Joe Bonamassa's lesson in Eric Clapton's Stratocaster style. As mentioned, Eric loves to incorporate quick “trills,” relying on hammer-ons and pull-offs between the root and minor 3rd.

The Slowhand Strat, which Eric Clapton used for slide guitar in the late 1970s/early 80s, comes in a tweed flight case with plush red lining. Gotta Have Rock and Roll.

It's ironic that Clapton is the world's most famous living Fender Stratocaster player, since he made his name playing Gibsons and was rarely seen with a Strat until after the death of Hendrix. And ...

Carlos “CDawg” DC, lead guitarist for Slow Hands Band, a New Jersey-based Eric Clapton tribute act, said he would probably pass on the 1954 Fender Stratocaster that Slowhand himself used for ...

Eric Clapton earned the moniker "God" with a Gibson Les Paul Standard in his hands. ... Clapton wouldn't become a committed Strat player until after the death of Jimi Hendrix in September 1970.

ELECTRIC GUITAR WEEK: There are very few guitars that enjoy the status of Eric Clapton’s beloved black Strat, ‘Blackie’, and back in 1994, Guitarist magazine was offered a close encounter. It so ...

Eric Clapton performs at The Forum in Inglewood on Wednesday ... a fact you were reminded off Wednesday time and again in every fluid solo he tore through on his Fender Stratocaster, ...

Stratocaster players such as Jeff Beck, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, the Edge and Buddy Guy sing praises for the electric guitar and its perfectly modern design, which turns 60 this year.

Eric Clapton is auctioning off 70 guitars from his formidable collection to raise money for his Antigua drug and alcohol rehabilitation center Crossroads.. Among the items at the sale — which ...

As of 1970, Clapton had turned to the Fender Stratocaster as his primary axe of choice. His #1 Strat was a 1956 two-tone sunburst with a maple neck. This now legendary instrument earned the ...

Clapton and Winwood perform in Blind Faith at a free concert in London's Hyde Park, June 7, 1969. Clapton, seen here playing a Fender Telecaster, had yet to adopt the Stratocaster as his main guitar .