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So you want to play like rock god Jimi Hendrix? Fender combines guitar history and present-day playability in a Hendrix Stratocaster that's both a contemporary instrument and a child of the '60s.

Guitar manufacturers have long offered “signature” models: instruments based on those used by famous players or built to their specs and then marketed to the public. Indeed, one the most iconic and ...

For most guitarists, playing a Jimi Hendrix Strat is the stuff of fantasy. For Ray Toro, it became a year-long reality — even if the Fender Stratocaster itself was, in his words, “beat to s*.” Toro ...