The legend of the Psychedelic SG ― as it was sometimes referred to ― was oft-told and varied from telling to telling. Eric would use the cherry finish double cutaway for both live and studio work it would be featured prominently on Disraeli Gears and would also appear on Wheels of Fire, Goodbye, and on the subsequent live albums, Live Cream and Live Cream Volume II.Īugust 29th 1967, San Francisco - Psychedelic rock band Cream performs at the Fillmore Auditorium.
This would become his main axe for the next two years. That was a little difficult to believe but the fact remained that Eric Clapton had purchased the guitar only a few months earlier at the beginning of 1967. Part of the mythology insisted that the paint was still tacky during this spectacular musical concert revue that also included the Who, Mitch Ryder, Wilson Pickett, the Blues Project and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
Eric, in fact, had just started using the SG. Rundgren was in the audience and the Gibson mesmerized him. Cream was on-stage at the RKO Theater making its American debut as part of disc jockey Murray the K’s Music in the Fifth Dimension extravaganza. That was back on March 25, 1967, hanging from Eric Clapton’s shoulders. Todd Rundgren was completely blown away the first time he ever saw the guitar. It’s amazing what a little paint can do…Įric Clapton of Cream, one of the hottest trios (along with the Jimi Hedrix Experience) on the 1960s.įrom The Saga of Eric Clapton’s Famous Fool SG– Later, I learned more about the coveted guitar– it’s creation by the hands of a 1960s Dutch design duo called the Fool, the mysterious changing of hands among notable guitarists over the years, and the recent sale to a collector who paid in the neighborhood of $500,000 for the legendary axe. Anyway, the image of that majestic hand-painted Gibson SG was forever seared on my mind’s eye. I’m a bit of a guitar nut– I’ve got a nice little stable of beauties currently, and I tell myself that I’d play more if it weren’t for TSY and a few other distractions– another thing on the list of things I’d love to do more frequently. I’ll never forget the first time I saw a picture of Todd Rundgren holding what I immediately deemed to be the coolest guitar in the world. Eric Clapton of Cream and Producer Felix Pappalardi during a recording session for the album Disraeli Gears at Atlantic Studios - Image by © Michael Ochs Archives
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