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A guitar played and burned onstage by Jimi Hendrix was sold at auction today. The BBC’s Martin Shankleman played the scorched guitar before it went under the hammer. He talks to host Lisa Mullins about it.

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Now — from Beethoven… to Hendrix. A guitar used by Jimi Hendrix went on the auction block today.

It’s a Fender Stratocaster that Hendrix used during a 1967 concert in London. He set the guitar on fire at that show.

The instrument survived — only to end up in someone’s garage in England. It was re-discovered last year. One man lucky enough to play the scorched guitar before it went up for auction was the BBC’s Martin Shankleman.

He came to the studio — with his OWN guitar — to describe what it was like to play Hendrix’s.