>> And if this was NOT true, I would have been in NYC last week bidding on >> one of Eric Clapton's guitars. >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/science/09guitar.html > > There is a good deal of similarity between the adoration people have > for Stad and Amati violins and the adoration people have for Clapton > and, by extension, for his guitars.
There is nothing special about any of Clapton's guitars. By definition, the Fender Strat was designed to be cheap to mass produce. They are direct descendants of "the log" that Leo Fender made. Some wood, some simple pickups, and a decent neck. Paying big bucks for a signed Clapton guitar is insane while he can create one every night that he tours. On a Fender Strat, or most other solid body electric guitars, the shape of the body, material, etc have *nothing* to do with the sound. The sound of the guitar comes from the strings, pickups and amp (plus effects if you use them), but the sound you hear depends on that plus the way the guitarist plays it. In the 60s, there was graffiti all over London saying "Clapton is God" which might be a bit of an exaggeration, but the boy can play. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
