What Guitar Does Eric Clapton Play?

Posted by admin on September 2, 2009

The guitar is the Eric Clapton Fender Stratocaster, black with maple neck. Perhaps the most significant difference between this Strat and the regular model is the active mid-boost. This enables a quick switch between rhythm and lead while keeping the the same quality of tone.

Of course, this can also be achieved by using an effects pedal but the tone from the pickups are usually altered with a pedal, whereas by using the active mid-boost on the guitar, the quality of tone is retained.

Another feature of this guitar is its blocked tremolo. Many guitarists prefer the tuning stability and sustain that blocking the tremolo systems gives -this model comes with a blocked tremolo.

Naturally, the quality of the 3 vintage noiseless pickups and the Fender machine heads are second to none – or the cream of the crop you might say!

This guitar definitely provides the strat player with an instrument that excels in the mid-tonal range – ideal for blues – and as a soloing instrument that can go from vocal accompaniment to lead at the flick of a 5-way switch. No more running across the stage to get to the pedal board in time!

Here’s how to block your own guitar’s tremolo