That was the nickname for the Fender Stratocaster that Clapton played between 1970 and 1985. It was seen as such landmark events as his Rainbow concert of 1973, Live Aid in 1985, and on the cover ...

Eric Clapton told Fender he wanted a custom guitar. He asked them to design one that would look great in a museum. Clapton’s request happened to coincide with Fender’s 50th anniversary. The guitar ...

The guitarist has detailed how to mimic infamous Les Paul and SG tones from the instrument, believing its versatility is ...

”Clapton, actually, he might’ve ended up being a better R&B singer,” Rik Emmett recently commented. “His guitar playing is a fairly narrow kind of a palette, if you think of those three guys that came ...