“The thought of missing out on this guitar gave me the strength to do the gig”: Watch Joe Bonamassa demo the ’69 Hendrix spec Strat he calls ‘The Bronchitiscaster’ – and a super-rare ’67 Flying V

Joe Bonamassa plays a 1969 Fender Stratocaster.

Having recently demonstrated the tonal potential of a 1954 Blackguard Tele, Joe Bonamassa has now turned his attention to another two electric guitars from his collection at Nerdville, with the blues-rock superstar sitting down with Guitarist magazine to showcase a pair of Hendrix-era guitars – one a very cool Flying V, the other a holy grail Stratocaster named after a chest infection

More on the latter shortly. First up we have a 1967 Gibson Flying V in Sparkling Burgundy, mahogany bodied, making it “a little thicker sounding” than the korina Vs that preceded it. “Hendrix had one. Wishbone Ash made the ’67 very famous. It’s a real rock guitar,” says Bonamassa.