This is not entirely new–he’s done it before, and I suspect he’ll do it again; as best I can tell, it is in the nature of guitarists to accumulate guitars, and at least he’s got a good reason for unloading the extras.
Hell, I wish I was famous so I could unload a couple for charity; as it is, mine are merely “used”.
However, among various bits and bobs that I would guess never saw much use–their only real value is that Clapton has owned them for a while, not that he necessarily played them–there are two very special guitars being auctioned.
One is “Blackie”, his Frankenstein Stratocaster:
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The other–for which I have no picture–is the Gibson ES-335 that he played extensively with the Yardbirds and Cream.
Wow. I mean, these guitars are very much a part of rock-and-roll history. He’s had the ES-335 since before I was born. I almost can’t imagine him parting with either of them.
