Jimi Hendrix Woodstock Strat Clone to Be Auctioned

On November 2, 2005, Christie's office at South Kensington, London, will auction a Fender Custom Shop Jimi Hendrix Woodstock Stratocaster Clone, which is #1 of only four produced and the only one that's been made available to the public (of the other three, one was presented to the Hendrix Estate, one was kept by Fender, and one was presented to the Experience Music Project).

You'll find links below that lead to more information about this instrument, but, in a nutshell, the story is this: Mike Eldred of the Custom Shop was given access to the original 1968 Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix played at Woodstock. Eldred spec'd it out and then built four "clones". And by "clones", Fender meant exactly that - not replicas, not something "close", but an actual "clone" of the '68 Hendrix Strat right down to scratches and pickup outputs.

Here's a photo of the Woodstock Clone that will be auctioned at Christie's:

And more information about the Woodstock Clone:

Lot details from the upcoming November 2, 2005 Christie's auction

Seven Fender Stratocaster Models That Pay Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

Story related to the 2003 auction of this guitar