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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:19 am
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Thanks Z, I'm sure I will, I actually arranged for a flight into Houston tomorrow to pick it up. I'm sure it will be a great player and will really complete the rest of the Clapton Collection with the EC Grey and the Blackie Tribute. I think I'm set with the Claptons with this one.


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stipe_mills@hotmail.com wrote:
... I think I'm set with the Claptons with this one.


And thus starts the endless wait on the Brownie Tribute.... :wink:

How do you like your new axe?


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Thanks Robert. It's great I didn't plug right away, I obsessed inspecting every little detail on the construction aspects, the flaming on the neck, the tint, the action, playability, no EC signature on the back, yeah that's right!, the placement of the decals, the smoothness of the controls, the general tone of the instrument unplugged and was very taken a back. This is one of the best guitars I've played in my life, Todd did a fantastic job. It was only yesterday that I plugged it in that could hear its tone in all its greatness, amazing sustain, clean crisp tone or can also bite your head off if pushed, but everything with great elegance. I just hope the neck doesn't act up as highly flamed necks tend to do. Overall my first impressions are AMAZING!
BTW what do you mean with Brownie waiting?
Are you ordering a Masterbuilt a la brownie or will Fender release a new Brownie Tribute a la Blackie?
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Hi Stipe,

The Brownie thing was just a joke. Ever since the Blackie Tribute was announced, there is also some speculation whether or not Fender will ever do a Brownie Tribute. If that comes to pass, you may feel the need to acquire yet another Clapton based guitar. 8)

Great to hear that you like your new Masterbuilt. Seems like Todd did a great job.

Personally I do not have anything planned at the moment. I have long desired a Masterbuilt Clapton, however recently I've been coming back to the classic single coil sound more and more. I'm currently leaning towards a more '57 spec'd instrument, a bit like the one Todd did for Ufboy.

Btw, you mention placement of the decals. Does the Masterbuilt service stretches so far that you can speficy how the Fender decal is placed on the neck? That would be great, I would love to have one with the decal placed slightly high, like the original Blackie.


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Ohh ok, I thought it was time to cough of 20 plus K for another tribute. Thank God that's not the case. I really like the 57 with v soft neck, The Music Zoo has a few of those and they're masterbuilt, but I'm asuming you are going to want to choose everything. And yes I think if you make it a point to specify to Todd the exact placement of the decals, I can't see a reason why he wouldn't do it, considering everything else in the guitar is custom made to your instructions.
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Ohh ok, I thought it was time to cough of 20 plus K for another tribute. Thank God that's not the case.
.Good to know that you are pleased with the outcome. You know, we've kicked the idea of 'Brownie' around in these pages a few times. The first time I saw it, after the auction, it was nicely displayed in a large case with other acoutrements of Eric and Derek memorablia, at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. It appeared to have had years of use behind it. On my next return, it was gone. When I saw it last, about two-three years ago, it was in the big guitar room there, in a small, lackluster, glass display case, alongside some other heroes. The guy whose got the big display out there is Jimi, for all the obvious reasons. Eric contrasts that guitar w/'Blackie' in his comments in the '04 Christies catalog. It's a '56 with a bigger neck which he seemed to like. Consistent with your thinking, I would have thought that the Fullerton would have been exactly what you were looking for. I'll be out there again across Labor Day weekend though I don't know, at this juncture, if I'm going to be free to have a day on my own.

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ZZDoc wrote:
Good to know that you are pleased with the outcome. You know, we've kicked the idea of 'Brownie' around in these pages a few times. The first time I saw it, after the auction, it was nicely displayed in a large case with other acoutrements of Eric and Derek memorablia, at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. It appeared to have had years of use behind it. On my next return, it was gone. When I saw it last, about two-three years ago, it was in the big guitar room there, in a small, lackluster, glass display case, alongside some other heroes. The guy whose got the big display out there is Jimi, for all the obvious reasons. Eric contrasts that guitar w/'Blackie' in his comments in the '04 Christies catalog. It's a '56 with a bigger neck which he seemed to like. Consistent with your thinking, I would have thought that the Fullerton would have been exactly what you were looking for. I'll be out there again across Labor Day weekend though I don't know, at this juncture, if I'm going to be free to have a day on my own.


The Fullerton would indeed be pretty close. Though, considering the hefty pricetag of the Fullerton, you can just as well get a Masterbuilt with the exact specifications of one's fancy.

In one of my magazines I read that the pickups on Brownie were changed, though no information is given on when, and more importantly, what pickups were put into the guitar at the change. Does the Christies catalogue gives any information on this (assuming you have a copy of the '99 catalogue as well)?


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Does the Christies catalogue gives any information on this (assuming you have a copy of the '99 catalogue as well)?
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Christies Archives of past auctions can be accessed. I actually found the listing on Brownie at one time but I don't believe there was extensive narrative online. Give it a go. :idea:

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ZZDoc wrote:
Christies Archives of past auctions can be accessed. I actually found the listing on Brownie at one time but I don't believe there was extensive narrative online. Give it a go. :idea:


No luck overthere. Anybody out there with a 1999 catalogue that can shine a light on this?


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Christies Archives of past auctions can be accessed. I actually found the listing on Brownie at one time but I don't believe there was extensive narrative online. Give it a go. :idea:

No luck overthere. Anybody out there with a 1999 catalogue that can shine a light on this?

Robert...I searched it last night!! Go into Christies>NYC Park Ave>past auctions>1999>June>scroll down to Eric Clapton Guitar Auction for Crossroads Center. You'll bring up ever guitar sold, the price, and be able to bring up the catalog page and description. :wink:

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ZZDoc wrote:
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Christies Archives of past auctions can be accessed. I actually found the listing on Brownie at one time but I don't believe there was extensive narrative online. Give it a go. :idea:

No luck overthere. Anybody out there with a 1999 catalogue that can shine a light on this?

Robert...I searched it last night!! Go into Christies>NYC Park Ave>past auctions>1999>June>scroll down to Eric Clapton Guitar Auction for Crossroads Center. You'll bring up ever guitar sold, the price, and be able to bring up the catalog page and description. :wink:


Found the info on the Christies site, but unfortunately there is no information regarding the pickups of Brownie. :? Maybe the catalogue holds more information on the instruments than is presented on the website?


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Robert R. wrote:
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Christies Archives of past auctions can be accessed. I actually found the listing on Brownie at one time but I don't believe there was extensive narrative online. Give it a go. :idea:

No luck overthere. Anybody out there with a 1999 catalogue that can shine a light on this?

Robert...I searched it last night!! Go into Christies>NYC Park Ave>past auctions>1999>June>scroll down to Eric Clapton Guitar Auction for Crossroads Center. You'll bring up ever guitar sold, the price, and be able to bring up the catalog page and description. :wink:


Found the info on the Christies site, but unfortunately there is no information regarding the pickups of Brownie. :? Maybe the catalogue holds more information on the instruments than is presented on the website?

I believe you're reading what the catalog for that auction contained including comments taken from Eric and Lee. The copy is specific for the fact that there were no mods on that guitar. Someone in the know aboutthe stock pickups in guitars of that period might be able to shed some light on the subject. One thing to keep in mind, which is a known fact about windings back then. They were poorly standardized and pickups were likely as not to be uneven in tonal character even if wound back to back. Thus any information regarding those pickups might ultimately be irrelevant. What's signficant is the observation made about how they position the selector switch to get the characteristic 'quack' he was looking for. Probably, the tone heard in the solo on the 'After Midnight' track on his first solo CD 'Eric Clapton'. Also keep in mind that "Layla' was recorded through a vintage Champ, and the live gear for Derek and The Dominos yielded a totally different sound. See if you can find a YouTube of their guest appearance with Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins. I think they did "Matchbox", or perhaps "Blue Suede Shoes" Not sure. But that video is displayed in guitar room at EMP, in Seattle.

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Guys, I have a question regarding the CS certificates that come with the LE Clapton Strats. I posted this in the ask Mike forum also, but thought I'd leave it here also....on the certificate for the EC Gray that I bought, it says
"Clapton Stratocaster", whereas on the Daphne Blu EC it says "Eric Clapton"....why would they be different?

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Brownie had a clubbier fatter neck pointing out to be a 56 as oppossed to a 57 (I.e., Blacie), Clapton himself in the Christies catalogue for 2004 said that "Brownie was a much more industrial guitar". "This one" (refering to Blackie) "is really refined". He had it before Blackie and recorded all the D&D songs, but when Blackie came along, every solo record from 73 through 85 (strat wise) was done with Blackie and this has been totally documented as a fact in different sources.
With respect to the COA, I'm not sure, I'd have to check mine for the EC Grey.
One thing I like about my new masterbuilt is that all specs are identical to the guitars Clapton uses on stage and I'm particularlly pleased with the fact that Todd did not include EC's signature on the back of the headstock.
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Quick random question about the EC strats...regarding the volume and tone knobs - are they WHITE or AGED white?


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