Description
Lovies Guitar’s is excited to offer up this
2006 Fender Custom Shop Blackie Stratocaster w/ Case and Accessories Eric Clapton’s original Blackie Stratocaster is well known among guitar aficionados as one of the world’s most iconic musical instruments. It is also well known for selling at auction for over $950,000! Raising money for Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Rehabilitation Centre in Anitgua. This guitar comes with the original Flight Case which is a replica of the actual “Duck Bros” case that the real Blackie came with as well as a number of original accessories and case candy. In the late ’60s, Eric Clapton personally combined the best elements of three vintage Stratocaster guitars to create the original Blackie, which now bears the battle scars of decades of touring, jamming, recording and songwriting. In 2004, Eric generously offered Blackie for auction to benefit the Crossroads Centre, Antigua. On June 24, what was already the most famous guitar in the world also became the most valuable. The winning bid was $959,000! Blackie then traveled to the Fender Custom Shop in Corona, CA USA, where it was carefully analyzed and meticulously measured to capture every essence of its unique character. This legendary instrument was painstakingly re-created by the Fender Custom Shop right down to the last authentic detail. From the worn-to-the-wood body, to the neck re-shaped by Eric’s hand as he played a thousand heartfelt solos, the unmistakable cigarette burns on the headstock, to the world-weary flight case – every historical detail is faithfully re-created. All of the parts, pickups and electronics are aged and matched to the original, unique specifications of Blackie. This is one of only 185 guitars originally produced for the US Market. It was hand-built by Mark Kendrick, one of Fender’s most senior Master Builders. It was never played and kept only in its Anvil flight case. It has everything that it came with new including the addition of a really cool framed Fender Custom Shop mirror. Features of the Fender Custom Shop Eric Clapton Blackie Tribute Strat Relic Lightweight Alder body 1 piece Maple neck with soft V profile Cigarette-burned head stock 5-way pick-up selector Replica-aged “Anvil” flight case Five vintage chrome tuning keys, and one worn gold-plated key for top E-string Accurately aged, worn-to-the-wood finish painstakingly replicating the original Hand-made in America by Master Builder Mark Kendrick at the Fender Custom Shop Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity. This Legendary Tribute Axe is Unplayed and in MINT/Like New Condition, NO Issues! ALL Original-NO Breaks, Cracks or Repairs, Includes COA, Original Flight Case and tons of Candy!!
WEIGHS in at 7.50 lbs
.840″ at the 1st fret
.965” at the 12th fret
Serial: CF820
SKU: 3191
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