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Hendrix History on Sale

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Oct 27, 2010 Updated Oct 28, 2010

If you've got a spare 300 thousand dollars lying around, you might be in the running to grab yourself a historic Hendrix guitar.

That's the current estimate for the 1959 Fender Duo-Sonic that Jimi played during his 1964 stint touring the US with the Isley Brothers, and which is up for auction in the UK early next month.

Previously thought to have gone missing, the guitar turned up in the London studios of Chas Chandler, who sold it to veteran music entrepreneur Rod Weinburg for the not-so-princely sum of 650 dollars.

The guitar has most recently been on loan to The Jimi Hendrix Exhibition held at the Handel House Museum in London.

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James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is widely considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in music history, and one of the most influential musicians of his era. After initial success in Europe with his group The Jimi Hendrix Experience, he achieved fame in the United States...

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