Wow!
That is a beautiful guitar. Great job. Don't let anyone get to ya about mixing up your strats. It's all about having that guitar that is your perfect guitar. Looks like you made mine. Hope it's yours too.

Soooo, I'm frustrated. My computer ignorence is showing. What the hell am I doing wrong with putting these photos on the website?

You may be grabbing the wrong link, but what I'm seeing is that you can only put one link between the IMG brackets and it looks like you're putting a few in there. Do new image brackets each time you add 1 photo.

Thanks got your help.

I agree that the this Strat sounds more like Blackie and anything I've ever played. Deffinately nailed Clapton's sound from the '70s

But Eric rarely uses Strats with regular passive circuits.

He liked much using the active stuff because of the "Woman Tone" he gets.

If you're looking for EC's repertoire from 1986 to the present, you're decidedly out of luck because the pickups Clapton uses now are stacked humbuckers powered by an active midrange booster.

For years I was using my Clapton Strat, but I was trying to get a more 50s vibe out of my Strat. I prefer the Lace Sensors over the current version.

I was also able to get some really nice modern Clapton tones out of my stock Hw1 using positions 2 &4 with the tone knobs turned to about 4.

It seems that Clapton's sound has changed so much over the years and I love all of it.

At the moment I'm digging on my '79 Strat. It has a really nice SRV vibe about it.

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1975 Sunburst Stratocaster rosewood finger board
1979 Stratocaster with roseowood finder board
2001 Candy Green Clapton Stratocaster
2007 Andy Summers Inspired Telecaster
2007 '51 P-Bass
2012 Taylor 110
2015 Mystic Ice Blue Deluxe Stratocaster Plus

For a certain period (c. 1984/85) Clapton tried his skills with other instruments such as guitar synthesizers. But his synthesizer days failed to attract his die-hard fans.



Subsequently Eric stopped using his candy red G-505 synth controller in 1986 and synth-based tracks such as "Never Make You Cry" and "Oxford Circus" were retired from his repertoire.