Sorry, no Flying V in this group. Just classic guitars from the 50s and 60s rock era. We have to confess we love the ’50s era Gretsch White Falcon – great pick.
At midnight on Sunday, Aug. 17, 1969, Jimi Hendrix should have been plugging in his white Fender Stratocaster in front of a crowd of 500,000 at Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, N.Y. His performance, meant to close out the three-day Woodstock festival, didn’t start until 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 18. By that point, more than 300,000 concert-goers were trekking down the New York State Thruway. They missed Hendrix’s interpretation of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which still resonates as one of the most important musical performances of the 20th century. The 1968 Olympic White Strat that Hendrix played that morning currently sits in Paul Allen’s Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, after the Microsoft ( MSFT – news – people ) co-founder spent an estimated $2 million to acquire it. – From Forbes