The birth of the Clapton Signature Stratocaster and the Limited Edition guitars

10th Anniversary Crossroads Antigua Clapton StratocasterIn 2008, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Crossroads Center in Antigua, Richard Ash, CEO of Sam Ash Music, asked Fender Custom Shop to produce, for charity purposes, a limited edition Stratocaster to bring back to life the Antigua finish of the late '70s, maybe one of the most controversial color of Fender history.
Corona factory made one hundred units of the Eric Clapton Antigua 10th Anniversary Crossroads Stratocaster, sold each for $5,000, of which 1000 were donated to the recovery center. This Stratocaster, which followed the specs of the Custom Artist Clapton Strat (alder body, 1-piece maple neck with soft "V" profile, 22 vintage style frets, Vintage Noiseless pickups, blocked vintage style tremolo, MDX, TBX), was refined by Jesus Andrade, who had painted the Antigua Stratocasters between 1977 and 1979. |
In 2010 the Custom Shop released the Limited Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster, available both in the Daphne Blue finish, a meticulous copy of the guitar that Eric used in his Australian tour in 2009, and in the Gray version, a color slightly darker than Pewter, a faithful replica of his Fender played in the 2006 and 2007 world tour.
Both had an alder body, soft "V" maple neck, 22 vintage style frets, bone nut, Vintage Noiseless pickups, MDX and blocked vintage style tremolo; they could be distinguished from similar models for the "LIMITED EDITION" decal present together with the Custom Shop logo on the back of the headstock. |
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