Name:    Terry
Email:   musicmanamp@yahoo.com  
Subject: ERIC CLAPTON
Thread:  48
Time:    Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:20:03 UTC

TQR: During the twenty years you’ve been working with Eric, how has his gear evolved, from your perspective?


When I first started working for him he was using Music Man amps and open back cabinets with JBL K120’s in them. It’s evolved from Marshalls, Dean Markley amps, Soldanos, Dual Showman amps, and most recently, the Twins. He really doesn’t ask a lot, and he’ll decide when he wants to change amps. The last few years he’s been using these custom-built Fender Twins.


TQR: How many are there?


There are only three, and they were built by John Suhr while he was at Fender. It took over three years for them to round up the original transformers, speakers, and some other parts for the amps, but they can never be identical due to the nature of the old parts. Anyway, that’s what he’s using now, and as you can see, we have one Twin in a stand on stage with an identical backup behind it.
This is a interview with Lee Dickson on
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