Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton thinks this guitar is "..Beautiful..." he remarked that "..it's tough parting with this one.." and added that he used this guitar like many of his Martins as .."Home Guitars - for writing and playing at home..."

Eric Clapton acquired this Mandolin-banjo in the late 1970s / early 1980s.

Eric Clapton bought this guitar for collecting purposes.

Eric Clapton owned a 1929 Gibson L-5, which he acquired for his collection and primarily used as a "home guitar," as confirmed by Christie's.

Eric Clapton has remarked that the 1930s D'Angelico Excel was the first D'Angelico guitar he acquired. While he appreciates these guitars, he prefers Gibson archtops, noting, "I can't get my head around the idea of custom-made guitars—i.e., guitars made by one man." This information is detailed in a listing by Christie's.

Eric Clapton described this guitar as a "Hotel Room Guitar". He purchased it in Memphis and played it for quite a long time.

Eric Clapton describes this guitar as a 'front room guitar'. It has been played at home extensively, and also used on recordings.

Eric Clapton acquired a 1940 Gibson ES-100, primarily for his collection, as detailed by Christie's.

Eric Clapton bought this guitar for collecting rather than playing purposes although he did play it occasionally.

Gibson first introduced the L-5 model in 1922. The P in L-5P stands for premiere by reference to a cutaway, a designation that was used between 1939 and 1947. An electric version of this model, L-5CES was first introduced in 1951 with P-90 pickups, which later superseded by Alnico V pickups in 1954. Given that this guitar was built in 1948, some three years before the first L-5CES, and six years before the introduction of alnico pickups, it is doubtful that this guitar was a prototype L-5CES as suggested by the attached label. This guitar was likely to have been built as an acoustic L-5P in 1948 and was later converted to the electric CES specifications.

According to the original auction catalogue description, Clapton comments that both his Gibson L-5s ...had plenty of use. This would have been used on the blues album.

Eric Clapton acquired a 1944 Martin OO-17 guitar, as noted in a Christie’s listing, citing nostalgic reasons for his purchase.

Eric Clapton remarked that he loves this model of guitar. He bought this instrument in Atlanta and is featured playing it on the promotional video of Motherless Child 1994.

Eric Clapton mentioned that the 1952 Gibson Super 400C was difficult for him to play due to its size, stating, "I'm too small for that guitar," as noted in the Christie's listing.

Eric Clapton acquired this guitar for collecting rather than playing purposes.

This guitar was used by Clapton on the Nothing But The Blues Tour and on recording sessions for the album From The Cradle including the Ray Charles number Sinner's Prayer.

This guitar has been used as a spare to Eric Clapton's main Gibson L-5 [not included in the auction] which he's used to date since the 1993 Blues Tour.

Eric Clapton said that he found this guitar "..More practical to play.." than the Super 400 model.

Eric Clapton acquired a 1957 Fender Electric Mandolin, as documented by Christie's.

Eric Clapton owns a 1959 Gibson ES-225TD, which he acquired for his collection, as documented by Christie's.

Eric Clapton said that he played this guitar frequently and kept it around at home for writing and so on. Lee Dickson recalls that Clapton has had this guitar since the late 1970s.

According to Christie's, Eric Clapton acquired a 1960 Gibson ES-330T guitar for his collection, rather than for performance use.

Eric Clapton acquired this guitar for collecting rather than playing purposes. According to Lee Dickson this guitar was given to Clapton by producer John Porter after he'd worked on the Taj Mahal's album, Phantom Blues. This is also one of Dickson's favourite guitars.

Eric Clapton said that he bought this guitar for nostalgic reasons, it reminded him of his Yardbird days and '60s peers such as The Stones.

Eric Clapton said that he has "..Experimented with this sitar.." and that it has "..a great sound.". He also remarked that he finds it difficult to part with this instrument. Lee Dickson recalls that Pete Townshend borrowed this guitar from Eric for a couple of years.

Eric Clapton owned a 1960s Silvertone guitar, primarily for his collection rather than for playing, as confirmed by Christie's.

The 1963 Valco-Supro 1540 Bermuda, once owned by Eric Clapton, was donated to him by Hubert Sumlin, as verified by Christie's auction listing.

Prior to giving this guitar to Eric Clapton, George Harrison kept it for his own home use at Friar Park, Henley-on-Thames for ten years, where it was part of his collection of small bodied Martins.

This guitar was a birthday gift to Eric Clapton from Virginia Lohle of Starfile.

Co-designed by Eric Clapton with guitar maker Tony Zemaitis in late 1968/early 1969, this guitar was used by Clapton on the album Blind Faith, 1969, and remained in his collection until 2004. According to the guitar's maker, it was loaned to George Harrison in circa 1969/early 1970s, who apparently used it on the recording of My Sweet Lord, released in 1970. Dave Mason also borrowed Ivan on at least one occasion and is pictured playing it on stage with Eric Clapton at the Dr. Spock Concert, at the Lyceum in London, June 14th, 1970.

Eric Clapton said that this guitar is a "..recent acquisition.." given to him by a friend. He has played it occasionally.