Does this sound $1,499,600 better than a CV Strat?

Thanks, I'm a much bigger fan of EC Gibson tones but I thought his strat main squeezes were blackie and brownie. Didn't know about this one, it's a sweet guitar. Understandable that you'd want a string through real hardtail vs a blocked tremelostrat for open G use. I never have understood the blocked trem deal tho many famous players have done it. Just play a hardtail much better choice. Hardtail strats are just killer.

 

Nah. If someone wants to spend that kind of money who cares? Its all relative. I have spent more than I should on a bike. About £2000 more. But I am happy with a Squire strat someone gave me. Does that make me a bad person?

 

My bad...yes David Gilmour.

 

I played a 59 original les paul, estimated 250k, nice guitar indeed, it's not a holy grail sound, a good and well setup les paul does the job just fine, my 2 cents

 

Yup, this is the point exactly. However Clapton did once say "It's already in the trousers" so they really should throw in some used tidy whities. If Bonamassa buys it at least he'll use it and gig with it.

 

And, you would get a better looking new hard case for your CV, wouldn't you?

 

What a weird first post.

 

Agreed. I started to reply, but said nope, I’m leaving that one alone!

 

I dunno how Clapton plays slide, but that FINGERboard sure is worn for a guitar used almost exclusively for slide.

One thing I will say... the world need more hardtail Strats !!!

 

This is all I could muster.

 

Aww, come on it’s not that bad.

And all the guitar modifiers here should already know the absolute best upgrade you can make is the nut on the guitar!

 

Na I'll stick with my Black friend..worth millions ti me,sounds very much like EC's anyway lol.
I mean really??? a Black Squire, man is there others out there

 

Hardtails are great for those of us - lots of us - who never use the vibrato bar. More wood, less mechanism where things can do wrong.

Why did Leo make them 'only grudgingly'? Why would he even care?

 

Is it worth that to me? No, bc while Clapton is a guitar God that doesn't add $1.45 million of value IMO. But its a 100% original '54 hardtail which is basically a holy grail for fender collectors. First year of stratocaster production and not even a thousand were made.
If you consider David Gilmour's strat was bought by Jim Irsay for $3.97 million then you're getting a steal lol.

 

I wonder how much Clapton sold the guitar for and is he kicking himself for not holding out until the price got this high..

 

I would have thought he would have leaped at making hardtail Strats.

Leo was a practical guy - an engineer, NOT a musician - and I would have thought the opportunity to have a version of his guitar that would have been cheaper and easier to make would have been quite an appealing one.