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Lot 161

Eric Clapton: A Fender Stratocaster Eric Clapton Signature Model,
1997,

24 June 2015, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £6,875 inc. premium

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Eric Clapton: A Fender Stratocaster Eric Clapton Signature Model,

1997,
used during the Pilgrim recording sessions, serial No. SN7949339 in black finish, maple neck, twenty-two fret fingerboard with dot inlays, three pickups, three rotary controls, selector switch, tremolo/bridge tailblack and white pickguard; accompanied by a Fender tweed rectangular hardshell case with orange plush lining containing various items including a receipt for the guitar, strings and a Fender certificate: accompanied by a receipt for the guitar and a letter concerning the provenance

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The vendor of this lot worked at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London during the 1990s into 2000s. He worked as an assistant engineer directly with Eric Clapton and his team throughout the Pilgrim album recording sessions from 1996-1997. During this time he purchased two guitars through Eric's guitar tech Lee Dickson, a Lowden (lot 163) and this Fender being one of them. According to the vendor there was a clash towards the end of recording the sessions for Pilgrim, when Clapton's equipment and guitars were shipped out for touring. The producer of the album Simon Climie requested the guitars purchased from Lee by the vendor be brought into the studio for Clapton to use in the absence of his instruments. The vendor recalls Eric using his custom Fender on parts of My Fathers Eyes.

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