All user reviews of 4/5 for the Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster

This guitar is just flat-out ripping shredding instrument that can go left right upper down is probably the most versatility then any other guitar on the planet. The balance weight and feel of this guitarist is the simple arranged and designed almost to perfection. There hasn't been a whole lot of extra features that really changed the dynamics of the car overtime but there has been a few modifications but still retains most of the inherent true nature of this instrument.


UTILIZATION

Neck Shape: Soft "V" Shape
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Vintage Style Frets
Position Inlays: Black Dot Position Inlays
Fretboard Radius: 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Satin Urethane
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Headstock: Artist Signature on Headstock
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™
Truss Rod Nut: 1/8" American Series Nut
Electronics
Pickup Configuration: S/S/S
Bridge Pickup: Vintage Noiseless™ Strat® Pickup
Middle Pickup: Vintage Noiseless™ Strat® Pickup
Neck Pickup: Vintage Noiseless™ Strat® Pickup
Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
Special Electronics: Active Electronics
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. Master TBX™ Tone Control, Tone 2. Master Active Mid Boost (0-25dB). Mid boost kit
Hardware
Hardware: Chrome
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Switch Tip: White Switch Tip
Tremolo Arm/Handle: American Vintage Tremolo Arm

SOUNDS

This guitar features three single coil pickups a volume control knob and two tone control knobs. In addition to that you have a five way pick up the selector which allows you to pick up each pick up as well as the two positions on the outside of the middle pick up. It's a pretty self explanatory and feature wise guitar.

If you've ever played if Strat then you know it exactly what you're getting get from this instrument. You're getting get a room full of and I feel that is on compost. The tone is guitar sounds fantastic and pretty much any amplifier so you put it in a clean amplifier all the way between modern high gain amplifier instruments going to sound great. It takes pedals well so if you have any rack unit with effects or whatever, this guitar will sound fantastic.

OVERALL OPINION

Overall this is a cool guitar for someone who is a Eric C fan. If you are not there are many other Fender Strat models to choose form and you will be happy with pretty much and of those models. This is a cool guitar for the EC lovers out there and there are a lot of them out there. I personally am not not a EC fan so this guitar doesn't appeal to me but I do appreciate the sound that it produces and the look as well. So if you are an EC fanboy than this may be something that you want to look at for you guitar collection.

The Fender Eric Clapton signature strat has been around for quite awhile now. It's also been through various reiterations throughout the years. The one I'll be referring to was made around 2008, so it has most of the latest features at the time this review was written. The guitar is actually very similar to most of the regular models in the Fender production line in that it has an alder body, maple neck, SSS configuration and so on. Even the V neck isn't that unique anymore. The things that stand out on this guitar would be the TBX control and mid boost.

UTILIZATION

Fender did a pretty good job at packing a good amount of things in this guitar. For the longest time, it was one of the more versatile guitars Fender had in their lineup. The soft V neck is a very comfortable neck, and I actually think the current one might be a bit thinner than the older ones, but that's just going off of memory. The fretwork is generally good on these models, and the one I played had some decent fretwork, but be aware that you should probably play them.

SOUNDS

The noiseless pickups in this are very nice. They quack nicely, sound great on their own, the clean tone is fairly chimey, and the mid gain tones work nicely. High gain tones can get a little sloppy, but it depends on what you're going for. Personally, I think high gain single coil tones can be absolutely ripping in certain situations. The two biggest features this thing has are the TBX and mid boost feature. The TBX is basically a treble/bass cut with a center detent. You can control how fat or how bitey you want the pickups to be. The midboost is like a built-in clean boost inside the guitar which works great for solo lines.

OVERALL OPINION

I'm not a huge fan of signature gear, but the Clapton strats are pretty good guitars for the money, especially considering how they're a bit more versatile than your off the shelf strat. Like all Fenders, you should really play one before buying as fretwork can be a bit iffy depending on how the luthiers were feeling at the time.

This guitar is made by fender amricaine United States tt Siple,
is a stratum with 22 frets maple pickups fender noiseless vintage vibrato 6 screws
with mid boost and a battery drrire.
the excellent results for a tt e optimum comfort

UTILIZATION

Tt is perfect !!!!!!!!!
really a chard of scratching

SOUNDS

I did not but I ht conais a guy who has to spend and g ds hours were over so we know that JLA!!
I like the sound crystal clear, smooth .....
but distos are superb but less "couillu" such a ibanez
Mylen trs olyvalente a fender .........

OVERALL OPINION

FOR 2100 Euro
is not given but for a guitar pro and the fans of Clapton
c an atomic bomb !!!!!!!!

I post just a small raction / correction notice of APRS mbp06:
The finish of the pickguard which poses problem is the plastic that can be removed from the pickguard for storing and transporting the guitar before it is sold. It prvu to be removed to the Owner 'the happy days of the purchase ends up with a brand new pickguard, no scratches. It's the same on the new plupoart guitars. (On door grips mtaliques cars too - sometimes a R21 crosses a 10 or 15 who still has the blue plastic films proctection! )

The V-neck then a does not mean that it is strait and wider at the nut in the treble. The strata gnral (and Clapton is one of them) are 42 mm wide at nut and width in the acute and fixed the width of the "pocket" of the body and attaches the handle and do never change.
The V is the profile, the shape of the dove, the o comes to rest the palm of the hand. It can be said U, C, V. The V of the trs Clapton is not pronounced but enhances the agreements with the thumb above the handle rather than the bars. He notes especially the top of the handle.

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UTILIZATION

Nothing special to say, it's a strat.Sauf:
- The boost that brings Polivalente bringing the round to clean sounds, and SETTING THE saturation at hand.
- I heard that the TBX was not good mnage with microphones. It is probably true because he does withdraw from MODEL Clapton Custom Shop. It would tend "choke" a little mics. I speak in the conditional because I did not try to remove it.

SOUNDS

The sound of the vintage noiseless is very (too) clean. We do not feel like dirty some strata can sound just by attacking the strings differently. This is not a default, it is a CHARACTERISTICS!

OVERALL OPINION

Nine, I think it's an instrument a bit expensive. on the other hand of Occastions between 1100 and 1300 euros, seems much fairer.

During many artists careers they sometimes get the opportunity to have their own signature music equipment. Eric Clapton is one of the most recognized and influential guitarists in modern time. He inspired a generation of blues rock players from all over the world. He primarily played a Fender Stratocaster guitar throughout his career but also dabbled in many other builds from other manufacturers. So it is fitting for Fender Stratocaster to give Eric his own signature guitar.

The tone of this guitar is pretty much standard Fender Stratocaster tone. There isn't much variance in the voicings of any stratocaster you come across. The pickups in this guitar are the vintage style noiseless pickups. They are single coils so you still have that tone, but you don't have all the hum that a normal single coil pickup what have.

UTILIZATION


Body: Alder
Neck Shape: Soft "V" Shape
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Vintage Style Frets
Position Inlays: Black Dot Position Inlays
Fretboard Radius: 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Fretboard: Maple
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Satin Urethane
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Headstock: Artist Signature on Headstock
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™
Truss Rod Nut: 1/8" American Series Nut
Electronics
Pickup Configuration: S/S/S
Bridge Pickup: Vintage Noiseless™ Strat® Pickup
Middle Pickup: Vintage Noiseless™ Strat® Pickup
Neck Pickup: Vintage Noiseless™ Strat® Pickup
Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
Special Electronics: Active Electronics
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. Master TBX™ Tone Control, Tone 2. Master Active Mid Boost (0-25dB). Mid boost kit
Hardware
Hardware: Chrome
Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style Tuning Machines
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Switch Tip: White Switch Tip
Tremolo Arm/Handle: American Vintage Tremolo Arm

SOUNDS


If you're a fan of any Fender Stratocaster guitar than your are probably a fan of the tone that this guitar has. It's a classic Fender Strat tone which doesn't sound like any other guitar but simply Fender Stratocaster. If you're fan of Eric Clapton this is going to be the guitar for you. It has the soft V-shaped neck profile and the vintage style frets. It has his signature on the headstock as well as his preferred vintage noiseless strat pickups.

This guitar can fit with any amp that you have no matter what it is, high gain or even clean amp. This guitar will give you a great tone and you can really hear the great alder wood mixed with the maple neck. This is a classic would combination and one of the most highly used wood combinations for most guitars that Fender has built.

OVERALL OPINION


If you're looking for a Fender Stratocaster guitar and you're a big fan of Eric Clapton than this is probably the guitar you would want to buy. If you just want a simple Fender Stratocaster guitar than I wouldn't spend the extra for $500 to buy this guitar with his certain features that he likes on the guitar. At new these guitars come in right around $1600, so for signature guitar that is still a pretty good deal. I would only recommend this guitar to a fanatic Eric Clapton fan. It has a cool feel though a little bit different feel, so it can take some time getting used to but overall it's a pretty cool guitar if you're a fan of his music.

The Fender Eric Clapton signature strat has been around for quite awhile now. It's also been through various reiterations throughout the years. The one I'll be referring to was made around 2008, so it has most of the latest features at the time this review was written. The guitar is actually very similar to most of the regular models in the Fender production line in that it has an alder body, maple neck, SSS configuration and so on. Even the V neck isn't that unique anymore. The things that stand out on this guitar would be the TBX control and mid boost.

UTILIZATION

Fender did a pretty good job at packing a good amount of things in this guitar. For the longest time, it was one of the more versatile guitars Fender had in their lineup. The soft V neck is a very comfortable neck, and I actually think the current one might be a bit thinner than the older ones, but that's just going off of memory. The fretwork is generally good on these models, and the one I played had some decent fretwork, but be aware that you should probably play them.

SOUNDS

The noiseless pickups in this are very nice. They quack nicely, sound great on their own, the clean tone is fairly chimey, and the mid gain tones work nicely. High gain tones can get a little sloppy, but it depends on what you're going for. Personally, I think high gain single coil tones can be absolutely ripping in certain situations. The two biggest features this thing has are the TBX and mid boost feature. The TBX is basically a treble/bass cut with a center detent. You can control how fat or how bitey you want the pickups to be. The midboost is like a built-in clean boost inside the guitar which works great for solo lines.

OVERALL OPINION

I'm not a huge fan of signature gear, but the Clapton strats are pretty good guitars for the money, especially considering how they're a bit more versatile than your off the shelf strat. Like all Fenders, you should really play one before buying as fretwork can be a bit iffy depending on how the luthiers were feeling at the time.

The Fender Eric Clapton signature strat has been around for quite awhile now. It's also been through various reiterations throughout the years. The one I'll be referring to was made around 2008, so it has most of the latest features at the time this review was written. The guitar is actually very similar to most of the regular models in the Fender production line in that it has an alder body, maple neck, SSS configuration and so on. Even the V neck isn't that unique anymore. The things that stand out on this guitar would be the TBX control and mid boost.

UTILIZATION

Fender did a pretty good job at packing a good amount of things in this guitar. For the longest time, it was one of the more versatile guitars Fender had in their lineup. The soft V neck is a very comfortable neck, and I actually think the current one might be a bit thinner than the older ones, but that's just going off of memory. The fretwork is generally good on these models, and the one I played had some decent fretwork, but be aware that you should probably play them.

SOUNDS

The noiseless pickups in this are very nice. They quack nicely, sound great on their own, the clean tone is fairly chimey, and the mid gain tones work nicely. High gain tones can get a little sloppy, but it depends on what you're going for. Personally, I think high gain single coil tones can be absolutely ripping in certain situations. The two biggest features this thing has are the TBX and mid boost feature. The TBX is basically a treble/bass cut with a center detent. You can control how fat or how bitey you want the pickups to be. The midboost is like a built-in clean boost inside the guitar which works great for solo lines.

OVERALL OPINION

I'm not a huge fan of signature gear, but the Clapton strats are pretty good guitars for the money, especially considering how they're a bit more versatile than your off the shelf strat. Like all Fenders, you should really play one before buying as fretwork can be a bit iffy depending on how the luthiers were feeling at the time.