Eric Clapton

Lee Dickson said that this guitar was used on the soundtrack of the 1992 film Rush. Eric Clapton is pictured playing this guitar at The Royal Albert Hall in 1994.

Serial No. EC006, back of headstock with early 1990s Fender Custom Shop transfer and serial number EC006, in black finish, mahogany chambered body with mahogany set neck, spruce top, twenty-two fret pau ferro fingerboard, elliptical soundhole, asymmetrical pau ferro/ebony sandwich bridge with strings-through-body construction, Fishman Transducers switch plate to back; and black rectangular hardshell case with gray plush lining containing an unopened bag of accessories including Fender webbing guitar strap, leads and Fender cleaning cloth; and two handwritten labels with various inscriptions including Fender Teleacoustic E.C.006 Blk. Custom Shop

Eric Clapton owned a 1992 Gibson Les Paul Studio, which was donated to Christie's by Brian May.

Mike Lewis commented in 2010 that in 1995 he was invited to: "come and show some of my guitars to Eric when he was playing in Paris, which I did and he bought the Tricone. I had only been making guitars for two years, so I was one happy man. That guitar is the first one of that model and the only one to have LEWIS on the headstock (all the others after that had Fine Resophonic). The Ukulele [see Lot 23] was a gift to Eric just to have some fun with and it was one of a batch of five."

Eric Clapton received the 1994 Fender Eric Clapton Custom Shop Stratocaster as a gift, as documented by Christie's.

Eric Clapton owned a circa 1996 Bourgeois D-150 acoustic guitar, as documented by Christie's auction house.

Eric Clapton acquired the 1997 Gibson 1934 L-5 Custom Shop guitar, as documented by Christie's auction listing.

Serial No. AK700138, printed maker's label to interior inscribed with model and serial numbers, in sunburst finish, with gold-plated parts, flame maple body with round cutaway, book-matched spruce top with bound f-holes, flame maple laminate neck, twenty fret bound ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl block inlays with abalone inserts, headstock facing with 'G' shield motif inlay, Grover Rotomatic tuners, two humbucking pickups, five rotary controls, one toggle switch, ebony bridge, engraved gold-plated tailpiece and black art deco stair-step pickguard; and a dark brown Guild hardshell contour case with red plush lining with handwritten label with various inscriptions including GUILD X-700 'JAZZER

Eric Clapton donated a Tacoma 1998 Papoose guitar, as listed by Christie's.

Eric Clapton acquired the 2002 Fine Resophonic Model 2 Flamed Maple guitar in Paris during his European Tour in April 2004, as documented by Bonhams.

This guitar was bought specifically for the rehearsals for The George Harrison Tribute concert at the Royal Albert Hall, 29th November, 2002. During this rehearsal period it was used by various people including Albert Lee and Dhani Harrison.

This archtop guitar named 'Sally' was a gift to Clapton during his November 2003 Tour of Japan from Takahiro Shimo, a Japanese guitar and ukulele maker known for his imaginative designs. Shimo designed and built this guitar with a 15½ inch wide body and lightening shaped f-holes and hand-crafted in its entirety down to the mother-of-pearl truss rod cover and the Perspex® pickguard/knobs, as well as hand-winding the pickup using new-old-stock wire from the 1950s.

This guitar was a gift to Eric Clapton from Martin in March 2005.

This guitar was given to Eric Clapton by Dave Mason at the Royal Albert Hall, London, May 2005.

Clapton played the song Motherless Child on this guitar tuned to Open G with a capo on the fourth fret. The guitar shows significant playing wear on the pickguard. Clapton's former guitar technician previously commented that it had been necessary to get Eric to use a lighter pick on this song as he strums his 12 string guitar so hard that he would otherwise shred the strings.

This guitar was presented as a gift to Eric Clapton.

Eric Clapton received a MiniMax Electric Guitar as a gift from Barry Gibb in the late 1980s or early 1990s, as documented by Bonhams.

in natural finish, Stratocaster 'style' walnut body, with gold-plated metal parts, maple neck with skunk-stripe routing, front of the headstock with Eric transfer, the back of the headstock with Built by Will Louthe transfer, additionally signed by Eric Clapton in black felt pen, twenty-one fret fingerboard with dot inlays, brass nut, gold Schaller tuners, three single-coil pickups, three rotary controls, selector switch, strings-through-body construction with bridge baseplate with six saddles and black pickguard; and black rectangular hardshell case with bright pink plush lining with handwritten labels inscribed with various details including 'Eric' Strat Made By Will Louthe Maple Neck Brass Nut.

This amp with its distinctive appearance was used on stage during the 2004 tours, which supported the album Me and Mr Johnson. It was used on the numbers which called for amplification at a lower stage volume.

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

Eric Clapton uses this model at home as well as a back-up spare on stage.

This was a special Marquis Eric Clapton edition which was on sale for a short time and never used in the public eye by Eric Clapton.

Eric Clapton was seen playing the Martin OOO-28ECB acoustic guitar when it was first released, as shown in a user-uploaded photo on Whereseric.

This guitar was a part of the 2013 Guitar Center Crossroads Eric Clapton limited guitar edition.

An autographed Fender Stratocaster, Eric Clapton Signature Model, FOOTNOTES According to infomation received, the scratchplate was donated by EC to a charity sale organised by Gary Brooker, at which time it was acquired by the vendor.

Eric Clapton auctioned his Fender '59 Bassman re-issue amplifier at Bonhams.

This Gold sales award was presented to Eric Clapton by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) to commemorate the sale of more than 100,000 copies of "Eric Clapton Story" in the United Kingdom.

This Gold sales award was presented to Eric Clapton by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON) to commemorate the sale of more than 100,000 copies of "24 Nights" in Mexico.

This Gold sales award was presented to Eric Clapton by the Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD) to commemorate the sale of more than 100,000 copies of "24 Nights" in Brazil.

This Platinum sales award was presented to Eric Clapton by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON) to commemorate the sale of more than 250,000 copies of "Unplugged" in Mexico.