Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Kusarudzwa kwaClapton kwemagitare emagetsi kwave kuchishamisa semurume iyeye; saHank Marvin, maBeatles naJimi Hendrix, Clapton akaita zvakakosha uye zvakapararira kukurudzira mukurumbira wemhando dzegitare remagetsi. NavaYardbirds, Clapton akaridza Fender Telecaster, Fender Jazzmaster, Gretsch 6120 yakapetwa kaviri, uye 1964 Cherry-Red Gibson ES-335. Akava chete Gibson mutambi kwenguva kutanga pakati 1965, paakatenga kushandiswa sunburst Gibson Les Paul gitare kubva gitare chitoro muLondon. Clapton akatsinhira pamusoro petsoka yakatetepa yemutsipa, iyo yaizoratidza kuti yakanga iri 1960 model. Pakutanga panguva yake muCream, yekutanga yaClapton Les Paul Standard yakabiwa. Akaramba achiridza Les Pauls chete naCream (imwe yakatengwa kubva kuna Andy Summers yainge yakafanana negitare rakabiwa) kusvika muna 1967, paakawana gitare rake rakakurumbira panguva ino, 1964 Gibson SG, yainzi "The Fool". Clapton akashandisa zvose zviri zviviri Les Paul neSG kuti agadzire zvaanozvitsanangura kuti "ruzha rwomukadzi". Akatsanangura mubvunzurudzo ya1967, "Ndiri kutamba zvakanaka zvikuru zvino. Ndiri kukudziridza chandinodana kuti 'ruzha rwomukadzi.' Inzwi rinotapira, chimwe chinhu chakafanana nesolo iri pa'Ndinonzwa Ndakasununguka.'" Munyori Michael Dregni anoritsanangura se"rakakora asi richipinza, rakanyanyisa asi rakatsetseka, rakamonyoroka asi richipenya". Ruzha runowanikwa nokubatanidzwa kwezvirongwa zvekutonga ruzha pamagitare uye Clapton's Marshall JTM45 amplifier. Magazini inonzi Vintage Guitar inozivisa kuti "rwiyo rwokutanga rwomutambo uye rwiyo rwomunhu oga rwe'Sunshine of Your Love' zvichida mienzaniso yakanakisisa yenzwi romukadzi rakasimba". "Benzi" raClapton rakawana zita rayo kubva pabasa rayo rakasarudzika repfungwa, rakagadzirwa neboka rehunyanzvi hwekuona rinozivikanwawo seBenzi (nguva pfupi pamberi pekutanga kuoneka kweCream muUS muna 1967, Clapton's SG, Bruce's Fender VI, uye musoro wedhiramu waBaker vese vakapendwazve mune psychedelic dhizaini).  Mubvunzo: Eric Clapton anoridza gitare rorudzii?
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