This A3-sized Art Poster features a detailed illustration of Eric Clapton’s Fender Stratocaster Blackie, from George Morgan.

Produced on 250 gsm silk art paper this Art Poster is suitable for framing with or without a mount and will be supplied inside a sturdy cardboard postal tube.

Eric Clapton’s Fender Stratocaster Blackie

Eric assembled the parts from three Fender Stratocasters to create Blackie. Purchased from a Nashville music shop in 1970, Eric brought them back to England and carefully selected a ’56 body, a ’57 neck and the pickups and pick guard from another.
Blackie was Clapton’s main instrument for live performances and studio recordings from it’s debut at the Rainbow Concert on 13 January 1973 until it was retired in 1985. Not only had it been in the studio for every album recorded during that period but it was used at such famous events as the ARMS charity concerts in 1983 and Live Aid in 1985. Blackie can also be seen in Eric’s first music video, Forever Man which supported his album Behind The Sun and also appears on several album covers including Slowhand, Just One Night and The Cream of Eric Clapton. 
Auctioned for a record $959,500 in aid of the Crossroads Centre rehabilitation facility, Blackie was purchased by the U.S. music retailer Guitar Center in 2004. 
In 2006, the Guitar Center with Eric Clapton’s permission, announced a limited edition of Blackie replicas in connection with Fender Guitars where a portion of each sale benefitted the Crossroads Centre. 
Blackie took up permanent residence at Guitar Center’s flagship store in New York City in October 2014.

This is not a photograph.

Size 420mm x 297mm (16.54" x 11.69")

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