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03/09/2010

Consequence of Sound Album Review: Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune Consequence of Sound I actually tried playing a Stratocaster with my teeth before I ever used my fingers. But one thing I never got to experience was going into a record store ...

03/08/2010

NOLA.com Eric Clapton hustled through his show at the New Orleans Arena NOLA.com Instead, he plowed ahead with the same steel-gray Stratocaster for the entire show, save an acoustic deployed during the unplugged segment. ...

03/07/2010

03/06/2010

Washington Post Music review of 'Valleys of Neptune' a posthumous album by Jimi Hendrix Washington Post He pulls notes back, rushes others forward, coaxing now-familiar noises from his Stratocaster as if it were a series of miraculous accidents. ...

Racy billboards called 'disgusting' Windsor Star ... shows an attractive blonde woman — again nude — with a strategically placed Fender Stratocaster guitar shielding her breasts and crotch. ...

03/05/2010

ClashMusic.com 12 Things You Never Knew About Jimi Hendrix ClashMusic.com A more subtle unorthodox technique of his, however, was that he played his Fender Stratocaster upside down to accommodate his left-handedness. ...

Gear4music.com Hank Marvin reminisces about first Fender Stratocaster Gear4music.com Electric guitar player Hank Marvin has shared his memories of the first time he picked up a Fender Stratocaster. The Shadows star told the Tonight website ...

03/04/2010

FENDER® JOINS “EXPERIENCE HENDRIX” TOUR, HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JIMI ... GuitarGearHeads.com Jimi Hendrix and the Fender Stratocaster® guitar are culturally connected for their pairing of artist and instrument throughout many of the most important ...

Tehama County Police and Fire reports: 03/04/10 Red Bluff Daily News Rachel Renee Megary reported the theft of a blue Fender Stratocaster guitar and a pair of amplifiers Tuesday afternoon on Electric Avenue. The loss is $400. ...

American Idol: Week #2, Top Ten Boys PopMatters He showed up with a Stratocaster, playing sloppy runs through thick flanger effects, but he sang Gavin DeGraw's “I Don't Want to Be” like he was half-asleep ...

Ready to rock and release Hattiesburg American "The first guitar I ever got was a Stratocaster, which is a major surf rock guitar. My dad was a big rockabilly fan and he was always playing that style of ...

Pitch Weekly (blog) Concert Review: Eric Clapton Pitch Weekly (blog) Let's be honest - when the two Jumbotrons flanking the stage spend about twice as much time zoomed in on your matte-black Stratocaster than they do on your ...

Heading to the studio, with grandpa's help Hamilton Spectator "He found a nice Stratocaster for me at a pawnshop down in Nashville," Hails recalls. "He actually got a hand from Chet Atkins in picking it out for me. ...

03/03/2010

Houston Chronicle With John Mayer, you have to hate the player, not the player Houston Chronicle He also does blues recordings and performances worthy of admiration by those who admire Fender Stratocaster guitars played with expert fluidity. ...

5 Ways to Destroy a Guitar: Hendrix, Townshend, Cobain, Blackmore & SRV Show ... Gibson The guitarist laid his Stratocaster on the stage, poured a bottle of lighter fluid over it, bent to kiss its neck and set the guitar on fire with a match. ...

What's On: Kingdom of Crystal's Skill Movieline (blog) ... that she will respond to at least one of the judges' comments with confusion, and that alone will feel like a Stratocaster power chord of common sense. ...

Clapton tops bluesy style Tulsa World The low-key bluesman let his shimmering Fender Stratocaster do most of the storytelling. It stole the show. There was a magical moment in "I've Got A Rock ...

03/02/2010

03/01/2010

02/28/2010

02/27/2010

FocusOnStyle.com (blog) Kristen Stewart in The Runaways get the rocker look FocusOnStyle.com (blog) You might want to get a punked out shag, some eyeliner, and maybe a black Fender Standard Stratocaster and a few solid years of guitar lessons. ...

02/26/2010

The L Magazine New Tom Petty Song "Good Enough" Is Not, Actually The L Magazine ... watch a live performance of "American Girl" from 1978. [Vulture] by Mike Conklin In which an airborne eagle carries a Fender Stratocaster. by Mike Conklin.

John Mayer dazzles with varied set at TD Garden UNH The New Hampshire (subscription) He had a different guitar for almost every song, and when he broke out his favorite Monterrey Fender Strat, a red and white blended model with rose and ...

All-star band of guitar heroes will celebrate music of Jimi Hendrix Ventura County Star When he left he asked if he could take the Stratocaster we had got him and we said yes. How do you suppose Hendrix influenced you as a guitar player? ...

02/25/2010

Get Ready to Rock and Roll Las Vegas Review - Journal A 1966 Stratocaster that was once set ablaze by Jimi Hendrix is featured at the Hard Rock Cafe on Paradise Road. Las Vegas' musical heritage is represented ...

Santa Barbara Independent Eric Johnson Joins Experience Hendrix Tour Santa Barbara Independent ... of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival) as a child and watching in awe as Jimi Hendrix set his Stratocaster ablaze during his performance of “Wild Thing. ...

The Whitney Biennial Fails Better BlackBook Magazine The film feels timeless historically (the Ramones poster, the Vans, the stratocaster collection on the wall) and temporarily (lack of discernable melody, ...

Goose Your Bum-Bum San Diego Reader “Willie K moves easily from screaming Stratocaster to sweet slack key.” Shaka, brah!... Barroom rockers Little Fowl and emergent trio Scales split a double ...