These day if you ask which guitar Eric Clapton is famous for – most would respond with the good old Fender Stratocaster – however EC hasn’t always donned the Fender guitar throughout his long career. In his early years, with bands such as the Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Cream – a lot of his fantastic tone came from Gibson’s in particular the ES-335.
In 2005 Gibson celebrated this association by releasing a limited edition (250) of the Eric Clapton Crossroads ES-335 which is a re-creation of Clapton’s original 335 (now owned by the guitar center).
Featuring a maple body with the traditional 335 double cutaway design and the two “f” holes. The guitar has a mahogany neck with a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard. Binding on the guitar is cream throughout – Gibson have released the guitar in a red cherry finish.
Electronics wise the guitar features two custom Burst Buster pickups and the traditional two tone, two volume control configuration. Clapton’s tone during his “335 period” was when he invented his womantone – dark – moody and full of sustain – Gibson have reproduced the sound to a tee (think Les Paul but with more versatility)
Gibson have worked hard to make the guitar to be a close replica of Clapton’s 63 model – the paint job for example has been faded – components such as the tuners are close replica’s the neck has been digitally scanned to ensure that the re-issue is as close to an exact match as you’ll find – all this culminates in a very satisfying instrument.
Clapton’s guitar was auctioned and fetched in excess of $800,000 dollars and while the reissue won’t cost quite as much the run of 250 which sold out in double quicktime – the guitars still have a hefty price when they come up for auction and you can expect to pay in excess of $10,000 dollars
发表于 2010-7-22 08:10:43
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