Pigeons & Planes on Instagram: “On this day 54 years ago, Jimi Hendrix closed out his Monterey Pop Festival set by setting his guitar on fire and smashing it onstage.…”
![Fire! Jimi Hendrix's 'favourite' smashed and burned guitar returns from the dead | The Independent | The Independent Fire! Jimi Hendrix's 'favourite' smashed and burned guitar returns from the dead | The Independent | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2012/11/20/13/jimi1.jpg?quality=75&width=1200&auto=webp)
Fire! Jimi Hendrix's 'favourite' smashed and burned guitar returns from the dead | The Independent | The Independent
![Classic Rock In Pics on Twitter: "Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival, 1967. https://t.co/BGwyXAe8Wi" / Twitter Classic Rock In Pics on Twitter: "Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival, 1967. https://t.co/BGwyXAe8Wi" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqseQYIXIAATpYS.jpg:large)
Classic Rock In Pics on Twitter: "Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival, 1967. https://t.co/BGwyXAe8Wi" / Twitter
![Jimi Hendrix's favourite guitar which he switched before setting cheaper version on fire sells for £250,000 | Daily Mail Online Jimi Hendrix's favourite guitar which he switched before setting cheaper version on fire sells for £250,000 | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/28/article-0-163F9DDF000005DC-302_634x478.jpg)
Jimi Hendrix's favourite guitar which he switched before setting cheaper version on fire sells for £250,000 | Daily Mail Online
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![Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar on fire at the Monterey International Pop Festival, 1967. : r/OldSchoolCoolMusic Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar on fire at the Monterey International Pop Festival, 1967. : r/OldSchoolCoolMusic](https://preview.redd.it/zt8b7gzdbrf61.png?auto=webp&s=493f4710d48eca3522fb5819b16eb25230276cad)
Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar on fire at the Monterey International Pop Festival, 1967. : r/OldSchoolCoolMusic
This Day in Music - 31st March 1967, Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar live on stage for the first time when he was appearing at The Astoria in London, England.
![Jimi Hendrix's favourite guitar which he switched before setting cheaper version on fire sells for £250,000 | Daily Mail Online Jimi Hendrix's favourite guitar which he switched before setting cheaper version on fire sells for £250,000 | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/scaled/2012/11/28/article-0-16406370000005DC-446_308x185.jpg)
Jimi Hendrix's favourite guitar which he switched before setting cheaper version on fire sells for £250,000 | Daily Mail Online
![Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire for the first time 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 31 1967) - RetroNewser Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire for the first time 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 31 1967) - RetroNewser](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00746/hendrix-guitar_746318c.jpg)
Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire for the first time 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 31 1967) - RetroNewser
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