NAMM 2024: We understand guitar players are consumed with all things vintage– it began with classic guitars, then amps, pedals, NOS parts– and so on, so it was just a matter of time before we saw reissue guitar straps
Now Dunlop has actually revealed a brand-new addition to its accessory variety, in the type of the Jimi Hendrix Pop Festival strap.
The description and title do not clearly utilize the expression ‘Monterey Pop’, most likely for hallmark factors, however there is no doubt that it is a recreation of the patterned strap Hendrix coupled with his detailed Monterey Pop Strat in the closing minutes of his cutting-edge look at the celebration.
“This strap bears the very same style as the one Jimi Hendrix used when he took the program at a 1967 music celebration in Monterey,” states Dunlop.
“The really first Jimi Hendrix Experience look in the U.S. He made music history when he set his guitar– and the world– on fire, swinging it extremely around till smashing it on the phase flooring.”
It’s in fact not Dunlop’s very first handle the idea– the company formerly coordinated with Authentic Hendrix for a series of 5 recreation straps back in 2017, and we’ve had gorgeous Fillmore, Live at Maui, Shreveport and the Woodstock-inspired Festival choices before.
For this author, Monterey Pop has the most cache out of all of those dates, marking his unmatched and earth-shattering arrival.
Including the distinct intense woven pattern and a chunky metal buckle it definitely sings retro cool– and we desire it. Yes, we understand we’re succumbing to marketing and if you had not informed us it’s the one Hendrix used at Monterey, we would not like it anywhere near as much. … Hendrix.
In all severity, however, it’s the most recent proof of a pattern we’re seeing spread more extensively throughout the program this year, with a development of little and extremely cost effective artist-endorsed signature items (see Dunlop’s brand-new signature choices, for instance).
Comparable to the avalanche of brand-new pickup equipment we saw last NAMM (a less expensive method to alter your tone than a brand-new guitar), this seems like an action to the typical guitar player needing to tighten their bag strings over the last couple of months.
Or, perhaps, it’s simply a good strap …
The Dunlop Authentic Hendrix Pop Festival Strap is offered February 1 for an MSRP of $41.99. For more info, head to Dunlop
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