1968 Fender Stratocaster

Jimi Hendrix

Woodstock Strat — 1968 Olympic White Strat played at Woodstock, played left-handed on a right-handed guitar with standard stringing.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Number One — 1963 sunburst Strat, .013 strings, tuned a half step down.

Eric Clapton

Blackie Strat — Assembled from three Strats bought for $100 each at Sho-Bud in Nashville.

Buddy Guy

Stratocaster polka dots — Custom polka-dot Stratocaster, which became his trademark.

John Mayer

Stratocaster 1965 — Vintage Strat used on his first blues albums. Snappy, expressive tone.

Buddy Holly

Stratocaster 1955 — Buddy Holly's first Stratocaster, bought new in 1955 at Adair Music in Lubbock. His main guitar on That'll Be the Day and Peggy Sue.

Billy Corgan

Stratocaster 1974 — Strat used on Siamese Dream to create his characteristic wall of guitars.

John Frusciante

Stratocaster 1962 — Sunburst 1962 Strat, main guitar on Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Californication.

Tom Morello

Stratocaster 1980 — Customized "Arm the Homeless" Strat, his main instrument with Rage Against the Machine.

Popa Chubby

Fender Stratocaster (Fiesta Red, 1966) — Popa Chubby's main guitar for over 20 years, self-modified with Lindy Fralin neck/middle pickups and a Seymour Duncan bridge pickup, used on countless recordings and thousands of concerts.

Rory Gallagher

Fender Stratocaster (1961) — Gallagher's main guitar throughout his career, its finish worn down to bare wood from decades of sweat and constant use.

Lightnin' Hopkins

Fender Stratocaster — One of several guitars Hopkins used alongside his primary Gibson J-50.

Andy Summers

Stratocaster (red, 1961) — The guitar Summers is most widely known for, alongside the modified Telecaster; called a "major historical item" by Summers himself

Mick Jones

Stratocaster (black, 1978) — Sent to Jones by Fender alongside a new bass for Paul Simonon; became his main studio guitar on nearly every Clash record from London Calling onward

Jeff Beck

Stratocaster 1954 — Beck's first Strat, played during the Yardbirds and Jeff Beck Group periods.

Ry Cooder

Stratocaster 1957 — Vintage Strat used for his distinctive blues slide technique.

Stephen Stills

Stratocaster 1967 — Strat used on the Buffalo Springfield and CSNY recordings.

Mark Knopfler

Stratocaster 1961 — Sunburst 1961 Strat, his main instrument on the Dire Straits albums.

Ritchie Blackmore

Stratocaster 1974 — Strat played on Deep Purple In Rock, Machine Head and Rainbow. Distinctive neo-baroque sound.

Eddie Van Halen

Frankenstrat 1978 — Strat customized with a Boogie Bodies body and a Gibson PAF pickup. Icon of 80s hard rock.

David Gilmour

Black Strat 1969 — Black 1969 Stratocaster, the main guitar of Pink Floyd. Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here.

Nile Rodgers

Stratocaster Hitmaker 1960 — 1960 Strat nicknamed "Hitmaker", played on all the hits of Chic, Bowie and Daft Punk.