Supro_Ozark_1560_S

Supro Ozark 1560 S

Supro Ozark 1560 S

Vintage electric guitar

The Supro Ozark 1560 S is a vintage electric guitar. It employed a single pickup near the bridge. The guitar is most famous for being the first electric guitar Jimi Hendrix owned.

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Jimi Hendrix

His white Supro Ozark was from his father, who purchased it from Myers Music shop in Seattle in 1958. It was the first electric guitar Hendrix owned. Hendrix's first gig was with an unnamed band in the Jaffe Room of Seattle's Temple De Hirsch, but they fired him between sets for showing off.[2] He joined the Rocking Kings, which played professionally at venues such as the Birdland club. His guitar was stolen after he left it backstage overnight.

Revival

It was recreated by Roy Dalvin in December, 1990.

Other notable players

References

  1. [1]
    "Supro reissues the Ozark, Jimi Hendrix's first electric guitar". 9 July 2019.
  2. [2]
    Cross 2005, p. 67.


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