On 24th June, 2004, Guitar Center successfully bid $959,500 for Eric’s “Blackie” Stratocaster. In 2006, after the incredible success of the Clapton “Crossroads” 335 reissue and with Eric Clapton’s permission, Guitar Center commissioned Fender to re-create 275 replicas of “Blackie”, complete with its “Duck Bros” guitar case.

On November 24th, 2006, “Blackie” was offered for sale and all 185 examples allocated to the US market sold out in less than 7 hours – at $20,000 each. A significant portion of the proceeds was for the benefit of the Crossroads Centre – founded by Eric Clapton.

Click here to visit the original website promoting the “Blackie” Replica.