Blackie (guitar)

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Clapton with Blackie, Rotterdam , Netherlands 1978

Blackie is the nickname for an individual electric guitar that was put together in the early 1970s by the English guitarist Eric Clapton from the parts of three different individual instruments of the electric guitar model Fender Stratocaster .

history

In 1970 Clapton bought during a visit to the United States six Stratocaster electric guitars for 100 US dollars per piece in Sho-Bud guitar shop in Nashville ( Tennessee ). He took these instruments back to England and gave one each to guitarists Steve Winwood , George Harrison and Pete Townshend . From the remaining three guitars he assembled “Blackie” with their best parts. The guitar's nickname refers to its black lacquered body . From then on, "Blackie" Clapton accompanied stage appearances and recording studio recordings until 1987.

On June 24, 2004, Clapton sold "Blackie" when it was auctioned by Christie's auction house for US $ 959,500 in favor of his Crossroads Rehab Center on the Antilles island of Antigua (a rehabilitation center for alcohol and drug addicts) . "Blackie" achieved the record price for a guitar that was previously held by a Clapton guitar (" Brownie "). In 2006, the Reach Out To Asia , a white Fender Stratocaster, with the signatures of various music legends, was auctioned for US $ 2.8 million as part of a benefit event for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake .

In 2006 "Blackie" was recreated by the US musical instrument manufacturer Fender in its custom shop series in a limited edition according to current standards. Only 275 pieces of this replica of the instrument were produced. The suggested retail price was US $ 24,000. Eric Clapton tested the prototype of this guitar at his concert on May 17, 2006 at the Royal Albert Hall in London .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Signed Strat Fetches Record $ 2.8M at Auction ( Memento from December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Article about Clapton's "Blackie" ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on whereseric.com

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