Originally Posted by
midnitelamp
according to one of jimis bios,Linda Keith,who was Keith Richards girlfriend at the time,was holding the stones new york outpost down,saw jmi perform,who told her friend sheila who was andrew loog oldhams wife who i reckon got a hold of chas chandler.{sue me if i'm wrong,i'm doing this from memory} and linda loaned a brand new white strat to jimi for his "audition".
i have also read keith said it was ok,now.
still don't know if that is the one in the link,but i guess it is.
alright,i googled all the principles mentioned above,[what i shoujda done to start with] oldham was'nt interested then someone else was'nt interested,then chas comes along. but linda loaning the white strat is mentioned.