Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster Journeyman Relic®, Maple Fingerboard, 2-Colour Sunburst
Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster Journeyman Relic®, Maple Fingerboard, 2-Colour Sunburst
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Fender ERIC CLAPTON STRATOCASTER

Eric Clapton Stratocaster Journeyman Relic
(2-Colour Sunburst)

Fender ERIC CLAPTON STRATOCASTER Journeyman Relic

'SLOWHAND SOUND AND STYLE'The original Eric Clapton Signature model born in the Fender Custom Shop just got cooler with a new Journeyman Relic finish. The new finish lets the two-piece select ash's figure show through while feeling like it's seen countless gigs. Mirroring Eric Clapton's personal specs, this model features a special soft V-shaped maple neck, three Vintage Noiseless™ pickups, blocked tremolo and Clapton's signature on the headstock - along with the smooth feel and authentic sound of the original - the Journeyman Relic Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster is one of Fender's finest creations.

Dive head-first into the peerless Strat stylings of ‘Slowhand’ himself with Fender’s Eric Clapton Stratocaster, one of Fender’s most acclaimed and enduring artist signature models. Featuring classic design and special features which give it exceptional tonal versatility and effortless feel worthy of one of the world's greatest names in rock and blues, it puts pure Clapton Stratocaster tone and feel straight into your hands!

at a glance • 2-Piece Select Ash body
• Special “soft V” neck profile
• Vintage Noiseless™ pickups
• Active mid-boost and TBX tone circuits
• Vintage-style blocked synchronized tremolo bridge

Vintage Noiseless Pickups!

Fender ERIC CLAPTON STRATOCASTER Journeyman Relic

'Treble Bass Expander' CircuitryIn a Fender exclusive, Eric’s signature Stratocaster features the unique Vintage Noiseless single coil pickups. These superb pickups deliver the classic stylings of a single coil pickup, bursting with authentic vintage tone, without any of the common drawbacks such as undesirable hums/noises.

To further the Clapton Stratocasters tonal palette, Fender included their ‘TBX’ (Treble Bass Expander) circuitry. This circuitry inside the tone pot adds fantastic tweaking potential to your tone. The pot features an indentation at the 5 position and acts as a traditional tone pot from 0-5. After the 5 position, this adds extra brightness and presence to your tone. A seriously cool feature!

The Clapton Stratocaster’s second tone pot acts as an active mid-boost. Turning this clockwise will boost the mids and bass frequencies, whist attenuating the treble frequencies.

Classic Slowhand Stylings!

Fender ERIC CLAPTON STRATOCASTER Journeyman Relic

‘soft V’ neck profilingFender chose to use 2-Piece Select Ash wood to base the classic Strat stylings of Eric Clapton’s Stratocaster, finished with a nitrocellulose lacquer finish. The decision to use this finish was chosen due to its strong and durable nature whilst retaining the vividness of the colour with a superb shine, even after years of use.

Connected via a rock-solid bolt-on attachment, Fender used maple for the neck of the Clapton Strat. Featuring a ‘soft V’ neck profiling, the result is a wonderfully comfortable feel as it sits in your fretting hand. Deriving the sharpness of a ‘50s era ‘V’ profile and eventually softening into a more overall rounded shape, the neck of Clapton’s Strat is made for the guitarist with perhaps a larger hand which extend across the fingerboards edges.

The gorgeous maple fretboard sports a modern 9.5” radius which serves up a slightly flattened playing area when compared to a more traditional-style radius, all whilst still delivering enough arc to offer a natural and comfortable feel for your fretting hand.

Why Choose The Eric Clapton Stratocaster?

FENDER - Eric Clapton Stratocaster Eric Clapton is widely agreed to be one of the most important guitarists of all time, expertly blending rock and blues in his playing. Fender designed this guitar to closely replicate Eric’s specifications. Check out just some of them below!

Fender ERIC CLAPTON STRATOCASTER Journeyman Relic

"SOFT V"
NECK PROFILE
The "soft V" neck profile (the shape of the neck in cross section) on the Eric Clapton Stratocaster has a distinctly comfortable fretting-hand feel that takes the more pronounced sharpness of a ’50s "V" profile and "softens" it into a somewhat more rounded shape. Ideal for players with larger hands whose thumb extends over the edge of the fingerboard.

Fender ERIC CLAPTON STRATOCASTER Journeyman Relic

TBX TONE
CONTROL
The first tone control knob operates this guitar’s TBX (Treble Bass Expander) tone circuitry. The knob has a detent at the center position (5) and works like a normal tone control from zero to the detent. Turning the knob clockwise from the detent adds presence and brightness; turning it counterclockwise from the detent rolls off high frequencies.

Fender ERIC CLAPTON STRATOCASTER Journeyman Relic

ACTIVE MID
BOOST
The second tone control knob functions as an active mid-boost control. Turning it clockwise boosts mid and bass frequencies while decreasing treble frequencies.

Fender ERIC CLAPTON STRATOCASTER Journeyman Relic

BLOCKED
TREMOLO
The Eric Clapton Stratocaster comes with an easily removable wood block installed between the tremolo block and tremolo cavity wall to keep it from moving, as specified by the great guitarist himself.

Fender ERIC CLAPTON STRATOCASTER Journeyman Relic

Nitrocellulose
Lacquer finish
Nitrocellulose lacquer guitar body finishes are especially strong and durable, and will hold colours with great vividness, sheen and clarity for extraordinarily long periods.

Fender ERIC CLAPTON STRATOCASTER Journeyman Relic

9.5" FINGERBOARD
RADIUS
The fingerboard radius is an important spec that describes the amount of curvature across the width of the fingerboard. This instrument’s modern 9.5" fingerboard radius is slightly more flattened than a vintage-style radius, but still with enough arc to provide a natural and notably comfortable fretting-hand feel, and to make bending notes easier.

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The Tech Spec

Features Specification
Body Type Solidbody
Body Shape Stratocaster
Body Material Alder
Body Finish Polyurethane
Neck Material Maple, Bolt-on
Neck Shape Soft V
Radius 9.5"
Fingerboard Material Maple
Fingerboard Inlay Black Dots
Number of Frets 22
Scale Length 25.5"
Nut Width 1.650"
Nut Material Synthetic Bone
Bridge/Tailpiece Tremolo (Blocked)
Tuners Vintage Style
Pickups Vintage Noiseless Single-coil
Controls 1x Volume, 2 x Tone, 5-way Switch, Mid-boost
Case Included Deluxe Hardshell
Specifications
Title Eric Clapton Stratocaster Journeyman Relic
Colour Title 2-Colour Sunburst
Base Colour Group Brown
Sunburst Yes
Finish Gloss
Body Ash
Neck Maple
Fingerboard Maple
Strings 6
Scale 25 1/2" / 648mm
Frets 22
Pickup Conf. (H)umbucker / (S)ingle Coil / SoapBar SSS
Active Pickups No
Piezo Pickup No
Selector Switch 5 Way
Coil Tap No
Machine Heads - Locking No
Tremolo Non-Locking Tremolo
Controls
  • 2 x Tone
  • 1 x Volume
MIDI None
Case or Bag + Hard Case
Additional Information
Scan Code LN139663
Model Number 9236008183
GTIN 885978755073
Warranty

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Details
Duration:
24 months
Type:
Return to base
DOA Period:
14 days
RTB Period:
24 months
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Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster Journeyman Relic®, Maple Fingerboard, 2-Colour Sunburst
Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster Journeyman Relic®, Maple Fingerboard, 2-Colour Sunburst