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The guitar is a musical instrument, used in a wide variety of musical styles, and is also widely known as a solo classical instrument. It is most recognized in popular culture as the primary instrument in blues, country, flamenco, pop, and rock music. The guitar usually has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, and twelve string guitars also exist. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers.

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The cover of Clapton's greatest hits album Time Pieces: Best of Eric Clapton almost certainly features Blackie.

List of the most famous guitars, followed by name of the guitarist who owned them. To know more about the guitars, follow the links on the text:

• Eric Clapton's 1957 composed Stratocaster Blackie
• Eric Clapton's 1956 Stratocaster Brownie
• David Gilmour's N°0001 1954 Stratocaster ^[1]
• George Harrison's 1961 Stratocaster Rocky
• Hank Marvin's Fiesta Red 1958 Stratocaster ^[2]
• Jimi Hendrix's 1968 "Woodstock Strat"
• Stevie Ray Vaughan 's 1959/62 composed Stratocaster Number One
• Eric Clapton's "Brownie" (a 1956 Fender Stratocaster) and "Blackie" (a composed Strat, mainly based on '57 models) are icons. Clapton played them from the early 70s to the mid 80s. He has now a Stratocaster named after him.

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Anniversaries

Anniversaries for March:

• 30 March 1945 - Guitarist Eric Clapton was born in Surrey, England.

Did you know...

....that Jimi Hendrix was one of the few people who Eric Clapton invited to play along with informally, in the middle of a show?

....that the bass player Jaco Pastorius was killed by a night club bouncer, after being refused entry to a Santana concert?

....that Igor Stravinsky wanted to compose a piece for Andrés Segovia but that Segovia told him that he will never play it?

....that Jimi Hendrix has a son who is also a musician?

....that Pete Townshend and Eric Clapton' first talked to each-other to go to the movies, where Townshend said "Clapton, I've just seen this guy... Who is going to put us out of work, man..." and they were talking about Jimi Hendrix?

....that B.B.King's guitar Lucille was named after a womam that caused a fight between two men in one of his concert, which enventually led to a fire?

Quotes

"The Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel."

—Jimi Hendrix

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