Dissatisfied with the change of the Yardbirds sound from blues rock to a more radio-friendly pop rock sound, Clapton left in 1965 to play with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Īfter playing in a number of different local bands, Clapton joined the Yardbirds in 1963, replacing founding guitarist Top Topham. He was also named number five in Time magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone 's list of the " 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson 's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Nielsen? He owns three of them.Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Meanwhile, the 1958 Gibson Explorer is one of the firm’s rarest ever models, with only 19 thought to exist.
Nielsen’s 500-strong electric guitar collection is particularly prized for its Gibsons, and among his most notable instruments are a 1959 Gibson Les Paul and a ‘58 Korina Flying V. It had Martin… at that time, I couldn’t afford to spend on brand new whatever, so I’d buy used guitars… I just liked it… Each one had something the other didn’t have. “Then the music store my parents had didn’t have Gibson, or Fender. “It started because my grandmother collected coins and stamps,” says Nielsen, in response. “That was one of my things, where I was like, ‘Man, this is cool!’ And I got addicted to the hunt for them. “When I was a kid, I was given a copy of the Guitars Of The Stars book and it was your collection,” recalls Bonamassa in the clip. In 2020, the two guitarists compared notes on their collecting habits during a discussion for Bonamassa’s Live From Nerdville podcast – in doing so, the blues rocker revealed Nielsen had a formative influence on his own passion for guitars.
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