{"id":477,"date":"2016-05-25T02:43:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T02:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmstudio.devoffice.com\/php73\/musicmachine\/?post_type=product&#038;p=477"},"modified":"2020-08-28T03:06:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T03:06:09","slug":"fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-black","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"http:\/\/tmstudio.devoffice.com\/php73\/musicmachine\/product\/fender-eric-clapton-stratocaster-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster &#8211; Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"product-coupon\">Product Code: 011-7602-806<\/div>\n<h2>Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster &#8211; Black<\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s no bigger name in the entire guitar world than Eric Clapton! The man is a legend with a career that spans over 40 years! So, as you can imagine, this is one musician that can play any instrument he chooses &#8211; and he chooses the Fender Eric Clapton Artist Series Strat. That&#8217;s right, the same guitar you can own (though his comes with a custom paint job these days).<\/p>\n<p>First introduced in the 1980s, today&#8217;s Eric Clapton Strat has been updated with three Vintage Noiseless pickups, which work in conjunction with both a powerful active midrange boost and Fender TBX tone circuitry to create on of the most versatile guitars in the Fender catalog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eric Clapton Artist Series Stratocaster at a Glance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Just like Eric&#8217;s own guitar<\/li>\n<li>Vintage tones plus midrange boost<\/li>\n<li>Fast-playing maple neck with soft V shape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Just like Eric&#8217;s own guitar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You might think that a famous guitarist like Eric Clapton would pick some amazingly figured maple and ash, but in truth, other than the custom paint jobs, this is Eric&#8217;s guitar. And once you play it, you&#8217;ll see why he never asked for anything more. You start with a lightweight alder body with a black polyurethane finish and single-ply white pickguard (the same as Clapton&#8217;s famed Blackie guitar). Thanks to the active 25dB midrange boost and TBX circuitry, you can go from crystal clear tone to a full-throated growl with the simple spin of a knob. Combine that with three of the latest versions of fender&#8217;s Vintage Noiseless pickups and Eric&#8217;s personal choice of a blocked American vintage synchronized tremolo, and you have the makings of a truly soulful instrument that sounds as great in the studio as it does onstage!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vintage tones plus midrange boost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The original Strat had three single-coil pickups, so it was able to produce sounds that no other guitar could deliver &#8211; particularly once players discovered they could lodge the 3-position blade switch in those in between positions to access different pickup combinations. These were often erroneously referred to as the out-of-phase settings. The Eric Clapton Strat comes standard with a modern 5-way blade switch, making it easy to access all the pickup combinations. But then it adds a special active 25dB midrange boost on one tone control to give this guitar the extra meat you might expect from a humbucker. In addition, the second tone knob functions as a standard Fender TBX master tone control, which can smoothly go from bright and glossy to dark and smoky by rolling off the highs!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fast-playing maple neck with soft V shape<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leo Fender wasn&#8217;t afraid to think outside the box when it came to guitar designs &#8211; after all, he was an engineer, not a guitar player. In the 1950s and well into the 1970s, the blonde natural maple neck became almost synonymous with Fender guitars. The Eric Clapton Stratocaster comes with a 1-piece maple neck and fingerboard with 22 vintage-style frets and Eric&#8217;s personal favorite soft V shape. In keeping with contemporary player preferences, the fast-playing neck is finished in a smooth satin polyurethane.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fender Eric Capton Strat Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black color with polyurethane finish<\/li>\n<li>Maple neck with soft V shape and 9.5&#8243; radius<\/li>\n<li>Solid alder body<\/li>\n<li>Fender\/Gotoh vintage-style tuners<\/li>\n<li>Maple fingerboard<\/li>\n<li>22 frets<\/li>\n<li>Dot inlays<\/li>\n<li>3 Vintage Noiseless Strat pickups<\/li>\n<li>Blocked vintage-style synchronized tremolo<\/li>\n<li>5-position blade for pickup switching<\/li>\n<li>Chrome hardware<\/li>\n<li>Vintage Tweed case included<\/li>\n<li>25.5&#8243; scale length<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3>Yes, Now You Can Own and Play Slowhand&#8217;s Guitar<\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s no bigger name in the entire guitar world than Eric Clapton! The man is a legend with a career that spans over 40 years! So, as you can imagine, this is one musician that can play any instrument he chooses &#8211; and he chooses the Fender Eric Clapton Artist Series Strat. That&#8217;s right, the same guitar you can own (though his comes with a custom paint job these days).<\/p>\n<p>First introduced in the 1980s, today&#8217;s Eric Clapton Strat has been updated with three Vintage Noiseless pickups, which work in conjunction with both a powerful active midrange boost and Fender TBX tone circuitry to create on of the most versatile guitars in the Fender catalog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tmstudio.devoffice.com\/php73\/musicmachine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/477"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tmstudio.devoffice.com\/php73\/musicmachine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tmstudio.devoffice.com\/php73\/musicmachine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tmstudio.devoffice.com\/php73\/musicmachine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tmstudio.devoffice.com\/php73\/musicmachine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tmstudio.devoffice.com\/php73\/musicmachine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tmstudio.devoffice.com\/php73\/musicmachine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}