REBUILDING CHRIS BUCK’S ERIC CLAPTON STRAT
Like all the best Clapton Strats, going all the way back to 1970, the instrument on our workbench is a collection of disparate parts. It has been in bits for the past few years and was pretty wrecked when its owner, Chris Buck, bought it. It was a bargain because it came with a non-original body that looked like it had been routed “with a dessert spoon,” but thankfully, this was recently replaced with a near-mint Pewter-finished Fender body found on Reverb.
The neck dates to 1993 and has extensive playwear. Unfortunately, the electronics have been to do it. After all, we share some history with derelict Stratocasters.
