Ritchie Blackmore is up there as one of the most iconic Fender Stratocaster players – and it turns out his affinity for the Strat first began way back when he purchased a particularly notable example ...

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Eric Clapton often auctions off his music gear to help fund the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, and it's from the first in mid-1999 that Lot 103 was sold. That 1954 Fender Stratocaster dubbed Slowhand ...

16:23, Mon, Oct 30, 2017 Updated: 16:44, Mon, Oct 30, 2017 The iconic instrument bears the mark of characteristic cigarette burns and was the successor to his most famous guitar, a hybrid Stratocaster ...

Carlos “CDawg” DC, lead guitarist for Slow Hands Band, a New Jersey-based Eric Clapton tribute act, said he would probably pass on the 1954 Fender Stratocaster that Slowhand himself used for slide ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Eric Clapton's 1954 Fender Stratocaster has been put up for auction. With the opening bid set at ...

Its seductive looks and futuristic design have endeared the Fender Stratocaster to generations of guitarists. As an icon of rock turns 60, Jonathan Glancey looks back. Old rockers wrinkle as they ...

A guitar owned by Eric Clapton has sold at auction for $45,000 and the proceeds will be used to pay the medical bills of a well-known Texas musician whose wife recently died of leukemia. By Associated ...

Few rock icons can claim to still be going strong after 60 years, but today marks the anniversary of the first Fender Stratocaster being built, and the music icon is still as popular as ever. Designed ...