The 'Layla Strat'...​

 

Bought by Clapton in 1967, his 1956 two tone was his first and one of his favourite stratocasters.

Following him through Derek and the Dominos Clapton recalls during an interview, ​"It had been played; it didn't look much different from the way it looks now. What I would always look for on a Strat was a maple neck that had been worn out. It's like a restaurant,", he laughs, "If there's lots of people in there, it's gotta be good food. So I just thought if it had all those kind of worn out patches, it meant that it had been well favored. This is what it was like when I bought it."

 

A gorgeous guitar, we present our tribute.

 

 

Specs:

 

'56 contoured two tone burst 3 piece selected offset seam alder body roasted or unroasted

1 piece maple neck with skunk stripe roasted or unroasted

Custom Reshaped 1956 large soft V neck profile

Heavily rolled fret board edges

21 Vintage Nickel frets

42mm (1.65") nut width

Vintage Single Acting truss rod, with adjustment at heel

7.25" fretboard radius

Pre CBS 12th dot location

Black fingerboard and side dots

1956 replicated hand wound 'Brownie' inspired Pickup

1 ply 8 hole white pickguard

Blocked Fender USA vintage nickel tremolo

5-way swith

Fender/Gotoh vintage nickel tuning machines

Clapton's choice Fender 250R Nickel Plated Steel .010 - .046 strings

Vintage style tweed hardshell case (we are working hard to sort out an exact custom replica Derek & the Dominos  case)

Brownie Case Candy

 

 

£4500