My Eric Clapton Blackie project

[fgl]

I have been a long time fan of the great Mr Eric Clapton. Here are some pix of my recently comlpeted home made C blackie custom shop model.

This is of course NOT A GENUINE FENDER PRODUCT AND NOT FOR SALE, only for my self use. Components I used for this tribute guitar includes original fender parts though.

Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster® home made by fgl

Black, Body Alder bought from softie Fender JapanNeck 1-Piece Maple, Soft “V” Shape,
(Satin Polyurethane Finish) by mighty miteFingerboard Maple, 9.5” Radius (241mm)

Decals courtesy of axesrus; http://www.axesrus.com/decals.htm

No. of Frets 22 Vintage Style Frets Pickups

3 Vintage Noiseless™ Pickups (Neck, Middle, Bridge)

Controls Master Volume,
Tone 1. Master Tone Control,
Tone 2. Master Active Mid Boost (emg spc)
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 Bridge “Blocked”

American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo

Machine Heads pro tone klusonsHardware Nickel/Chrome http://www.guitarparts.net/products/1515/TonePros-Tuner-for-Fender.htm

Pickguard 1-Ply White org Fender

Scale Length 25.5” (648 mm)

Width at Nut 1.650” (42 mm)

Unique Features Special Soft "V" Shape Neck, Blocked Tremolo, Active Mid-Boost Circuit,
Eric Clapton’s Signature on Headstock (back)

Strings ernie ball 9 - 42

Accessories my cleaning cloth bought from ntuc

Introduced last friday night in a jam at a local pub

do gimme yer comments

 

[shouheng]

fgl, that looks awesome....seeing that my body went towards this...SHIOK man

 

[fgl]

Thanks bro..great price and great tone from it too ....

 

[leecs]

I thought it was the USD$24000 relic that you did.

 

[Dime]

hip hip hooray for fgl and his collection of strats!

 

[fuzztremecho]

very very impresive bro
SRV,blackie...what's your next project gonna be?
just a suggestion
how about blackmore's strat?

ooooooo

 

[fgl]

=leecs

heh one srv relick enuff for me la...

BTW I have done recreations of other sig series axes before.

1. Bonnie Raitt - sold to a friend who loved it so much and forced me to sell it to him.

2. Mark Knopfler strat which I traded with a softie for a highwayman tele whcih was later sold

Friend of mine is doing the relick Jeff Beck tribute tele.... if he not the paiseh type I will try to get some pix

 

[fgl]

=fuzztremecho

Carved top body ....

here a teaser preview...

 

[snuffleupagus]

FGL bro, please please do make a Jimi Hendrix Strat, cream coloured with reversed rosewood neck.....

 

[fgl]

=snuffleupagus

sure if u want ...can simply order the parts and fix....

I hope to someday do Steve Morse's mongrel beat up tele .....

 

[bluesmonkey]

very nice, so where is teh body from jap?

im doing one also same colour and noiseless pu's,but I havent decided on the neck yet

 

[Mobius]

how abt doing a David Gilmour one, that famous (another) black strat with the short whammy bar... Your EC blackie needs burnt ciggie marks on the headstock

 

[fgl]

=bluesmonkey

which body? Blackie is a Jap strat org Fender.

Floral carved body is Japanese swamp ash done by Indian craftsmen

 

[fgl]

=Mobius

heh bro its not the relic one ..no cigges burns

Not a big enuff fan of Gilmore, unless someone commissions me to do his vintage no 0001 strat

 

[Dime]

bro fgl you do paint jobs?if you do.can make a Buddy Guy strat replica.

 

[Godspeed64]

Nice.. Mighty Mite makes good stuff!

 

[leecs]

Bro fgl, u have anymore fender CS decal to sell? i try buying it, but the shipping is 1000 pounds, where it stated there. im like.................

 

[kerplunk182]

i still love the black matt finish fender that clapton played in singapore.

 

[lightice]

Looks good man, but the decal, for the next one you do, you gotta move the fender logo a tad to the right.

Its about 3-4mm too far left. (might be the angle of the pics)

Other than that, it looks great, especially the decals on the back.

Impressive.

 

[celahircelebrindal]

Whaa...another one fgl?You really at your game dude....nice stuff there and the effort put into your work.

With all the request i think you open an e-shop for fender artist replica ah bro....but nevertheless, nice one there fgl.Thanks for the share!


ps:: you might wanna checkout the eBay stores that offer decals for guitar restoration works bro.Some are really much cheaper with nice coating to protect the decals...