Introducing the Jimi Hendrix Signature Strat Set

[HiFiRebel]

Re: Introducing the Jimi Hendrix Signature Strat Set

If I had another Strat I would be in like Flynn. And all of you thatbare convinced that this is an affront to his legacy, read up in the estate. They slap his name on almost anything that pays them enough. Thank God SD is doing a classy project and not another signature energy drink.

 

[beaubrummels]

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Ok, so 7 pages of bros don't like the marketing.

Taking a cue from "Whole Lotta Humbucker", what would you rather they be called?

The "Seymour Duncan Experience" set?

The "Purple Phase" set?

The "Star Spangled Stagger" set?

"If Left was Right" set?

"THE WIND cries Mary" set?

"Castles made of Poly"?

"PUPs of Gypsies"?

"Electric Duncanland"?

Yeah, I'm ok with Jimi Hendrix Signature Set, though it seems like they are really more the Duncan Signature Hendrix set.

I just wanna know can I get a prewired left-hand pickguard with left stagger and 'normal' bridge slant (basically a stock left-hand pickguard and wiring), and how much would that cost?

 

[regan]

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There's the JB, how how about the JH?

 

[darthphineas]

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Ok, so 7 pages of bros don't like the marketing.

good point.


it does kind of seem like there has a degree of pushback on some of the product names:

Saturday Night Special: Skynyrd? Rossington?

Killing Floor: so soon after Orlando and Paris?

Pearly Gates, IM1, 78, High Voltage Set, JB, Metal Fatigue, Whole Lotta Humbucker, Greenie: why not work out deals on these like were done with Slash or Synyster Gates or Bonamassa or Becker or Dime (in the case of the Dimebucker) or Loomis or Dino or Mick Thompson or Gus G or DeMartini or Mustaine or Lemmy or Yngwie or Murray



however.....

*shrugs* well, who knows? maybe it's best we don't know.

people appear to be buying them


they could take it to SDUGF committee. and end up with "Fuglybucker"

 

[JeffB]

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Ive no issue with the name here...they are licensed. Did Hendrix use an exact strat or fuzz or wah like they are today? No.

That said some of the other pickups, where there are obvious licensing and endorsement issues...JB or EVH (remember all that company spew about 7 or 8 years ago as they tiptoed around the issues here), and then recently where they tip-toe around the WLH (and there is no proof Jimmy ever used them in any of his guitars during the time period that Duncan casually throws about- and there is plenty of proof of what he did actually use).

That bugs me...I don't lose any sleep over it, but cut the BS... its marketing drivel at it's finest, and if you dont have the blessing of the living artist,and are not prepared to pay royalties, do something else, ..it's poor form.

 

[treyhaislip]

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Ok, so 7 pages of bros don't like the marketing.

Yeah, I'm ok with Jimi Hendrix Signature Set, though it seems like they are really more the Duncan Signature Hendrix set.

good point.


it does kind of seem like there has a degree of pushback on some of the product names:

Saturday Night Special: Skynyrd? Rossington?

Killing Floor: so soon after Orlando and Paris?

Pearly Gates, IM1, 78, High Voltage Set, JB, Metal Fatigue, Whole Lotta Humbucker, Greenie: why not work out deals on these like were done with Slash or Synyster Gates or Bonamassa or Becker or Dime (in the case of the Dimebucker) or Loomis or Dino or Mick Thompson or Gus G or DeMartini or Mustaine or Lemmy or Yngwie or Murray



however.....

*shrugs* well, who knows? maybe it's best we don't know.

people appear to be buying them


they could take it to SDUGF committee. and end up with "Fuglybucker"

Exactly.

C'mon guys, you can't do anything "Hendrix" now without going through the Estate. They slap his signature on anything that will give them a buck.

These are replicas (to the specs Seymour kept) that have been documented as actually used by Jimi. Its not like a Hendrix signature addition Gibson Strat.

 

[bloomfieldriffs]

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I find it amusing or maybe perplexing is a better word. From what I have read the only real artist from that bygone era, Jeff Beck, is clearly documented of using early Seymour Duncan pickups and there is not Jeff Beck set? Why?

 

[HiFiRebel]

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I find it amusing or maybe perplexing is a better word. From what I have read the only real artist from that bygone era, Jeff Beck, is clearly documented of using early Seymour Duncan pickups and there is not Jeff Beck set? Why?

It's the JB and Jazz set.

 

[bloomfieldriffs]

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It's the JB and Jazz set.

Why not a Jeff Beck signature and testimony from the man himself?
Carter-Duncan buys a Jimi Hendrix signature and puts it on pickups that Mr. Hendrix himself had no comment on as far as we know.
Jeff Beck has established himself as a guitarist who squeezes every possible sound out of a guitar. A master guitarist IMO on a level just below Jimi Hendrix.
Yet, here is a living artist that used Seymour Duncan pickups and Carter-Duncan does not get a signature? What does/did Jeff Beck really think about the Seymour Duncan pickups? It would seem Carter-Duncan would capitalize on this opportunity if open.

 

[frankfalbo]

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From what I have read...Jeff Beck, is clearly documented of using early Seymour Duncan pickups and there is not Jeff Beck set? Why?

I would wager that origin story is a bit off topic for a Hendrix thread. The internet (and this forum) have both discussed that subject at length. Short version is, he used the pickup, then for whatever reason didn't want Seymour Duncan to use his name, either for contractual reasons (other conflicting endorsements throughout the years) or because he used a multitude of guitars and pickups. Eddie Van Halen also told them not to use his name in the 80s, so an advertisement that said "SH-5 - Van Halen" had Van Halen blocked out in the next issue that it ran.

This case is different, of course because it is over 40 years after the artist died. So there are equal arguments on both sides. Some would criticize them for making a deal with the estate that had nothing to do with approval from Jimi himself, nor validates that these pickups were ever used extensively beyond that one gig, while others would have criticized them if they'd used one of those song or album titles.

Hendrix branded gear, whatever it is, is almost always polarizing. Some celebrate it and buy it indiscriminately, others are angered and put off by the profiteering off the deceased, and/or the inauthenticity of the product; that he never used it. (Digitech Jimi Hendrix Experience pedal for example...)

 

[bloomfieldriffs]

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I would wager that origin story is a bit off topic for a Hendrix thread. The internet (and this forum) have both discussed that subject at length. Short version is, he used the pickup, then for whatever reason didn't want Seymour Duncan to use his name, either for contractual reasons (other conflicting endorsements throughout the years) or because he used a multitude of guitars and pickups. Eddie Van Halen also told them not to use his name in the 80s, so an advertisement that said "SH-5 - Van Halen" had Van Halen blocked out in the next issue that it ran.

This case is different, of course because it is over 40 years after the artist died. So there are equal arguments on both sides. Some would criticize them for making a deal with the estate that had nothing to do with approval from Jimi himself, nor validates that these pickups were ever used extensively beyond that one gig, while others would have criticized them if they'd used one of those song or album titles.

Hendrix branded gear, whatever it is, is almost always polarizing. Some celebrate it and buy it indiscriminately, others are angered and put off by the profiteering off the deceased, and/or the inauthenticity of the product; that he never used it. (Digitech Jimi Hendrix Experience pedal for example...)

LOL! Now that is the epitome of double speak.

 

[Artie]

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I find this comical.

Me too.

But the really cool thing about this thread . . . it inspired me to log off and go spank my Strat.

But I bet they're sweet pups.

Artie

 

[Mincer]

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While I have no direct knowledge in why they were named the way they were, I would think that to reference Hendrix, they would have to contact the estate. The estate would have say in what the set was named, with thinking along the lines of maximizing JH's name, image and signature. Certainly not dealing with the estate and calling it something like the 'Purple Haze' set or something could have been done, but my guess is the estate would be all over that.

Ok, so 7 pages of bros don't like the marketing.

Taking a cue from "Whole Lotta Humbucker", what would you rather they be called?

The "Seymour Duncan Experience" set?

The "Purple Phase" set?

The "Star Spangled Stagger" set?

"If Left was Right" set?

"THE WIND cries Mary" set?

"Castles made of Poly"?

"PUPs of Gypsies"?

"Electric Duncanland"?

Yeah, I'm ok with Jimi Hendrix Signature Set, though it seems like they are really more the Duncan Signature Hendrix set.

I just wanna know can I get a prewired left-hand pickguard with left stagger and 'normal' bridge slant (basically a stock left-hand pickguard and wiring), and how much would that cost?

 

[frankfalbo]

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LOL! Now that is the epitome of double speak.

I don't know to which part you are referring. The Jeff Beck stuff? If its about Hendrix signature products being polarizing, it's not meant to be double speak at all. I seriously am just explaining how historically, Hendrix related gear elicits passionate responses from all angles. Emotions seem to run higher on it. For example, when Epiphone releases a more affordable version of a Slash Les Paul, or Bonamassa Les Paul, people have internet arguments about it, about whether you "should" do it, since the artist does not play those guitars. Or if they do, it's a little bit here and there to fulfill a marketing agenda. (and I don't say that in critique, I think lower priced versions of signature guitars are fine personally) I mention that to say that by comparison, the Hendrix estate signature products are more polarizing than that in the marketplace. This thread is bearing that out to an extent.

 

[Hank-]

Re: Introducing the Jimi Hendrix Signature Strat Set

Ok, so 7 pages of bros don't like the marketing.

Taking a cue from "Whole Lotta Humbucker", what would you rather they be called?

The "Seymour Duncan Experience" set?

The "Purple Phase" set?

The "Star Spangled Stagger" set?

"If Left was Right" set?

"THE WIND cries Mary" set?

"Castles made of Poly"?

"PUPs of Gypsies"?

"Electric Duncanland"?

Yeah, I'm ok with Jimi Hendrix Signature Set, though it seems like they are really more the Duncan Signature Hendrix set.

I just wanna know can I get a prewired left-hand pickguard with left stagger and 'normal' bridge slant (basically a stock left-hand pickguard and wiring), and how much would that cost?

The " Voodoo Set"

 

[HiFiRebel]

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Why not a Jeff Beck signature and testimony from the man himself?
Carter-Duncan buys a Jimi Hendrix signature and puts it on pickups that Mr. Hendrix himself had no comment on as far as we know.
Jeff Beck has established himself as a guitarist who squeezes every possible sound out of a guitar. A master guitarist IMO on a level just below Jimi Hendrix.
Yet, here is a living artist that used Seymour Duncan pickups and Carter-Duncan does not get a signature? What does/did Jeff Beck really think about the Seymour Duncan pickups? It would seem Carter-Duncan would capitalize on this opportunity if open.

Be honest. Who's name sells more merchandise? Jeff Beck or Jimi Hendrix. I love both of their music and skills blah blah, but who's name carries more buying power?

 

[KNUCKLHEAD]

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I find it amusing or maybe perplexing is a better word. From what I have read the only real artist from that bygone era, Jeff Beck, is clearly documented of using early Seymour Duncan pickups and there is not Jeff Beck set? Why?

1st. of all there is No such thing as a Bygone Era of music or the New York Philharmonic wouldn't be doing " All Mozart " written in the 1770's but Totally valid for 2016 . And yes as HiFiRebel states, the duncan JB

 

[bloomfieldriffs]

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Shazbot!!! This trains going nowhere and I am as much at fault as anyone.


Let the market decide and may Carter Duncan release a new ground breaking pickup we can all dig.

A shame Frankfalbo didn't stick with Duncan, dude with the kinda smarts the company could really use at this point in time.

P.S.
But I do have to say if you asked the population of guitar players who change pickups in their guitars what they would rather have: a Jimi Hendrix set or a Jeff Beck set they would choose the Jeff Beck set. (problem is that Beck has used so many guitars and pickups over his career it would be near impossible to create a set. It would have to be a set based on a specific point in his career. I think a Jeff Beck Truth set would be a big seller)

 

[KNUCKLHEAD]

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Be honest. Who's name sells more merchandise? Jeff Beck or Jimi Hendrix. I love both of their music and skills blah blah, but who's name carries more buying power?

in regards to Duncan , probably JB pickups . in the rest of the mainstream marketplace , I would think only the fab 4, stones, zep, metallica could compete with Hendrix in Posters, vinyl , tshirts, etc . Those are household names even to moms , not many moms would know who Beck is (maybe if freeway jam were described to them). We do cause we're guitarists and rock hounds

 

[HiFiRebel]

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I get that. But the market has proven that there is way more money in Hendrix than in Beck merchandise.

But I like both guitarists so I'm no real help I guess.