The Vault - Hard Rock Cafe London

Just had a few days in London and went to visit The Vault. It's below the Hard Rock Cafe's Rock shop near Hyde Park corner and called the vault because it used to be a bank. Now they have a small museum of rock memorabilia. You can see it for free. It's only small but well packed with goodies - mostly guitars owned by iconic rock stars. Bowie, Bo Diddley, Jeff Beck, Curt Cobain, Duane Allman, Keith Richards and to top it all (for me) Jimi Hendrix's custom made, left-handed, Gibson Flying V. Now that was a special occasion for me because it was the one he played at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. I was there! Sadly he died a couple of weeks later. I think it was his last public gig. So if you're down in London, be sure to visit The Vault and check out those goodies for yourself.