Good point.

It's a hardtail he only played slide on and isn't particularly 'special'. Comparing it to Gilmour's strat is ridiculous. If the Beano guitar surfaced? Records would be shattered.

i agree

Gilmore probably sold more.

Being that this was a resell for a guy that bought it from one of the Christie’s auctions probably didn’t help either. I think it sold for less than 200k originally.

I think this is probably spot on.

I’m sure you know

The reserve seems as if they really didn't want to sell it.

Yea, even with paintings that fetch so very much more than a famous musicians guitar, they start the bidding low..if it doesn't reach the reserve then it lives to fight another day. You dont start the bidding for an Eric Clapton guitar at $1 million.

@@WellseeTheend ....he's right !....if you understood how bidding works...

It’s a rare hardtail strat though. Maybe the price is just too high

Price way too high. At a $100k opening price, I bet it gets bids.

correct. start at $50k and i bet Bonamassa buys it for $200k or more.

Yup, price was too high. Gilmour’s ‘Black strat’ (which fetched $4 million), had a lower reserve, and it was MUCH more iconic. Even Gilmour’s serial number 0001 (itself a fabled piece of strat history) only went for around $1.5 million. There was no way a much less famous guitar from Clapton should START at $1 million.

Hardtail strats aren’t a bad thing. My tech blocked the trem on my Brownie

Damn that’s a good one actually:) props to that and cheers on the good humor!

that's his aesthectics, let him be. though, is it after Robert Smith?

I don`t care if these players were in their underpants.

@@CasinoGuitars I don’t know, man. The hair jokes are getting old. You guys are good sports, but hair jokes are just lazy.

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Ah, the famed "Can't go to Sleep Blues" guitar

If I recalled correctly I think it was for a charity fund or something.

PRACTICE! WE TALKIN' 'BOUT PRACTICE!

It's a weird world because I would hazard a guess that someone's practice guutar would be the closest to that person for the longest amount of time yet its not considered valuable while on the other hand the guutar this video is about was devalued because someone else had touched it lol wota load crap if I had million quid I thi K I would buy a lot of nice guitars and some other stuff lol

JP practiced?

Agreed not one of the top ones. The only one that might fetch close to 1m is the acoustic from MTV Unplugged

Agree. Until this auction came up, I wasn't even aware of this guitar in his collection. It's a cool guitar, but not 1 million cool.

Don't forget his Firebird from cover of Live Cream Vol-1

I mean for that price people can get a couple of holy grails. A ‘59 Les Paul, a ‘54 Strat, a ‘50s 335 and still have money leftover for a Rolls Royce and a solid gold watch. Also we really don’t know whether the younger generations will ever be willing to pay over a million for a Clapton guitar. They’re more likely to shell out that money for one of Mayer’s #1s.

@@lecorsaire2283 not even Mayer's... Kids aren't really into guitar music as much.

Ok so if Eric Clapton put himself up for auction, how much you think he could make?

That’s a fact 👍 it’s in the fingers !👌

I'd rather have the amp he used on the Beano album😇

@@shawnmcvey7789 Though, I agree with your statement, you've missed the point. This is memorabilia, history. Owning this is owning a part of history. The reason why the price is high. But, starting at a MIL, thats a bit rich, for anything. Van Halen, SRV, my 2 guitar heroes. If I were a wealthy person, I STILL wouldn't pay a MIL for any item up for auction owned by either is these 2 giants. If you suggest something is worth that, it is subjective, keep that in mind.

@@CarlosInFlorida Couldn't you tell I was being cutesy my angel emoji? I am too cute for my own good sometimes. That being said if I had the money I'd get an armada of tasty amps & cabs. I totally get your point, I'm just too cutesy🤭

And then he invited a stranger to jam onstage with Cream and was humbled. That stranger was Jimi Hendrix. Clapton's intro on "Reconsider Baby" is enough to cause anyone to reconsider their decision to learn guitar in the first place! Eric was on top with Bluesbreakers then along came Peter Green... no rest for the wicked...Green's tone and phrasing was contrary to the art form of the day. And did he see into the future when he chose the name "Fleetwood Mac" or was it just a ruse to lure those two into joining him? A million bucks for Eric's Strat? Hell yeah! It is historical but what do idiots know or care about history?! What is my grandfather's 59 ES-175 that purchased new worth today (in very good shape w/OHSC)? Does the fact that Rick Danko played it when he was at my house add to its value? It does to me. Who cares what these two old hens cackle about? Not me but they think they are a comedy team when really they are just a pair of jokers in the youtube game.

And then did a Cream reunion with a strat and tweed Fender amps and totally sucked tone wise.

​​@@johnmarshall3903Eric Clapton can buy and play any guitar he wants. You can easily go out and buy a Gibson guitar and Marshall amp today. I always tough it was the guitarist's brain and fingers that were the important part, specially when it comes to tone and vibrato. We also like Hendrix, Guess you don't like his tone either.

@@drmidnight680-kz2le Love Hendrix, he started with Marshalls and never wussed out.

@@johnmarshall3903 on one side you have professional musician in a consert hall. On the other side you have less professional hiding behind distortion playing beer hall, or worse, garage band musician.

Respectfully disagree. His best playing is on the Beano album and that's where he reached "God" status.

@@runreilly I see where you're coming from, I mean literally the clapton is god thing started then. I just think his melodic choices and songwriting hit the god level around blind faith/dominos time. Fair enough tho, beano is amazing.

🤣 goteem

Guitar center is going to be gone bankrupt very very soon

Online stores with creditibilty have kind been the big winners here.

For real! I would at least ask that he came once and played an entire concert with it just for me and I could invite 2 or 3 close friends to watch!

He has a home on Quadra Island 🏝️, which is near me. I don't think he wants to interact with fans. Were all a bit crazy so I don't blame him. He'd rather be on stage, you can learn from there. It was sad news for me that it didn't sell, I'm a huge fan of Clapton.

??? Why?

@johnd959what funny bro?

I'm sorta with you on wanting Clapton to come play for me regularly if I spent a million bucks just to buy a guitar he once played. For a million dollars I could buy a lot of really excellent guitars. I wouldn't want to own something just because some famous person happened to have some association with it.... And then there's Clapton.... there is absolutely no argument about the quality of his playing. But he's also said and done some questionable things (we all have). His pandemic behavior and occasional racist rants have soured me on Clapton's personal beliefs. But then he probably wouldn't approve of all my life's choices either. One should never meet their heros in real life. They rarely are who we want to believe that they are in person.

Absolutely. His sound during that time period was so awesome.

AGREE except Layla album was great (even though it was a Strat) but if he played a Gibson on that, WOW.

Completely agree, ive never liked anything from his fender years (except I shot the sherif cover)

Yes Cream was clapton best era & i am a strat player but i also own 2 les Paul's

That’s unfortunate. You’re missing out.

Exactly. Disraeli Gears. A masterpiece on the top shelf with Axis Bold As Love and Are You Experienced.

Ive benn a Clapton Fan since 1965

What do you know

@@WellseeTheend hes right

That isn’t why he’s nicknamed slowhand

He took a long time to change broken strings apparently. His chops are undeniable. Clapton is alive, that’s why he gets crap from idiots. If he passed away during his prime people would have more reverence for him. He’s quit more amazing bands than most people have seen concerts. I love Martin guitars, thanks for saving them EC. Check out the George Harrison tribute concert, EC blows everyone off that stage. Absolute beast.

Mike, the story I always heard was that he would change a broken string regularly during the early club years and the audience would do a “Slow Hand” Clap while they waited. I thought the original nickname was a little longer, but then shortened to slow-hand 🤷‍♂️

It was brilliant wasn't it.

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Yes, we thought that was hilarious when they showed Clapton playing another guitar in a ton of the photos....what was the thought process there. Great points and thank you for sharing!

So true. Documented provenance is so key in high-end sales like this.

Pioneer in bending strings? Are you kidding me?

@@ronaldmackee3401 I was around back then. Strings were very thick back then, guys had a hard time bending them so we used to slide up the neck. Clapton was in the first generation of guitar gods. He learned from guys who started that trend. Bending did happen but rarely.

@@tonyhaines1192 George Harrison was doing it on record before Clapton. Listen to the Tony Sheridan stuff and the first Beatles albums. It's not like Eric Clapton was pulling some Zakk Wylde shit during the early 60s.

It’s 66 years old, I’m sure it has seen many hands and plenty of non-slide play in that time.

They are always in the middle of the summer. Sorry Charlie. You never ever ever would see old blues guys in shorts. I don’t care how hot it is. You don’t know anything. It’s not blues attire at all. If you think being hot would make artists wear shorts they would always wear shorts. A bar gig is as hot as anywhere. The lights. I’ve seen country stars play outside gigs. It’s an odd thing for artists to be dressed like tennis pros so you are stupid for trying to act like you know better.

Hendrix was also a Clapton fan. Dude's been inspiring guitar legends since the 60s.

EVH liked Cream not Clapton.

@@brianmckenna8239 and why do you suppose EVH liked Cream?

Times have changed. I'm 32 and growing up Clapton still had hits on the radio🤣

Yeah guitar r way way over priced for no reason.

snooze

Exactly

The boomer generation worked hard and saved money. They can afford nice things now.

@@slipknot73745 A fool's snooze, to be sure.

yeah, even a multi-millionaire would hesitate to spend a million on a guitar right now, bigger things to worry about

And still...this is not what happened with Gilmour's black Strat...

Ed King’s guitars weren’t auctioned. They sold through a highly reputable guitar dealer (Carter Vintage Guitars) at prices that were typical for the specific guitars (and amps) being sold. There was an original Burst from each of the three years of production 58, 59, and 60, but there were also quite a few other guitars and amps that were much more affordable. It fact I would have bought his 50s Duo-Sonic and his 63 Vibroverb Reissue if someone hadn’t beat me to it. There was very little (if any) “celebrity owned” markup in the prices with the exception of the “Sweet Home Alabama” Strat which is the only one of Ed King’s guitars or amps that Carter Vintage had that hasn’t sold yet. Like the Clapton guitar in this video the price is too high.

@@charlesbolton8471 Thanks for clarifying you are correct on all points. Especially, the "Sweet Home Alabama" strat which Ed didn't particularly like to play. He preferred his 1959 black (previously sunburst) parts caster Strat. Which I'm sure sold because it played really nice. I was just trying to make a point about having other noted artist demo a guitar prior to auction.

The solos in the live My Father's Eyes electric version on his channel. I think the DVD was called "One More Car" but either way, it's pretty great. The tone is great, there's a thick midrange that sounds like the premium version of what any strat with a tube screamer sounds like through a Deluxe.

...think that was played on a Squire ..

One of his best ever songs IMO

Yes Yes and Yessssss! Thank you for sharing that Clapton love as we all feel it here!

I can play all the right notes, not necessarily in the right order...

@@tallthinkev I can play all the notes, not necessarily the right ones...

beyond that, it's downright criminal. I mean, it's eric clapton, his work past the early 70s is less than desirable. He's lost his popularity over the years. David Gilmour can pull this off because hello, it's Pink Floyd. Eric should've stayed with Cream, career suicide leaving the band on their hayday.

Agreed and wow...SRV Strat in Charlotte...I like it:)

Charlotte NC?

60 k sounds fair for a s.r.v

@@randy0210 his popularity fell drastically because the older he got the more he talked... the more he talked the more people realized how much of a pretentious asshole he was....

I'm pretty sure you mean Stevie Ray Vaughan's version.

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​@@catchewayroulette6571no he means Eric Clapton's version of Little Wing, it's more difficult to play it real slow like Clapton.

Probably why what?

@@fernandoreynaaguilar1438 Igrew up a Clapton fan

@@kevinclose5840 oh! Sure 😉🆗

..agreed

Funny: I also prefer songs and songwriting instead of mindless shred

Thats very cool we would love to see a photo of it! shop@casinoguitars.com

his son was an inspiration for a crappy song

My sympathies are with him for his loss, however that does NOT excuse the fact that we, the listening public, were clubbed over the head with that overplayed, maudlin song for years. 😑

For one, Clapton is still alive, which is a factor. Secondly, Eric is probably a victim of his own success. He sort of became the household name of guitarists. To a certain degree, Carlos Santana suffers the same fate. Imagine if Jimi Hendrix had lived, and over the years, he played with the Back Street Boys or every gig that thought they needed a "big name" player. Would he have been as big of an icon as he became. To a certain degree, Eddie Van Halen never topped his playing on the first couple of albums. Jeff Beck, on the other hand, became even better with time. All of these guys were milestones in what the guitar had become. But what made them unique often came early in their career.

Harley Benton and others

@@g4joeI agree. Poor Joe he might be forced to sell some of his collection at a fraction of his purchase price!

You need a whammy bar to play Blackmore on a Stratocaster.

Also can't forget Journeyman, great album.

Underrated? It was INCREDIBLY successful. Moreso than its sleepy-time coffeehouse version of “Layla” warranted, imo.

Eric Clapton was at a "lull" in his career at that point and the grunge scene was at its peak. If anything, his unplugged brought back the relevancy he needed. Clapton's unplugged was a great performance that wasn't underrated at all. However, this was when MTV was MTV and the viewers and listeners were into the current genre of music at that time.

I only say that in terms that my peers would never listen to this, harder to get the younger generations to appreciate a different genre. Most just listen what social media and what radio & mtv used to always do. Personally can say that never heard anyone who is not a musician or deeply appreciates music care much for Clapton nowadays. I was not self conscious at the time of his performance to know what was going on at the time. Really appreciate the input you guys have shared on the subject to help give others & myself more insight from that era.

@@Nonexistanthuman It was a great era. The Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains unplugged are great as well. I personally didnt care for Nirvana's unplugged.

@@sc12100 Clapton's Unplugged show reinvigorated the acoustic industry.

Well it is a 54 he didn't get until 79...was probably played in the meantime

His being called god came with the Beano album in 1963. That sound revolutionized music. Everyone wanted to copy it. It's the basis of much of todays playing

I know it may not seem like much. But you gotta understand what music what like when he started. Compared to now maybe it isn’t as insanely good. But for the time he. He was a god

It really is a matter of personal taste. I have been a fan for almost 40 years and still prefer him to everyone to come before or since. His playing is like perfectly seasoned food to me. I like all eras of his career. There are faster, more technical players, but I hear less of a connection to the blues tradition in most current players which is why I prefer Clapton to all I have heard. He got it right' to me, and anything "extra" is not necessary to my ears and those of MANY others. Even those who don't prefer his playing are into players who were/are influenced by him in the vast majority of instances.

@@jonathanhines2441 I'm in the same court. I didn't hear the Beano album until later. My start was with Cream and Crossroads on Wheels Of Fire. More Cream, Blind Faith, then Mayall. But, for me, everything stops for Layla. My ex knew to let Layla finish before interrupting.

Who cares about his politics,it’s his playing that counts at the end of the day

@@Man_fay_the_Bru I care about his politics. I'm allowed to care about all of the shit people are putting out into the world, not just their music.

Kidneys go for a million bucks? I’ll sell mine right now!!

If somebody had Robert Johnson’s acoustic guitar, and could prove it was the one he played, I bet it would go for more than $1M.

100% agree with that!

...Clapton would tell you he does it better..the guy has no humility about him..but you know what they say about hubris

@@kwkoch1966 true lol

@@Jay-st6sl you’re not wrong