Blackie - the black Stratocaster, Clapton's most used guitar in his career, found its origin when Eric bought six new Strats in 1970 giving one to George Harrison, one to Steve Winwood and another to Pete Townshend. From the best parts of the other three (from 56 and 57) he had "Blackie" created, which he played from January 1973 to 1985 using it on legendary songs like "Cocaine", "I Shot the Sheriff" and "Lay Down Sally". Here we have masterbuilder Greg Fessler's special interpretation of that musical icon with a classy jet-black NOS (New Old Stock) finish, beautiful AAA flamed maple neck and the proven, low-noise Vintage Noiseless pickups. They deliver slightly more sustain due to the weaker magnetic field while producing a slightly higher and more balanced output signal. In addition, a midrange boost (0-25 dB) has been built in, allowing the Stratocaster's singlecoil sound to be boosted towards a humbucker sound, giving the Strat incredible tonal versatility. In keeping with the original the tremolo is also blocked here and the "Clapton V-Shape" neck profile is used in conjunction with Vintage Style frets ensuring the very best playability. Even clean the guitar shows an extremely open, sparkling, pearly and clear sound and with every change of the midboost knob you can visit another soundscape of Clapton's decades-long musical journey, even up to the fat, uncompromising sounds from the days of Cream and Derek & the Dominos. We are pleased to offer you this soundmighty player with classic looks and considerable fun factor in mint, near unplayed condition.
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There are no regular opening hours by Ten-Guitars. If you are interested in buying and trying our guitars you need to make an appointment via phone (+49-89-64954031) or mail.
You can write an e-mail or give us call to anytime and we will find a suitable date. It doesn't matter if you want to try the instruments in a loud Live situation in our soundproofed rooms or in our own little recording studio – everything is possible to find your dream guitar.
Important: For security reasons we don´t have all guitars in our house but we can bring them here very fast – even on short terms.
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We ship all over Europe. Please send us a mail with your name, address, phone number and we will send you the invoice immediately. On the invoice you will find the bank details and immediately after receipt of the amount the guitar will be sent to you.