

 

TINMAN82

It must be real. According to the video the  energy it exuded was so powerful one shop owner had to put it down and stop playing. 

jonnyburgo

I wish people would stop slagging Justin Harrison, I can vouch that that guitar was Jimi's. How do I know? Because I saw it it when I visited Justin to buy the Turin Shroud. So back off.

mrkb

jonnyburgo said:

I wish people would stop slagging Justin Harrison, I can vouch that that guitar was Jimi's. How do I know? Because I saw it it when I visited Justin to buy the Turin Shroud. So back off.

Did he have any London Bridges available?