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Post subject: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:40 am
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I've had a question regarding the possibility to order a Clapton signature model with a tinted neck option.

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I've seen several early 50's Strats having their maple necks looking a bit orangish and I wonder if Eric's current personal guitars feature this option.


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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:39 am
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chromeface wrote:
I've had a question regarding the possibility to order a Clapton signature model with a tinted neck option.

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I've seen several early 50's Strats having their maple necks looking a bit orangish and I wonder if Eric's current personal guitars feature this option.


EC Strats have a virgin white neck,
Seems there are no options on the signature models
"Signature or not, that is the question"
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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:47 pm
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If anything, Clapton's necks look bleached.


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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:15 am
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chromeface wrote:
I've had a question regarding the possibility to order a Clapton signature model with a tinted neck option.

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I've seen several early 50's Strats having their maple necks looking a bit orangish and I wonder if Eric's current personal guitars feature this option.


Wow!! Considering all the current pics of the man you've posted in the past months, the question comes as a surprise. You have to watch that tinting process though. The neck on my Gilmour, my '57VHR, and my American Deluxe VG are pretty much what you should expect for a 'lightly' tinted neck but I'd prefer them a tad lighter. I've seen them darker still on other 'vintage' models and its not for me.

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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:29 am
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i dont know if i would go so far as to call it 'tinted'...but the neck on his grigio doesnt look quite as 'white' as some of the others.

also, once i was finally able to see close up and HD shots of the neck on some of the concerts, i could swear there is the slightest bit of flame there in places....i have been assured by one who would know that it is just plain rift sawn cut of wood, but.... :D :?: :twisted:


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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:34 pm
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I don't know if this resolves the issue but:
1. If you want the neck tinted in your Clapton, just ask for it, I asked Todd to do it for my Clapton Masterbuilt with AAA Flamed Neck;
2. I agree with you the Griggio does seem to be a little flamed and to my eyes it started getting a little darker as you view more recent shows.
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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:12 pm
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I don't know if this resolves the issue but:
1. If you want the neck tinted in your Clapton, just ask for it, I asked Todd to do it for my Clapton Masterbuilt with AAA Flamed Neck;
2. I agree with you the Griggio does seem to be a little flamed and to my eyes it started getting a little darker as you view more recent shows.
My two pesos I.e., NADA
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It seems to me that the grigio photographs differently depending on the light. However, something I saw parked in a lot in Calabasas, California late August of this year convinced me that I would prefer the car before the guitar. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:31 am
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Griggio?

Perhaps you mean EC Grey/Pewter?

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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:00 am
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Griggio?

Perhaps you mean EC Grey/Pewter?

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The EC Grey is Fender's name for Ferrari's Griggio Silverstone paint dye lot which is what they either used/matched on thr first guitar of his they did in that. Obviously, demand had its effect. [It wouldn't be the first time Fender or Eric used an automobile paint for the guitars. That goes back to the 50's with the early color options.] It's darker than the Pewter which, as we all know, was originally called Anthracite.. With respect to the latter, I don't know if that original color was actually darker than the prototype he played prior to the black guitar being re-introduced, or whether or not they just renamed it. As far as the neck woods are concerned, it seems to me that, except for the early guitars, the neck woods always have some type of grain effect in them.

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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:24 am
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Pewter was initially offered on the Elite series, if my memory serves.

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In addition to the Clapton, Fender produced a few American Standards and Pluses in that colour.

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Although Pewter is a colour option for the regular Artist models, Fender offers the finish on the Custom Artist versions as well.

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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:28 am
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was originally called Anthracite..


.. or Charcoal Grey.


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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:57 am
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The original official colors names of the EC Strats® were:
- Pewter
- Candy Apple Green
- Torino Red

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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:04 am
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No need to get into the physics of lighting and all the other components which contribute to a final photographic image. The pics above speak to that, not to mention subtle differences in paint lots and the effects of aging. However, the examples above are sufficient to illustrate what we know as Pewter. I was always curious as to whether or not the original anthracite was descriptive of a finish we have never seen and perhaps it was truly closer to what eventually became EC Grey. As a side note, the correct spelling is grigio silverstone and, if you Google search those two words, you'll find many fine examples of Ferrari automobiles wrapped in that finish.

Alain......how about it :!: :idea:

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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:19 am
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was originally called Anthracite..

.. or Charcoal Grey.

..........which is darker than Pewter.

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Post subject: Re: Tinted neck on a Clapton Strat
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:16 am
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No need to get into the physics of lighting and all the other components which contribute to a final photographic image. The pics above speak to that, not to mention subtle differences in paint lots and the effects of aging. However, the examples above are sufficient to illustrate what we know as Pewter. I was always curious as to whether or not the original anthracite was descriptive of a finish we have never seen and perhaps it was truly closer to what eventually became EC Grey. As a side note, the correct spelling is grigio silverstone and, if you Google search those two words, you'll find many fine examples of Ferrari automobiles wrapped in that finish.

Alain......how about it :!: :idea:


You're right. :wink:
I understand that they had to get Ferrari's ok to use the name; but EC was a very good customer of the latter....

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