Jimi Hendrix Rig

Estimated build cost: ~$7,176 (based on current listings)

Rock The Jimi Hendrix Experience Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) made his name with the Jimi Hendrix Experience by playing right-handed Fender Stratocasters flipped and restrung for left-hand use into cranked Marshall Super Lead 100-watt heads. The classic 1966–67 studio and Monterey sound stacked a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face and Roger Mayer’s Octavia in front of those Plexis, with a Vox wah joining the chain soon after. He rode guitar volume—not a master volume—to clean the fuzz into the Marshall.

In 1968 he briefly ran Fender Dual Showman and Sunn 100S stacks on U.S. tours before returning to Marshall Super Leads, and he used a hand-painted 1967 Gibson Flying V plus a white Gibson SG Custom as alternate stage guitars. There is no current Hendrix touring rig: he died in 1970, and the last documented live chain (Woodstock 1969 through Isle of Wight 1970) added a Shin-Ei Uni-Vibe to the wah–fuzz–Marshall path. Fender’s Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster is the production signature available now, with reverse headstock and reverse-mounted American Vintage ’65 pickups.

~$7,176 Estimated total
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Jimi Hendrix Rig
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Jimi Hendrix guitars, amps and pedals

Classic / iconic era

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Fender Stratocaster
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster
1993 Fender Japan ST68-JH '68 Reissue Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster (Vintage White)
Classic 1966–70: primary guitar from Are You Experienced through Woodstock. Right-handed mid-’60s Strats (Olympic White and sunburst, including the 1968 white Woodstock guitar) flipped and restrung for left-hand use.
$1,742
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Marshall Super Lead 100W (1959 Plexi)
Amp
Marshall Super Lead 100W (1959 Plexi)
Marshall JCM 2000 TSL 602 Triple Super Lead 3-Channel 60-Watt 2x12" Combo 2000s - Black
Classic 1966–70 (throughout): Super 100 / 1959 Super Lead heads bought from Jim Marshall in fall 1966 and used from the first Experience shows through Woodstock and Isle of Wight, usually dimed with no master volume.
$580
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Marshall 1960 4x12
Cabinet
Marshall 1960 4x12
Marshall JCM 900 Lead Series Model 1960A 4x12" Angled Guitar Speaker Cabinet - Used
Classic 1966–70: full 4x12 stacks loaded with Celestion speakers (Greenbacks in the period) behind multiple Super Lead heads; typical live backline grew to several heads and six cabs.
$700
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Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
Pedal
Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face Dave Fox 1980
Classic 1966–70 (throughout): main fuzz from early Experience gigs and Purple Haze onward. Early units were germanium; by around 1968–69 (including Woodstock) he was also using silicon Fuzz Faces, some modified by Roger Mayer.
$1,347
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Roger Mayer Octavia
Pedal
Roger Mayer Octavia
Roger Mayer Octavia Fuzz Pedal - 2010s
Classic 1967–70: Mayer’s octave-up fuzz, first used in the studio on Purple Haze and Fire in February 1967 and kept in the chain through Band of Gypsys. Custom/prototype units, not a later clone.
$372
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Vox V846 Wah
Pedal
Vox V846 Wah
Vox V846 Vintage Reissue Wah Pedal - Open Box
Classic 1967–70: foot wah after the hand-wah experiment on I Don’t Live Today. Vox V846 (including the Woodstock board) is the documented live wah, used as both a sweep and a parked treble boost.
$210
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Gibson Flying V
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Gibson Flying V
Gibson Custom Shop "Inspired By" Jimi Hendrix Psychedelic Flying V 2006 - Psychedelic Black
Mid 1967–69: the hand-painted 1967 Flying V nicknamed Love Drops, used as a blues/alternate stage guitar after Monterey. A later custom left-handed 1969 Flying V appeared at Isle of Wight 1970.
$18,220
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Fender Dual Showman
Amp optional
Fender Dual Showman
Fender Dual Showman SR 1980s
Mid 1968: used on the U.S. Experience tour (often with 2x15 cabs) alongside Marshalls, and cited for some Electric Ladyland-era work including Voodoo Child. He moved back to Marshall Super Leads as the core live amp.
$1,116
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Sunn 100S
Amp optional
Sunn 100S
Marshall Jimi Hendrix Super 100 JH JTM 45 MK II 2006 - black
Mid 1968: short Sunn endorsement after Dual Showmans failed on tour; 100S / Coliseum-class heads with Sunn 100-F cabs. He dropped Sunn quickly because the amps got noisy when cranked and returned to Marshall.
$4,199
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Gibson SG Custom
Guitar optional
Gibson SG Custom
Gibson Gibson Custom 1963 Les Paul SG Custom Reissue, VOS, Classic White 2025 - Classic White
Mid 1968–69: white 1967 SG Custom (three humbuckers, Maestro Vibrola), famously played on The Dick Cavett Show in September 1969 for Izabella / Machine Gun and used for some Red House performances.
$7,100
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Shin-Ei Uni-Vibe
Pedal
Shin-Ei Uni-Vibe
Shin-Ei Vibe-Bro Uni-Vibe pedal
Mid/late 1969–70: last major addition to the chain. First documented live at Woodstock (August 1969) with its expression pedal; essential on Machine Gun, Izabella, and the Star-Spangled Banner. Univox-branded Shin-Ei circuit.
$1,500
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Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster
Guitar
Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster
Fender Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster 2024 - Olympic White
Current: posthumous Fender/Experience Hendrix production signature fans can buy today. Reverse ’70s-style headstock and reverse-mounted American Vintage ’65 pickups approximate his flipped right-handed Strat; he never played this specific production model.
$725
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Estimated build total ~$7,176
Rig Overview
Estimated total ~$7,176
Pieces of gear 12
Genre / style Rock
Classic / iconic era 6 items
Mid-career 5 items
Most recent 1 item
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