Need help. What strat is on this video?

Flower King · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:19 am

Hi! Could you help me - what kind of strat is on this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rRnThbB_iY&

JasonSD · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:13 am

Might be a Clapton Strat. Single Ply pickguard, Fender Noiseless pickups, Maple 22 fret neck, Vintage hardware. That would be my best guess.

Flower King · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:38 am

Clapton? Maybe. He usually plays godin and it's so strange to see him with fender.

NeedForTweed · **Joined:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:11 pm **Posts:** 112

Clapton. Here's a closeup of the knobs. Notice the second is raised about 1-2mm off the pickguard while the others are flush. Sure it's possible his tone knob got pulled up but it's more likely that it is a TBX tone pot (installed in the Claptons) that is elevated to allow for a detent at "5". Again, as the other guy pointed out, all the other specs point to Clapton too.

Toronado · **Joined:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:05 pm **Posts:** 2333

NeedForTweed wrote:

Clapton. Here's a closeup of the knobs. Notice the second is raised about 1-2mm off the pickguard while the others are flush. Sure it's possible his tone knob got pulled up but it's more likely that it is a TBX tone pot (installed in the Claptons) that is elevated to allow for a detent at "5". Again, as the other guy pointed out, all the other specs point to Clapton too.

Excellent detective work, I must say

tbazzone · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:35 pm

Trem arm. I don,t think its a clapton.

NeedForTweed · **Joined:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:11 pm **Posts:** 112

tbazzone wrote:

Trem arm. I don,t think its a clapton.

You can certainly pull the wood block out of a Clapton and use the trem if you want. Heck, even Fender Custom Shop photos of the 2010 LTD Claptons showed them with trem arms installed -- no clue why :?:

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Thanks, Toronado

tbazzone · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:09 am

Yes I know you can. I still don,t think its a clapton.

JasonSD · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:48 am

Well, i went to the band's website and found this pic. You can see a signature on the headstock. Looks like it might say Eric Clapton to me, and I don't know of any other models with those specs.

tbazzone · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:17 pm

Ok I might be giving in could be a Clapton.

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