Jimi Hendrix Flying Vee Style Wall Plaque

Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock music history. After initial success in Europe, he achieved fame in the USA following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, he headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival.

Hendrix helped develop the technique of guitar feedback with overdriven amplifiers. He was influenced by blues artists such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Albert King, and Elmore James, Rhythm and Blues and Soul guitarists Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, as well as by some modern jazz. As a record producer, he also broke new ground in using the recording studio as an extension of his musical ideas; he was one of the first to experiment with stereophonic and phasing effects during recording.

He also won many of the most prestigious rock music awards in his lifetime and has been posthumously awarded many more, including being inducted into the USA's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. An English Heritage 'Blue Plaque' was erected in his name on his former residence at Brook Street, London in September 1997 and his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was dedicated in 1994. In 2006, his debut US album, 'Are You Experienced', was inducted into the United States National Recording Registry, and Rolling Stone magazine named Hendrix number 1 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.

This 1967 Flying V guitar was custom decorated in classic psychedellic style by Jimi himself and was most famously used in Paris during his 1967/68 tour.

Price £61.50