Lot 4066
An Eric Clapton Fender Stratocaster "Blackie Replica" model
5 May 2014, 10:00 PDT
Los AngelesUS$15,000 - US$20,000
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An Eric Clapton Fender Stratocaster "Blackie Replica" model
Custom Shop Tribute Series Eric Clapton black finish in maple neck with skunk-stripe routing, the back of headstock with printed transfer number 416, twenty-one fret fingerboard with dot inlays, three single-coil pickups, three rotary controls, selector switch, tremolo/bridge tailblock and white pickguard; and an Anvil case with brown plush lining, the lid stenciled in black and white with the cartoon duck head logo and lettering "THE DUCK BROS. LONDON 01 486 8056," containing a Fender Custom Shop certificate signed by Shop Director Alex Nicholas, and an unopened plastic bag containing various items including a guitar strap and a Fender cleaning cloth and Owner's Manual.
Fender Custom Shop made 275 "Blackie Replica" guitars, with 185 for sale in the United States. The original guitar was used by Clapton throughout the 1970s and '80s, including on albums 461 Ocean Boulevard, Slowhand, and Just One Night. Clapton described his acquisition of the guitar: "When I was on tour with the Dominos, I went into Sho-Bud in Nashville, which had a stack of second-hand Strats in the back of the shop...when I got home I gave one to Steve Winwood, one to Pete Townshend, another to George Harrison and kept the rest. I took the best components from the remaining four guitars and put them in one"(Clapton, Eric, "I choked up as my guitars were sold," The Daily Mail, June 15, 2013, accessed March 23, 2014). Clapton's original "Blackie" guitar was sold for $959,500 in the Crossroads Guitar Auction at Christie's in 2004.
Fender Custom Shop made 275 "Blackie Replica" guitars, with 185 for sale in the United States. The original guitar was used by Clapton throughout the 1970s and '80s, including on albums 461 Ocean Boulevard, Slowhand, and Just One Night. Clapton described his acquisition of the guitar: "When I was on tour with the Dominos, I went into Sho-Bud in Nashville, which had a stack of second-hand Strats in the back of the shop...when I got home I gave one to Steve Winwood, one to Pete Townshend, another to George Harrison and kept the rest. I took the best components from the remaining four guitars and put them in one"(Clapton, Eric, "I choked up as my guitars were sold," The Daily Mail, June 15, 2013, accessed March 23, 2014). Clapton's original "Blackie" guitar was sold for $959,500 in the Crossroads Guitar Auction at Christie's in 2004.