![]() If I could go back and somehow talk to him about the Stratocaster, I'd say, "You've created something that can't be bettered, really. I never did meet Leo Fender, but I wish I had. In his introduction to the book The Stratocaster Chronicles, Clapton himself explained it: Late in 1969, the transition to Fender Stratocasters began and it was complete by 1970. A year later, he began playing a Gibson Firebird and started using his Cherry Red ES-335 once again. He played Les Pauls almost exclusively until 1967, when he acquired a Gibson SG (The Fool Guitar). From mid-1965 he became exclusively a player of Gibson guitars, when he purchased a 1960 Cherry Sunburst Les Paul. In The Yardbirds, Clapton sometimes played his Cherry Red Gibson ES-335 (although it was frequently on loan to bandmate Chris Dreja) and a Fender Telecaster. Many still maintain Clapton had his best tone / sound when playing a Gibson Les Paul through a Marshall Stack. For many years, fans wondered what prompted Eric Clapton's transition from Gibson Guitars to Fender Guitars. ![]()
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