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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 2:50 pm
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That's a nice Clapton Strat Xhefri. That's the kind I want. I had a newer Clapton strat for 2 days, but sold it to get the Strat Plus Deluxe I have. I want a late 80's Pewter one though. When I bought my pewter strat plus in 1988 I bought the pewter one because it looked like Clapton's and I couldn't afford the Clapton model.

Back then, that WAS the Clapton model. It was top of the line. The first signature series guitar. The three grades of guitar is something which has evolved over the past twenty-odd years. I had a '97 'Blackie' with Laces which I swapped out for my CS but regretted later. When the opportunity arose to acquire the '89 Pewter I jumped at it.

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That's a nice Clapton Strat Xhefri. That's the kind I want. I had a newer Clapton strat for 2 days, but sold it to get the Strat Plus Deluxe I have. I want a late 80's Pewter one though. When I bought my pewter strat plus in 1988 I bought the pewter one because it looked like Clapton's and I couldn't afford the Clapton model.

Being OCD, I have almost sold this a few times....then i get it out and the feel of the neck is like magic. Weird how some guitars are like that. When I was talking with Jeff Lace, he mentioned how it is weird that one can have 4 of the exact same guitars, one will be so so, two will be nice and then one will just hit that sweet spot. That is the way this EC Strat is. The strings lay low all the way down with no buzzing and the V neck is just so natural fitting to the hand. A bummer when the battery dies right in the middle of a jam session, because the boost gets really weird. Like loud for a bit then looses its umm-pa.... :wink:

Hey, off topic, have any of you see the DVD It Might Get Loud with Jimmy Page, the Edge, Jack White, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., Robert Plant, Meg White? Pretty cool, because Page, White and Edge share their experiences while jamming together. What a clash of styles and backgrounds. A very cool documentary. It was good to see Page come out of hiding, as he normally is not into interviews and such....really one of the better music flicks I have seen in a while.

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Now I've got an '89 pewter in a low serial number. Love those Laces. They give that guitar 'moxie;!!

Too cool ZZ. I have one too. What do you consider to be a low serial number? Here are some snaps of mine. I was playing this last Thursday night and the battery died. Lasted a really long time. Great tone.
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Nice EC Strat.

IMO, I guess this guitar is modeled like one of the two Pewter Strats Clapton played in the Nordoff-Robbins charity bash at Knebworth House in June 30, 1990. This particular Strat brings me back a lot of memories with that famous scene showing Eric breaking a string during a jam with Phil Palmer and Nathan East.

Electrics-wise, this EC Strat has three Gold Sensors with TBX and mid-boost circuits. Hence's a good occasion to "hot-rod" the guitar with a Plus Deluxe set (Blue/Silver/Red). Because the EC model has the mid-boost, using the Blue/Silver/Red on this baby would probably transform it into an extremely versatile axe.

Fender sells the Clapton circuit as an affordable kit. You can install this flexible PCB on all your custom creations. I found the Fender active circuit much better than the Muzitech preamp found on many of your guitars. You'll have 25dB of gain instead of the 20dB the Muzitech circuit delivers. I strongly recommend the Clapton boost for any humbucker-equipped "Ultra"-style guitar.


Dunno, have you tried the Red bridge pickup with the boost and TBX controls cranked up?


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Too cool ZZ. I have one too. What do you consider to be a low serial number?

SE 900891 is the heastock number 8)

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Too cool ZZ. I have one too. What do you consider to be a low serial number?

SE 900891 is the heastock number 8)


Beware though if you are on the lookout for an early (i.e. '88, '89) Clapton Strat; always check the neck date. Fender used SE9 numbers (implying an '89 built) well into 1993!


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Too cool ZZ. I have one too. What do you consider to be a low serial number?

SE 900891 is the heastock number 8)


Beware though if you are on the lookout for an early (i.e. '88, '89) Clapton Strat; always check the neck date. Fender used SE9 numbers (implying an '89 built) well into 1993!

Most definitely. We went down this numbers and dates of assembly road in depth in another thread sometime back, you may recall, with even some input from ME. What's missing in my case is never having the neck pocket and body dates check which, coincidently, was put on my to do list last night as I was refreshing the humidfiers in my guitar cases. Sooooooo, hopefully I'll find that they are close together. :?

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Beware though if you are on the lookout for an early (i.e. '88, '89) Clapton Strat; always check the neck date. Fender used SE9 numbers (implying an '89 built) well into 1993!

Good point to remember. I had my neck off when I cleaned mine sometime back and did a new ground-up set-up. It's a 1989 EC Strat.

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Winner winner chicken dinner, I HAVE a '89 Clapton,, :D


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Winner winner chicken dinner, I HAVE a '89 Clapton,, :D

Can ya show us some picts? Would love to see it.

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In the picture from the Fender ad posted previously, you can see that the Clapton signature series has 21 frets with a truss rod adjustment at the bottom of the neck. I know for a fact that Clapton played this style from 86 to about 88 and then switched to 22 frets with a top adjustable truss rod. Did Fender ever release to the public the guitar that is in the advert? It is interesting that they would even mention the 21 frets in the specs when all other specs I have seen for the Clapton models have all been 22 frets...

You can see the 1986 21 fret prototypes in action here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFSOzYEmSZ8&playnext_from=TL&videos=PUHvLU16tUw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOyDrbmV0kg&feature=related

And are guitars that claim to be built in the 1990's (made in Japan) like the one below a genuine Fender Clapton Stratocaster?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-MIJ-90s-Eric-Clapton-Strat-Japan-made-Trino-Red-/180515866544?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Guitar&hash=item2a079587b0#ht_500wt_1154

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In the picture from the Fender ad posted previously, you can see that the Clapton signature series has 21 frets with a truss rod adjustment at the bottom of the neck. I know for a fact that Clapton played this style from 86 to about 88 and then switched to 22 frets with a top adjustable truss rod. Did Fender ever release to the public the guitar that is in the advert? It is interesting that they would even mention the 21 frets in the specs when all other specs I have seen for the Clapton models have all been 22 frets...

Yes, there was some of the first generation Clapton Strats on the market. I have seen one or two on ePay and if Fender released the advertisement, it only make sense they would have some ready to sell when they released that. I have always wanted to pick one up but so far no luck......

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@Xhefri, thanks for the quick reply and posting that advert in the first place. That is the only time I had ever seen a Clapton strat with 21 frets... As for first generations, user "Dilemma" and "Chromeface" both have beautiful examples of gen1 Claptons but they are both 22 fret. If anyone has pics or links to 21 fret Clapton strats please send them... Also, I am looking for a maple soft 21 fret 9.5 radius neck like the one in the Fender ad. I am not even sure if Fender makes a soft v 21 vintage fret 9.5 radius neck, has anyone seen one? I agree with you Xhefri that if they put it in an ad they must be out there, but like you, I have not even found a true matching neck...


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hey,

I am new here, i recently bought a 1989 pewter claptonstrat.

It's got 22 frets and serialnumber is 439.

Is that a low number and maybe collectable?

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