In my last column, we discussed 1960s-era Eric Clapton, focusing on his work with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers and Cream, and his predilection for relying on Gibson guitars during that time. As ...
Eric Clapton earned the moniker "God" with a Gibson Les Paul Standard in his hands. It was his guitar of choice during his mid-1960s stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and the Gibson brand ...
Clapton had set the previous record price for a guitar at the 1999 auction when a 1956 Strat (“Brownie”) sold for $497,000. Clapton opened Crossroads in 1998. Last summer he held his third annual ...
Carlos “CDawg” DC, lead guitarist for Slow Hands Band, a New Jersey-based Eric Clapton tribute act, said he would probably pass on the 1954 Fender Stratocaster that Slowhand himself used for slide ...
The world’s second-most expensive guitar is taking up residence in New York this week. Guitar Center is putting Blackie, Eric Clapton’s legendary Stratocaster, on permanent display at its new flagship ...
While trying out these Martin guitar reproductions – which will sell for between $6,000 and $50,000 – Clapton talks about the history of the acoustic guitar, reminiscing about how he earned his chops.
Eric Clapton often auctions off his music gear to help fund the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, and it's from the first in mid-1999 that Lot 103 was sold. That 1954 Fender Stratocaster dubbed Slowhand ...
Eric Clapton's "The Fool" guitar has sold at auction for a whopping $1.27 million (£1.03 million). The six-string 1964 custom "Summer of Love" Gibson SG went under the hammer via Julien’s Auctions in ...