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Post subject: Clapton Strat Budakon 2016
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:24 am
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Paging Elliot! Hello old friend!

EC was using a blue Strat during the April 2016 Budakon Concerts.

There is not much youtube material from these concerts. Any idea what color?


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Post subject: Re: Clapton Strat Budakon 2016
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:45 am
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At first I thought it was a Blackie, but actually it's a TK Masterbuilt in Midnight Blue. Eric played a Mercedes Blue guitar in 1996.

Stage lights make a huge difference.


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Post subject: Re: Clapton Strat Budakon 2016
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:05 am
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I think he played a Blackie as well at Budakon.

Yes, I have a Midnight Blue Team Built.

The blue Strat from Budakon....is it the original from 1996 with lace sensors?

Can't find a good enough pic.


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Post subject: Re: Clapton Strat Budakon 2016
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 11:07 am
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ECSTRATOCASTER wrote:
Paging Elliot! Hello old friend!

EC was using a blue Strat during the April 2016 Budakon Concerts.

There is not much youtube material from these concerts. Any idea what color?


Alright old bean! :D

Hope you're well.

Video footage of this run is thin on the ground. Can't even find many pictures. I had read that security was very tight, but I wasn't there. There's at least one full aud recording which is good.

Chromey's pictures of Dan are the best so far.


PS - I would GUESS that this is not one of the originals from '96 but modified. IIRC at least a couple were sold off in the auctions and one other ended up in the hands of a FDP'er, which I still have photos of. Chromey says this a new TK build.


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Post subject: Re: Clapton Strat Budakon 2016
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:25 am
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I don't think it's a Mercedes Blue. Clapton doesn't play such instruments since 1996 though he specified that finish as a standard colour for the Teambuilt EC Customs.

Having seen this footage from the last show and I noticed the colour was definitely Midnight Blue.



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Post subject: Re: Clapton Strat Budakon 2016
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:43 am
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LeftyElliot wrote:
Can't even find many pictures. I had read that security was very tight, but I wasn't there. There's at least one full aud recording which is good.


Here's a couple of pics I've found on Twitter.

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Post subject: Re: Clapton Strat Budakon 2016
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:29 am
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chromeface wrote:
Having seen this footage from the last show and I noticed the colour was definitely Midnight Blue.


I think it's fair to say there's loads of slight variations of colour so it may not be technically Midnight Blue as we know it.

Slight deviation from the thread topic here -

We all know Eric has a fondness for guitars painted in his favourite car colours.
A friend had his new Porsche repainted in a custom colour. The Porsche Centre who did it apparently do a lot of Eric's own cars in colours he likes (which are not available from the factory).


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Post subject: Re: Clapton Strat Budakon 2016
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 6:43 am
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ECSTRATOCASTER wrote:
EC was using a blue Strat during the April 2016 Budakon Concerts.

There is not much youtube material from these concerts.


This concert video just got published (a few more on that channel too) :D



*edit - video got removed and re-uploaded


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