Eric Clapton Gold Leaf Stratocaster

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The Fender Eric Clapton Gold Leaf Stratocaster is a Stratocaster that Eric Clapton had custom-made for his From-The-Cradle tour. In 1999 it was auctioned for charity in New York.

Specifications

Clapton wanted an old blues sound of the 1960s for his From the Cradle World Tour and had the Fender Custom Shop build a guitar that met these requirements: The Stratocaster was made with an alder body, lace sensor pickups and a flamed AAA -Bird eye maple neck fitted. The body was coated with 24 carat gold (gold leaf) .

Sales and exhibition locations

Clapton auctioned this guitar in 1999 in New York at his first auction of guitars and amps to support the Crossroads Center he founded in Antigua . The retail price was $ 455,500.

In 2000 the instrument was given a place in the Louvre . "As an unusual collector's item, a piece of rock history like this has exactly the right place here," said an employee at the Louvre. In 2010 the guitar was removed at Clapton's request and is now in the Rock 'N' Roll Museum in the United States of America.

Post-sale reproduction

Shortly after Clapton auctioned the guitar, Fender made 20 replicas as a signature model .