. Now if Clapton was staring at his amp and wasn't plugged into it and wondering why it's wasn't working, that would be funny.

I actually saw that actually happen on a telecast of a Prince's Trust Concert in the mid-80's. He was into the intro of 'Behind The Mask' and became aware that his amp was not on. The camera's on him with a long angle shot from his right. He looks over his left shoulder and starts signaling with his left hand an upward motion. Suddenly Lee comes out front and reaches behind the amp ostendibly to flip the standby switch on.

The best camera gear I had was a Canon 7D with some L glass.

Not bad.

Did you beat up a poor person for it.

A Canon AE-1 is the best analog I have. Not expensive, but a decent camera. The case is so old it's desintegtated. I tried to buy a new one and they don't make the clam shell type anymore.

A Canon AE-1 is the best analog I have. Not expensive, but a decent camera. The case is so old it's desintegtated. I tried to buy a new one and they don't make the clam shell type anymore.

My interest in Clapton is based principally on the fact that I like what I hear and I expect that all successful artists are such because they have cultivated an audience which is willing to purchase their work product. Now...as to this artist's virtuosity and the how's and why's of it...much is due to a natural and well nutured gift, and much is a contribution of technology. The tone of the old 335 and Blackie is hardly that of the present...and even across the history of the Lace Sensor guitars and the myriad changes in the backline, certain aspects of it have changed, while others have been constant. If you take the time to slow down Clapton's videos and see how he uses his fingers, facts will be revealed. The way he generates his vibrato without letting that neck move at all is mystical to me. His fingers are of interesting length side by side and he often uses his second finger to fret notes most of us would use a third or fourth finger for. He's a master at the use of half bends and prebends and vibrato which colorizes his tone.
Though he travels all over the fret board, the registers above the 12th fret are home and the way he can generate sustain has got to be a factor of the way his sound system is EQ'd and that is a secret which has never been revealed anywhere to the best of my knowledge. It's been said that his guitars are set up to permit a straight string pull from nut to bridge 1/8" above the finger board and I would not be surprised if Dickson dressed and polished those frets with the precision of a diamond cutter. Two of my all time favorite Clapton tracks are on Rambling {EC Was Here} and If I Need Someone {Harrison Japan Tour} The latter damned near knocked me off my feet the first time I heard it. By the way, the only one who hasn't yet tried to go back in time and capture that remarkable solo performance in Crossroads Blues is Eric himself. He's as much said that he doesn't care to revisit these things and, in all the various ways that I've heard him perform that work, I've never heard a reitteration of the Cream performance. That's a one-off....