Dennisthe Menace wrote:Brutus posted:
I think I might look for a Eddie Kramer book there might be photos of the Spanish Castle
That's a very kewl idea Brutus!!
But then if such a photo was around I'm sure it would be know to Mosrite freaks like us already.
Not necessarily; everyone might of thought of what you just said....and dismissed the whole idea.
i.e. Look at what Mosriteforever just posted, I've never seen that PIC before
BTW Johnny, VERY KEWL PHOTO of the 2 guitars! 
Did anyone notice in the article, that there's no mention of Mosrite ever making the last 200 Black Widow Spiders for Acoustic?? They also said this about the Spider: "nor is it known to have been used on any Hendrix recordings or performances."....On the contrary, there WAS a PIC of Hendrix playing the Spider live floating around the Internet, but I haven't a clue how to go chase that down.
The other thing I also wanted to mention was what I originally had posted on this Thread, which was: A lot of us knew about the Mo' Doubleneck and some of us knew about the Spider, but there was a 'mention' by E.R. that Hendrix "had owned and used a Mosrite guitar for many years." Well, we all know it couldn't be that manys years, but....I DO RECALL hearing or reading somewhere (God Knows!) that Jimi also owned either a Mosrite Dobro or Mobro and
THAT might be the single neck Mosrite that E.R. might of been referring to. I don't think they would refer to the Acoustic Black Widow Spider as a Mosrite.........
.....darn!!! More investigating to do
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I FOUND IT!!!.....................But, I have no way of knowing if this might of been the Single Neck
Mosrite referred to in the E.R. Article in the previous article.........
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BTW, if you do not wish to read the whole article, skip to the last paragraph in Bold and Italic Text The Guitars of Jimi HendrixTo most people the truth about when he Jimi Hendrix got his first guitar and what types of guitars he played throughout his career is somewhat of a mystery. Although, he was unarguably the greatest guitar player ever, and with his fertile musical mind, perhaps the greatest composer of our generation or ever for that matter. No disrespect intended, putting Jimi in company with Bach, Beethoven and the likes. True Genius.
The path that will be described here is what I would consider the most accurate, after a lot of research and a little voodoo-magic. Realistically though, boiling down the mixture may leave some people to disagree with me, and I welcome the input.
The evidence and consistencies suggest that his first guitar was a cheap acoustic his dad gave to him, as early as eleven years old. The story goes as such, that even at a young age of six years, his school teacher mentioned to his dad, ” Jimi obsesses over having a guitar so much that it may be contributing to some mental health issues”. Not to discount todays teachers, but that was a very perceptive statement at that time.
His first electric guitars were bought from Myers Music in Seattle in 1959. Professed to be a white, single pickup Supro Ozark. The next axe that Hendrix played was a red Danelectro single pickup Silvertone, nicknamed “Betty Jean”. In ‘62, while doing some gigs with the King Casuals in Tennessee, he traded his Danelectro for an Epiphone Wilshire, which had dual pickups and a glued on mahogany neck with a solid mahogany body, as opposed to the bolt on Fender Stratocaster guitar necks.
In 1964, Jimi would play rhythm guitar for the Isley Brothers. During this nine month gig, he finally got his first Fender guitar, a blond ‘59 Duo-Sonic. He next played with Little Richard in ‘65, and briefly played a Fender Jazzmaster. However, he switched back to a Dou-Sonic when he played with Curtis Knight and the Squires. Even though Jimi later returned to the Jazzmaster.
A point of interest is that none of the gigs he had with the bands mentioned above lasted very long, because Jimi’s guitar work stole the show. His unbelievable guitar abilities were noticed by all immediately, which took the focus away from the musical-icons he worked for.
Jimi purchased his first Strat from Manny’s Music in New York in ‘66 in the summer. Early on he would use a variety of CBS Strats with rosewood fretboards. While he was staying in Greenwich Village in late ‘66 and ‘67 he narrowed down his choices to black or white Fender Strats using maple fretboards. Which, most likely is the reason the Fender Stratocaster is the most important guitar in the history of guitars and music.
From then on he played Fender Stratocasters with large headstocks. One of his many unusual playing techniques was to play a right handed guitar backwards, or in the left handed position, obviously because Jimi was left handed. In order to do that one must reverse the strings and (bone) nut so the low E was still on the top. My understanding was that he preferred the controls on the top of the guitar. Apparently he could work his magic easier with the voluminous amount of tricks he performed, partly by messing with the volume control knob. Jimi was not much on tone controls or guitar setup. Mostly Jimi spent the bulk of time modifying his tremolo to do things like lower the pitch more than usual and create trem sounds otherwise unheard of.
Naturally Jim Hendrix had purchased and played a tremendous assortment of guitars in his lifetime. During my fact finding mission, this is the list of the other guitars Jimi most likely owned and played; a Gibson ES-330, a Gibson Firebird, a Mosrite electric resonator guitar, a Guild 12 string acoustic, a Black Widow Spider acoustic, several Rickenbacker’s including a bass Rick, a double neck Mosrite, a Hagstrom 8 string bass(it was the on played on “Spanish Castle Magic” from the ‘Axis Bold As Love album)”, a ‘67 Gibson Flying V, a ‘67 Gretsch Corvette, a lefty Guild Starfire Deluxe, a Hofner electric, a ‘55 Gibson Les Paul, a Gibson Dove acoustic, a Martin acoustic, a ‘68 Gibson SG Custom and a black lefty Flying V. Wow!
thanks to all concerned.
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