Members Pixiemixer Posted January 1, 2010 Members Share Posted January 1, 2010 I love the look and sound of this hybrid axe, but he never seemed to use it much after Blind Faith. Does anyone have any further info on it. [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Is that a '62 custom tele w/a maple fretboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lex.Luthier Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Is that a '62 custom tele w/a maple fretboard? '62 Custom Tele with a Strat neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkwire Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 The neck is from 'Brownie' (evidently Clapton didn't like the Tele neck). I would guess Clapton put the stock neck back on and gave the Tele away to somebody. It's not listed with the guitars in the Crossroads auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Catfish Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Is that a '62 custom tele w/a maple fretboard? It has a strat neck, apparently. I don't know anything about the guitar, but thanks for posting the clip, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PanaDP Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 The neck is from 'Brownie' (evidently Clapton didn't like the Tele neck).I would guess Clapton put the stock neck back on and gave the Tele away to somebody. It's not listed with the guitars in the Crossroads auction. Strat necks and tele necks are different on the body end. One or the other would have needed to be modified and I bet, if he liked the neck enough to transplant it, that it was the body that got the chop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Strat necks and tele necks are different on the body end. One or the other would have needed to be modified and I bet, if he liked the neck enough to transplant it, that it was the body that got the chop. Strat necks can go on Tele bodies without modification, there is a leftover gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkwire Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Looks like Eric experimented with different necks (and it looks like there is a little bit of a gap in the neck pocket in the top picture): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PanaDP Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 and in the thumbnail for the video in the first post, there's clearly no gap. That neck had a flat heel like a tele neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 's mel gibson Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Looks like Eric experimented with different necks (and it looks like there is a little bit of a gap in the neck pocket in the top picture): Could it be a shadow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PanaDP Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Could it be a shadow? I think the rosewood board neck has the rounded heel and leaves a gap. A thing has to have a 90-degree corner to make a 90-degree corner shaped shadow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pixiemixer Posted January 2, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Looks like Eric experimented with different necks (and it looks like there is a little bit of a gap in the neck pocket in the top picture): Those are great pics/ Do you think if HC had been around then, old Clappers would have been posting multiple build threads LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 and in the thumbnail for the video in the first post, there's clearly no gap. That neck had a flat heel like a tele neck. Look again. I see a gap clearly at the top and bottom in the preview pick of the clip in the OP. It's not as prominent as the post '67 rosewood neck pic, but it also isn't a straight on picture like the rosewood shot. All Strats have the same rounded but (until more recent models), a squared butt and Strat headstock would've had to be custom made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drewl Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Did the Tele go to Andy summers (Police) I think his Tele was owned by someone famous or sumething. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Did the Tele go to Andy summers (Police) I think his Tele was owned by someone famous or sumething. Nope. I think Andy bought his tele from a student of his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theManfromAlabam Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Cool video! ...24 year old Clapton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 That's some fancy shit Clapton's doing there -- playing a crash cymbal with a cigarette! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PanaDP Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Look again.I see a gap clearly at the top and bottom in the preview pick of the clip in the OP. It's not as prominent as the post '67 rosewood neck pic, but it also isn't a straight on picture like the rosewood shot.All Strats have the same rounded but (until more recent models), a squared butt and Strat headstock would've had to be custom made. I don't see a gap. I see a shadow and the little cutout for the heel trussrod adjustment. Look at the heel edge of the fretboard, it's clearly straight like a tele, not curved like a strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evh1984 Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Isn't that the Tele his parents bought him when they moved to New York, right before he joined Pink Floyd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 Nope. I think Andy bought his tele from a student of his. Correct. The famous Police guitar was one Summers bought from a student when he was teaching guitar in Southern California in the early '70s. Summers did apparently sell or trade Clapton a Les Paul after the one Clapton used to record with John Mayall was stolen, and may have received a Telecaster in return, but it wasn't the famous modded '63 Tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimmy Chitown Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 No, Randy Bachman gave him that before he left BTO to join KC and the Sunshine Band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 I don't see a gap. I see a shadow and the little cutout for the heel trussrod adjustment. Look at the heel edge of the fretboard, it's clearly straight like a tele, not curved like a strat. No. It's not. And you need to look harder or know what to look for. There is a gap at the top and a gap at the bottom and a slightly noticeable curve at the top of the butt, what throws it off is the angle and the pixelation of the shadow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarmandp Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 I actually had a guitar that was supposed to be a "replica" of that guitar built by Mark Kendrick in the custom shop. I bought an Andy Summers Telecaster last year and since buying that guitar this guitar wasn't ever getting played so I got rid of it recently. It was played the least out of my telecaster customs so I decided to sell it. I of course will always have the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Josh S Posted January 2, 2010 Members Share Posted January 2, 2010 I have actually done this. I put my Clapton strat's neck on my '62 RI tele body, just to see if I would like it. The gap was only visible from very specific angles, and fit with no modifications (as it should - it's the other way around that doesn't work). In the end, I found that though I love the Clapton neck it really didn't sound or feel right with the tele (whaddya know, the neck does make a huge difference to the sound) and I took it off again. Looked great though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members favata5 Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 Hey this is damn good stuff!!thanks man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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