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"Another day in paradise!"

looks like that question has been answered

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Righto, round two. Let's get to the meat...

Yesterday I showed you this row of glass cases:



Let's look inside a few of them:



Some custom built Martins on the left and a couple of Takemines. The latter are estimated around $1000, the former... a lot more.

These are nice:



Can't even remember what this is on the right. Handmade for Eric by... someone or other:



What is that in the upper left corner? Let's have a closer look:



Bizarro! In fact it is a 1979 Sound Instruments Sonica analog synthesiser - no strings. Now we know.

Plenty of nice archtops to be found scattered around. These Guilds are pretty:



And this 339 Gib on the left is one of my faves from the collection:



Someone here will know more about those amps than me. And that takes us nicely on to some of the other more unusual amps to be found here. This is a mid-'60s Supro on top of a 1970 Gibson LP-2 cab:



A Sovtek Tube Midget 50H:



A 1980 Mitchell Mighty Midget:



A Pignose. They started making these in 1973; this one is from 1974:



And some Musicmen. Musicmans. Musicpeople. Er...:



And in this case is an amp used during the Cream Reunion shows in London and New York in 2005:



Also seen there is Clapton's Versaci stage suit from the '90s. You too can own - and even wear! - some of the great man's clothes. That's where it seriously crosses the line to my mind. Too creepy!

Also in that glass case is yet another of the many black Strats to be seen in this show. That one was also made for the Cream Reunion gigs, by Mark Kendrick of the Custom Shop. They want $20,000 - 30,000 for it. On the plus side, it has a nice curly birdseye neck:



A couple of Eric's famous friends have donated items to this charity fundraising auction. Jeff Beck has given his Fender replica of his '54 Esquire, accurate to the last scratch:



And as spotted yesterday, Joe Bonamassa is offloading his Gold Sparkle Strat:



In reply to danny-79, the story is that Fender did a copy of that Strat but issued it without consulting or even crediting Joe. That normally mild mannered gentleman (I've met him briefly and he was charming) was so pissed off about it he never played a Fender again and switched to Musicman for his twangy sounds. Draw your own conclusions about the rights and wrongs of that one...

Before BlackCatBone asks, they are looking for $12,000 - 18,000 for the Gold Strat, complete with case.

I have the honor to be spottable near the stage in the DVD of Joe's Royal Albert Hall show in 2009. That night Eric Clapton came on and did a number with him. This is the Sonic Blue Strat he played that time - hey, another day, another Strat:



Forgot to check the estimate on that one. Never mind, I have a pale blue Strat already...

By the way, for those of us (including me) who like to give out about how lowering your pickups near to the pickguard can be good for tone, it was interesting to note that all of Eric's Strats had the pups set just about as high as they could go. Strokes for folks...

Don't know how you feel about these Saint Blues things:



The guy there was busy attaching barcodes to everything prior to it all being shipped across the Atlantic. He was getting frustrated with how many items he had to do.

Seems everyone and their dog are falling over themselves to build custom guitars for Eric Clapton. This is a 2006 Peter Jurkovic & Stefan Milkov S-Type:



And beside it a 2007 Moollon Narcis Dragon:



And behind them a 2005 RKS Ocean Pearl, given to Eric by Dave Mason at the RAH in that year. They want $1200 - 1800 for this. How much are they new?:



Here is a Zemaitis of very sober appearance by the standards of that gentleman's work. And next to it a Cream Reunion 335:



This is the bargain basement corner. I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't in a guitar shop and couldn't just pick things up and have a strum:



Amongst those a 1998 Michael Rowan:



A 1984 Steve Ripley Stereo Six String. What a lot of controls!:



And for one dyslexic moment I thought this said "To Ceri" on it and was all set to bid the $450 - 650 estimate. Of course, it says "To Eric" - bah, I can't do anagrams! It is a 2008 Jay Turser JT200BK:



For the brave at heart, here is an early 2000s Floyd Rose Redmond Series Model 3. If you can stand the headstock they are opening the bidding at $300 - 500, which seems about right:



These are more my taste:



But in the end I'd happily settle for any of these:



And there ya go. The show travels to Bonhams in Los Angeles 18-20 February and New York 5-9 March, with the auction being held on the last day of that outing. The catalog isn't printed yet but will be along in a few weeks. Bid early, bid often!

That's all, folks - C

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Thanks again for the post, thanks for sharing!
I did not no that about the Joe Bonamassa guitar so thanks for the info !

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Dan...

Fender 1987 MIJ Stratocaster, Texas Special Loaded.
Fender 2007 MIA Jazz Deluxe.

Way Cool when your ready for The Twin let me know I might be able to help you out.

Thanks for posting all the delicious pix Ceri,I dined under a graphite Eric Clapton Strat in the Hard Rock Cafe in Montreal in '97.When we went in I told the waiter I was a guitarist and wanted to sit by a famous guitar so he led us to the Clapton Strat but I wasn't allowed to take it down and play it so I just had to settle for getting my pic taken touching it with great reverence.If I had a scanner I would post the pic-maybe some day.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Sir Ceri, thanks.

And you may have saved me a grand or so for the travel costs to NYC, or cost me a couple more are there seem to be a few items mere mortals could afford. Unfortunately there's a month to go for me to debate this in my noggin.

thanks again

Yes, it's the potential affordability of some items that's the problem, isn't it? Rather than the complete unaffordability of others.

Hopefully the estimates are wildly low and the things that caught my eye will soar away into the sky and I won't have to agonise over them. Still, when all's said and done, this stuff is just Ebay for millionaires, right?

Cheers - C

PS: I do like that ES-339, regardless who's hands it has previously sat in...

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Gilmour's famous "Black Strat" suffered a similar ignominious service for a period of ten years until Phil Taylor requested it back from them. It was returned in a deplorable state and he didn't have to be pushed too hard to advised them of that in writing. This is all documented in his book on the guitar. An interesting read if you don't already have it. Second edition, hard cover, is a must.

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"Another day in paradise!"

oh yeah? tell me the details via PM please.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Whoa Thanks Ceri! You could always just call Eric up and say "Can I have THAT one"...LOL

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Your Fender HSS Standard Stratocaster in Electron Blue was made at the Fender Ensenada Plant in Mexico in the Year: 2008.
Final Assembly Date: July 30th, 2008
Model Number: 013 4700 587
Serial # MZ8031252

sweet pics ceri. thank you so much for thinking about us while you were there, ok maybe after you left........loooooong after you left lol.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

will be interesting to see how much the Gold Sparkle JB Strat goes for, there is a lot of interest in this Strat.

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Blues with a feeling.

GUILD GUITARS: MADE TO BE PLAYED!

Fantastic pics Ceri, thank you, anyone else notice though there isn't anyone else in the pics apart from barcode man mmmm, howdya do it Ceri, borrowed Nick's ninja suit perhaps or are you in cahoots with, cue dramatic music (Du Du Duuuu), the Klingons empire and have the use of their, cue deamatic music once more ( Du Du Duuuuu) cloaking device, or, do you just do a bit of part time janitorial work

Man this is too cool!

Ceri, Stella job mate, the pic's are awesome! Lots of lovely stuff to comment on but for me, this one caught my interest slightly more than others.....



You don't see many Ripley's these days! I can't remember the maker but I believe there is a 6 channel hexaphonic pickup in the bridge. The six small knobs are for stereo panning for each individual string. Possibly got some synth a access in there too.

Lots of fun!

Thanks again Mr C, Top Stuff!

Andy

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