Eric Clapton's Music Accessories

For the February 1999 volume of the German music magazine "Gitarre & Bass" (Guitar and Bass), journalist Stephan Neumeier had the chance to analyze Clapton's equipment for the Pilgrim tour. According to Clapton's guitar tech Lee Dickson, Clapton has been using the Ernie Ball "Eric Clapton Special" picks, which is the heavy "M" size plectrum.

The picks finish and text would change for every tour.

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Eric Clapton frequently uses the Ernie Ball Polypro Guitar Strap, as evidenced by numerous photos, including the one titled "1316813353EricClapton.jpg."

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In this source Eric Clapton is pictured at the House Of Blues playing his "Crash 2" Fender Stratocaster with a Shubb S1 capo.

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the black webbing and leather strap lavishly decorated with rhinestones, red, yellow, green, lilac and blue sequins and imitation jewels in a pattern of flower-heads and stylised musical notes -- made for Eric Clapton by Versace, however apparently never used on stage.

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the black webbing and leather strap lavishly decorated with a pattern of red, blue, fuschia, green, white and gold sequins and bugle beads -- made for Eric Clapton by Versace, however apparently never used on stage

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These Ernie Ball guitar straps, customized for Eric Clapton by Gianni Versace with stripes of black and clear rhinestones, stamped at one end Ernie Ball -- 44 in. (112 cm.) long were used by Eric Claptons in the early 1990s.

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This case is handmade by Hermès for Eric Clapton using the finest crocodile skin, poplar wood from Pennsylvania and a very fine, soft blue velvet lining, and is worth $100,000.

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the black webbing and leather strap lavishly decorated with a pattern of pink, yellow, blue, fuschia, lilac, yellow and black sequins, bugle beads and imitation jewels -- made for Eric Clapton by Versace, however apparently never used on stage

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In this photo of Clapton playing in Blind Faith in Toronto, you can see he has the pedal In between his Wah And Uni-vibe.

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This is a community-built gear list for Eric Clapton.

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