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A guitar, which helped Jimi Hendrix turn into a rock legend, has been sold for more than 164,000 pounds. The guitar, played by Hendrix before he was famous, fetched 164,675 pounds at an auction on Tuesday – over 400 times the price he originally paid, reports the Daily Express. The star’s Fender Duo-Sonic sparked a bidding frenzy at the Cameo Auctioneers Records' Music and Memorabilia auction in Midgham, Berkshire . Hendrix had paid just 100 pounds for the tan guitar as an unknown 21-year-old backing musician. Going by the name Jimmy James, he used the 1959/60 model from March to November 1964 while performing with the Isley Brothers. Two original pieces of Hendrix artwork from 1967 were sold for a total of 17,400 pounds.