This is What a $1,500,000 Guitar Sounds Like

[@MusicisWin]

check another off the ol' bucket list

[@brandonbustamante1248]

Damn whats next a whole another million dollar guitar?

[@nevill6561]

Holy shit

[@crilleri7819]

Next time you should play evh striped guitar with Jimi Hendrix amp with brian may’s pick and srv’s strap

[@acidisprettygood205]

What’s next you gonna play the rarest guitar in the world

[@ericajohnson3230]

I still watching but u gonna buy it

[@emilykovacs9027]

Imagine buying eddie's guitar pick and then losing it a couple minutes later

[@Whydoyoureadme]

Or just using it...

[@ZaneDalton]

Bruh lmao

[@ZaneDalton]

@@Whydoyoureadme r/woooosh

[@itsmesandman]

DYING

[@BigIronTexas]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Nateson]

When Eddie’s pick strummed Clapton’s guitar.... I assumed an ancient ritual had been completed.

[@justinsafonov9050]

Underrated comment

[@ahinko]

Yeah. At that very moment, some Japanese kid started tapping with 10 fingers at age 3. A prodigy has born, New future guitar god is out there, practicing the sickest licks ever made.

[@georgecharleston2597]

The death of rock is being reversed now as we speak

[@joshforeman1648]

Serious Pick of Destiny vibes

[@justinsafonov9050]

@@joshforeman1648 man that’s exactly what came to mind when I heard Van Halen

[@_kirk_5688]

You could change your KZbin channel name to “Music is Expensive”

[@musicmode6657]

i mean music IS expensive tbh

[@norbertoborzil3487]

Underrated comment

[@markus_sharkus]

I love this comment but I hate the fact that it is true.

[@TheLemonKiller]

The guitar is only expensive given the person and history. Otherwise it's just the same as any other guitar. You could go get a $75 guitar from some pawn shop and fix any issues if any at all. Then go about crafting YOUR voicing and phrasing and maybe get somewhere. By making a name in one way or another suddenly that $75 guitar is now worth some major bank. I mean, if you were never told that it's Clapton's guitar you'd think it's simply just another Strat and wouldn't really think twice about anything.

[@joeyleagjeld]

Totally

[@ronaldhellengreen7063]

I'm not even a guitar player, I'm a drummer. But I was lucky enough to see Mr Clapton play this guitar three different times. To see it up close like this is priceless! You did it bro! Your playing was KILLER! I'm in my late 60s now, and I can't tell you how special this was for me. THANK YOU! PEACE ✌️

[@lolza127]

Rick from pawn starts: “best I can do is 50 bucks”

[@dano1234ize]

i give 60

[@davidkleiner530]

Lmfao

[@ljnolasco3469]

He’s taking all the risks remember

[@OnePassingMoon]

I can’t run from These Rick memes😭

[@Vighneshks5323]

Bruhh this is the best cmnt I’ve ever seen!...i thought it was 38k like

[@user-ns3vs3bp3e]

“Eric was the last one to play those strings” imagine if he broke one tuning it back up Every few weeks I get a notification of another person saying “oh well loads of people will have touched them since then it doesn’t matter” no shit other people will have touched them but a collector willing to pay this much will want it to have original strings in tact on it, there’s no way they’re playing it. It’s just gunna be a display piece and it loses a lot of cool factor if you have brand new strings on it

[@kalebyoung4098]

That's what I was thinking! :)

[@ericthompson3383]

That would be my luck....

[@uroboric]

yea and they were old so it could have happened easily

[@Mike35858]

Yes just imagine, then replace it with a new one, would sound just the same. Its just another lump of wood with some electronics, it will never sell for that amount.

[@adriantaylor5778]

@@Mike35858 got news for you then bud. Some of eric claptons guitars have sold for close to a million dollars.

[@matthewboga]

6:43 look at the pick on his thigh, that's the exact place I always put my pick before it vanishes into the sixth dimension

[@noisyboy5205]

I stg not even mystery inc could find that shit

[@daaye2x]

wut song is played there.... do u know lol

[@weeb7967]

this is so accurate af

[@Nit2315]

There is a place in another dimension where you can find millions of socks and guitar picks

[@sam-lr2wi]

@@Nit2315 the only real mythical creatures are sock goblins and pick goblins who come from another dimension and steal them

[@myloopooping]

If he plays that guitar with that pick I’m pretty certain he’ll become immortal

[@Gastronot007]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Out of box😂😂😂He need other things to be immortal my friend😜

[@Gimchiddle]

@@Gastronot007 wtf 💀

[@Gastronot007]

@Kaiv forget ıt😜🙋🏻‍♂️

[@Gimchiddle]

@@Gastronot007 why do you use so many emojis 💀

[@rebelrouzer5318]

​@@Gimchiddle I'm having a flame war with someone that does that. So fuckin annoying.

[@ayoutubechannel1499]

1.5 million dollars and he is even tuning the strings. what a brave man

[@shanks8681]

it's the guitar that's worth 1.5m, not the strings I think. idk someone please correct me if I'm wrong

[@shanks8681]

@David Wang I know, I'm not an idiot. you didn't even answer my question. read again

[@debutts7723]

@David WangUm , no. Even if it weren't Claptons guitar a similar strat from this era would now run in the $20,000 to $40,000 range.

[@MariosCon]

@@shanks8681 he means that a collector would want the guitar just like it was when clapton played it, even with the strings that he played.

[@shanks8681]

@@MariosCon oh right thanks, this David Wang literally went rambling for no reason tryna make himself seem smart lmao. thank you for giving me a clear and concise answer

[@samuraiguitarist]

Tyler, hear me out, I've got an idea. Splitsys on this?

[@samuraiguitarist]

I'm in for $1000 Canadian dollars

[@bain_g]

I like your the suggested video under this one, sprawled out amount all your bbs

[@cayden1969]

Ill chip in $20

[@stnes0228]

I’d be down for that deal

[@cneddy22]

I'll throw in 2 whole Yen

[@GoviaM]

Make the right choice Eric clapton's guitar: 1.5 million dollars 10 000 Ibanez Gio: 1.5 million dollars

[@ldub0775]

*20,000 Ibanez Gio, or you're just massively overpaying

[@markus_sharkus]

200 000 squire strats if you get em all at pawn shops.

[@ZaneDalton]

@@markus_sharkus What the hell kind of pawn shop are you going to where you can get a Squier Strat for $7.50?

[@solarwinds5114]

500 Music Man Majestys>>>

[@danicraciun4590]

So in your country an Ibanez Gio is 75$? You fuckin with me right?

[@spitfuzzy7826]

You can definitely tell exactly how Tyler feels playing this instrument. The sheer weight of all that guitar stands for crashed down onto him and the only thing he could do was play. I didn't stop smiling the entire time he was playing, it's truly a wonderful thing watching a musician fill the room with thankfulness, honor, courage and absolute humbleness. This is how musicians show respect.

[@_EightySix]

Damn, how much did he pay you to say that😂 His music is not win, but he did play this Strat pretty well I guess.

[@spitfuzzy7826]

@@_EightySix All I'm saying is I now am a land owner on the moon

[@mayravixx25]

@@spitfuzzy7826 Wow this went from 0 to 100 real quick 🤣

[@glenthemann]

Gay

[@LizordSword]

​@@glenthemannur gay

[@seansalvo4544]

"we're one of the largest rock n'Roll memorabilia houses in the world" If I was the guy who received that call I would literally freeze

[@andrewpappas9311]

Same, I would try so damn hard to control how excited I would be

[@doug941]

@KOD Trayonex Lol! Same! I would have hung up!

[@dougpotosky4102]

I have some things you do not!! Connection with Robert Plant and LOVE. Who recorded Love Forever Changes. That classic amazing album!

[@onlyasnowman]

I would get a heart attack...Maybe freezing is better :-D

[@brandonbonds7120]

Me: "yeah pal, and I'm Elvis"

[@kumeboyahh4843]

The tone of that guitar is so smooth and rich. One could say it’s “Cream”-y.

[@boratsagdiyev3936]

Nice!

[@theyrinthewalls]

@@boratsagdiyev3936 wa wa we wah!

[@dddd717]

😒

[@hamradiotube]

I see what you did there lol!

[@nandosvega]

See what you did there. Didn't clapton play a Gibson SG at that point in time though

[@Kaffeebaum]

"Do you want to play with one of Eddie Van Halen's picks?" - Me: "Do you want me to pass out right here and now?..."

[@AppalachianDroneFlights]

That is the classic "Does a bear shit in the woods?" question...

[@AdamPage85]

"Depends... Do you have a change of pants I could use?"

[@Dankster-yo8xv]

@@Burnt_Gerbil shut 👌🏻

[@zachsimpson2895]

Don’t put it in your mouth

[@CalvinNielsonplaysguitar]

RIGHT NOW!

[@burdabashins]

I knew it would sound like a guitar. Called it.

[@OPER98]

No shit sherlock

[@bluarcher5941]

yeah....funny how my strat sounds basically identical to it...and so do a hundred thousand others... ( : P

[@OPER98]

A fao Schwartz guitar from the toy section at the fucking target sounds the same

[@OPER98]

I bet its worth like only 300$ bitch not even that fucking much for a single guitar

[@OPER98]

I'm really really glad @musiciswin doesn't know who I am...

[@jdwylde7]

“Last person to play those strings was Eric Clapton” Me: “yep...tuning is close enough.”

[@Davidmallen429]

Me: Yeah, I don't believe that Clapton was the last to play on these strings, but okay lol

[@jdwylde7]

@@Davidmallen429 well obviously it’s a selling point. Everyone in that freaking shop has probably played or at least strummed it. But imagine breaking a strong after he says that to you lol.

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

Dude... collectable celebrity... STRINGS?! oh f*** off.

[@mathprodigy]

Yea i don't know if id have the balls to turn the high E tuner peg lmao

[@anthonystark5412]

@@weareallbeingwatched4602 For a person who's paranoid, you're a little unobservant.

[@billsteeves2974]

I would have died if you played Stairway.

[@kairach4405]

That would be genuinely the funniest shit

[@johncunningham4820]

No . HE would have died if he played " Stairway " . Bit later .

[@crashdummy40]

He should have

[@markdignam3525]

Bill No way. Stairway was played on a 58 Telecaster (the recording).

[@Bayboy55.6]

Foreal haha

[@PaulDavids]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 🥺😭😭 I don't know, that just came out. Congrats man, that's such a wonderful thing. Thanks for sharing it with the world.

[@garretazonsa]

Oh man, Paul, I wish you get to play that beauty. I can only imagine the tones you can come up with that.

[@chumerranion778]

Paul being low-key offended that he wasn’t called

[@johnangeloagravante332]

will you fly to new york if they call you instead of tyler?

[@garretazonsa]

@@johnangeloagravante332 he might be there already 🤣🤣🤣

[@danielarthur2939]

I want to hear some of your rich progressions on that guitar!

[@BioanalyticalConsultationGilLe]

The guitar that Tyler played is a hardtail Strat. It has a 1954 button string tree. In the video, Eric Clapton's guitar has a tremolo (not hardtail): see 7:54 minutes into the video. The video showed a CBS logo with a large headstock.

[@Ratlez]

If every viewer gave a dollar, we could buy it and all take turns playing it.

[@dobbs8463]

F u I'm gonna give $1.50 hehehhe

[@uuddlrlrabsmhm8430]

@@dobbs8463 for 30 more seconds.

[@natura808]

I love the idea

[@dobbs8463]

@@uuddlrlrabsmhm8430 fair enough lol

[@uuddlrlrabsmhm8430]

@@dobbs8463 *laughs in no money*

[@streptokokke1003]

When opening the case I expected a golden light, like in Pulp Fiction.

[@franciszekwekka3247]

"Vincent, are we happy?"

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Me too

[@465marko]

I was expecting a human shit. Imagine that! "Ohhh... _"laid"_ by Eric Clapton. Riggght. See, I think there's been a misunderstanding"

[@reeko9781]

@@franciszekwekka3247 "Yeah we happy".

[@travelingman4850]

I was thinking the same thing but Legend of Zelda. With the treasure chest music...

[@MrMattguevara]

String played by Clapton breaks... New Title: This is What a $1.4 million Guitar Sounds Like!

[@redrock1963]

String played by Clapton breaks... New Title: This is What....my new guitar sounds like.

[@MrMattguevara]

@@redrock1963 haha. Yeah.

[@jotoman8358]

@@MrMattguevara lol

[@JBRockingjoe]

Awesome

[@danhill9952]

Preach!!!!

[@theguyinmaine]

It did sound better than most vintage strats I've heard. It was bright but not too much and held it's ground on the mids and base. Most lose one or the other.

[@jland12]

It failed to sell at auction. Some people were saying this video was part of the reason because it meant Clapton wasn't the last person to play it but that's a bit silly. Every guitar that goes to auction will have somebody have a go on it beforehand. Or slowhand in this case

[@nicoleteakm]

that's so dumb...I would assume that they almost always test guitars before auctioning them. they need to test if it works and determine what condition it's in. they probably just asked him instead to play it first to see if it works before auctioning

[@jellybIood]

I personally wouldn’t buy it bc Clapton is an ass now

[@gavriilkremastiotis1914]

@@jellybIood why

[@diptube6563]

Eric Clapton's popularity fell down the shitter too

[@daveybond]

@@gavriilkremastiotis1914 because people are sheep and don’t like people against the vaccine. Clapton had a bad reaction so he’s openly against the covid vaccine which is entirely understandable.

[@bohanananza5443]

You weren't kidding when you told us to turn on notifications

[@adamhufnagel9721]

Lol I started refreshing the page at 9:55

[@xtremefps_]

@@adamhufnagel9721 but it only goes to 9:45

[@adamhufnagel9721]

@@xtremefps_ The time of day, it was uploaded at 10

[@joaonuno439]

Headstock of the guitar on Clapton movie clip is from the 70's (big Headstock). This one is the "normal" Fender Strat Headstock...

[@MrRFasters]

Hmmm. I'm inclined to agree. Compare headstock details on 5:35 (modern headstock, some logo in head of headstock) and at around 8:44 in the vid. We do not seem to be looking at the same guitar and that's what it's all about - is it not?

[@identifiesas65.wheresmyche95]

Well, nobody placed a bid on this guitar anyway. Something odd going on here maybe?

[@dandyroll7610]

and is a hardtail!!!

[@raycuizon8226]

It sounds like a good ol Strat. Its never the guitar. Its the player. I have over 20 Custom Shop Fender and Gibsons and they sound like crap because I can't play for shit.

[@lukaskuipers7791]

The why the fuck do you have them

[@Morri_World]

@@lukaskuipers7791 he’s probably a collector

[@georgewilliams9531]

Usually collectors can't play them just think.Leo Fender did not play a guitar at all .That's something to think about

[@kikalunas7449]

Im also a crap player but love my collection

[@agnostic47]

@@lukaskuipers7791 Same reason guys have cars that can do 200mph when the speed limit is 70.

[@tjzambonischwartz]

I got to play Blackie in the early nineties. It was at Fender's corporate headquarters at the time and I had connections. "Connections" meaning my dad took me to work with him sometimes.

[@shaqeelzainalabdeen231]

You're fucking kidding

[@tjzambonischwartz]

@@shaqeelzainalabdeen231 It's pretty damned unbelievable, I'll admit, but back in the early-mid 90s my dad was the head of Fender's pro audio division and the Sunn amplifiers brand. As a result when he'd put in extra hours on the weekends he'd sometimes take me with him and give me a peek behind the scenes and show me some of the cooler stuff around the office. Blackie was there at the time because they were measuring the neck profile for the Clapton signature series strats.

[@shaqeelzainalabdeen231]

@@tjzambonischwartz jesus u are lucky as hell

[@tjzambonischwartz]

@@shaqeelzainalabdeen231 to be perfectly fair I was eleven years old and didn't fully appreciate the importance of the artifact at the time.

[@Mick-Dempsey]

That is beyond awesome,good for you dude.😄

[@diannehogan7605]

When you opened the case I was waiting for the golden glow, like in Pulp Fiction.

[@2Guys1ControllerShow]

Wait... You didn't see a gold glow? I'm not sorry.

[@TheBeijingWarrior]

Or the Ark from Indiana Jones

[@shuster1921]

Nope, just the smell of stale beer and spilt bong water,,,

[@michaellindsey3280]

I was kinda hoping the case would become unbalanced an flip off his lap lol

[@TheSavagederek]

Incredible guitar with an equally incredible history. Eric is my all time favourite player. The feel he puts into his playing is superb. And for me at least, the Stratocaster, is the greatest guitar ever created. Leo, Freddie and George were absolute geniuses.

[@VanjaSpirin]

Man, you are such a beleiver. It is a strat. A bit of a wood, metal and plastic. Not a divine creation.

[@shaqeelzainalabdeen231]

You've won the Award known as 'World's luckiest human being'

[@rive3051]

this is amazing

[@mhsandifer]

I hope he never bitches about anything, ever again

[@Jidan_lived]

Ifkr

[@markcoren2842]

The exact opposite of the Darwin Award 🤪

[@quinnmitchel4075]

Yeh. I can play guitar good and can do some lead and licks but I dont have enough licks in my lick shed to be able to try out guitars with just playing licks. I have to come prepared with learning new riffs and stuff before going to a guitarcenter. I need to learn his licks

[@LogansLessons]

If I’d had that thing in my hands chances are I’d forget everything I know instantly for no apparent reason

[@Ambience20]

that's the opposite of what should happen

[@charli9289]

Ambience20 actually that's what would happen to me.

[@Ambience20]

@@charli9289 have you tried a better amp

[@charli9289]

Ambience20 nah if I had eric's guitar, i'd be playing it with his amp too. my muscle memory (and even hands) might be the problem lmao

[@brznibba1108]

By any chance do you know the name of the song at 6:56?

[@Dave-we7sf]

That Marshall key holder is sick Yes, that’s what I got from this video.

[@TheLemonKiller]

Same

[@roberto3262]

Those are definitely cool. No too expensive either. 👍

[@taylorm_2892]

Lol I had to pause when I saw that was dope!

[@quinncrooker107]

@BillowsPillow Ha! So relatable!!

[@roberto3262]

@BillowsPillow LOL! You know, there's free help for people that are in abusive relationships like yours 🤣

[@mikew.762]

The best guitar I ever played was one of Jon Bon Jovi’s guitars, the thing felt like playing butter. 😊

[@NefariousEnough]

lol. Did you make it extra creamy?

[@mikew.762]

@@NefariousEnough, it was like playing a guitar with the string completely loose but it still sounded in tune. As.

[@sethpujol1704]

I never played butter

[@alexandergraf8855]

The best guitar I played as a kid was John Deacons Bass guitar and I broke it.

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

So sticky?

[@iaganfoss]

Eric clapton’s guitar with Eddie Van Halen’s guitar pick? Should’ve played some jimmy hendrix while you’re at it

[@samsmusic9527]

Purple haze baby

[@samsmusic9527]

@Walter Yugoslavia voodoo child

[@Markle2k]

DEMONETIZED! edit: Damnit! I had one word to spell correctly.

[@tylerskott4903]

He should of actually played the guitar instead of this joke of a video

[@mileskessler2905]

Remembering Clapton's reaction to Jimi playing in England I think the guitar would explode

[@mattsunblade367]

The whole time I’m watching and my head is going “Don’t break a string don’t break a string don’t break a string...”

[@jonasfranciscoblancoperez6246]

True!🤣

[@Diego-uq3yg]

In fact I was thinking if he had it tuned in Eb

[@scottayton1009]

Same thought!

[@pachong1]

Like seriously. They’d have to deduct at least 100k.

[@ChordBender]

Hillarious!! Some people are just a little "slow."

[@iaganfoss]

Imagine how terrified he was when he was tuning up

[@Marta1Buck]

after hearing that Clapton was the last person playing that string.

[@avelinopereira9773]

@Collin Vail megadeth boi

[@avelinopereira9773]

It'll be a horror movie for me

[@avelinopereira9773]

bruhhh

[@adamrichards3174]

*POP, sproing!*

[@tlumaczy1507]

Behind such price is all the time only history of that guitar. Nothing else... piece of... history! That's it!

[@alexandergraf8855]

Piece of wood 😁 But it has all what we would consider an upgrade nowadays

[@rudolfdesadeleer7995]

I still cannot believe that it sounded like a fender stratocaster

[@Joefalconeri001]

Some plastic surgeon, or Wall Street broker, or politician, or drug dealer will be a happy new owner.

[@MrLastlived]

@@Joefalconeri001 Even drug Kings just want to shred sometimes

[@alancharlesworth2153]

@@AzathothsAlarmClock I know there's people on social media who "slag off" celebrities for no other reason than to make themselves feel special. But you have just hit new depths in the bottom of the sewer, congratulations!!

[@opticFPV]

@@alancharlesworth2153 Cancel culture is fucking dumb

[@filipkasovski4368]

Nothing special about this guitar and Eric Clapton, as far as I am concerned that guitar will lose value once the true face of Eric is known

[@breakingboxesmtg1585]

This was a genius marketing move by the auction house.

[@aniqanuar6320]

its win win for both parties

[@sandmancesar]

Idk I don't think the guy with one million dollars to spare is watching these videos.

[@johanndaart7326]

I like it, because we get to hear it played before it goes to some box at collector's house.

[@Nightshade1881]

@@sandmancesar you’re very wrong lots of young multi millionaires out there That are pretty damn goof at guitar.

[@severalsedrack]

How so? people that buy these things were already contacted by the auction house, it's not like Tyler's audience is filled with people ready to spend 1,5 mill on a guitar. They're hoping this vid goes viral and maybe catch a few eyes...

[@UMANGPLAYS]

Guy: 1 or 1.5 million Pawn stars: lemme call a guy who knows about guitars..... best I can do is 50,000 $.

[@RoboSteave]

"I'll have replace the strings, pay somebody to clean it up, get all that gunk off the finger board, probably put new pickups on it, get a modern case for it.... I can do $52,000 if it'll help you out."

[@ethanmichael7940]

@@RoboSteave they wouldn't do that at all. Takes away from the asking price of real collectors

[@riley_3153]

@@ethanmichael7940 that’s the joke dude

[@riley_3153]

@@RoboSteave ive gotta frame it, get the chips fixed, maybe even change the whole neck

[@RoboSteave]

@@riley_3153 LOL Riley, I'm glad somebody gets it. Meanwhile, Chumlee would be like, "who's Rick Clapton?"

[@rustypugh123]

Wow man I can't believe how you were handling it with one hand so nonchalantly. I would have had two hands on that thing at all times

[@EdwardKrzynowek-fx5to]

Now, that's funny. If not for your comment, I never would have remembered this little story, about a similar situation. I was in a jewelry store somewhere, maybe back in Ohio, at least 40 years ago. The store wasn't a typical jewelry store. There were items of all kinds displayed in cases, on tables, stands, and shelves, but where only the employees could actually touch them. There was one particular vase on a shelf, that had what appeared to be old world Chinese decorations painted on it. It was marked 'only' $20,000 or so, if I remember correctly. Nothing like your Strat there. The vase was on the wall, behind a counter that totally prevented me from getting anywhere near it. Still, when I saw the price, I carefully and deliberately backed away from the counter, all the way to the wall behind me. I couldn't get any farther away. I thought, if that thing somehow mysteriously falls off the shelf and breaks, I don't want to be anywhere near it when it does. I couldn't get out of there fast enough. You see, I remember the time, back in the 60s, when my step parent had a brand spanking new Polaroid camera. As I walked by, I guess maybe my coat brushed against it, because it fell to the floor. And, I never felt a thing. I don't remember if it broke, or not. But, the step guy looked over at me when he heard the sound, as I said, "It wasn't me! I swear I didn't do it!" He said, "Well, you're the only one anywhere near it. It must have been you". You know the saying about your whole life flashing through your mind, right before you die? That was me. I was maybe 12 or 13 years old. Ahhh--the good old days. 😂

[@andybrown6981]

@@EdwardKrzynowek-fx5to I bought this new camera thing in the eighties, built in flash. I took a few photos. It slipped out of my pocket, into the toilet bowl and never worked again.

[@rcredmon]

I would immediately forget every riff I've ever learned.

[@RC32Smiths01]

My wallet jumped off a cliff reading that title.

[@xMERKaDERKx]

"How does it feel?" "Feels like a million bucks!" Missed opportunity right there haha

[@iaganfoss]

“Feels like I should’ve be holding it!”

[@bcamcam2]

But in reality it's more like "Priceless".

[@77news97]

Oh, man! If I'd had the insight to appreciate all of the instruments I owned over the past five decades. I bought and sold them in need. They were bought in love and sold in desperation. I'm sure they would be worth close to $100,000 today. Hindsight is 20/20. Some were Fenders, but most were Gibsons. Les Pauls, SGs, Juniors, Melody Makers, Strats and Telecasters.

[@melodymakermark]

@77news97, “bought out of love and sold out of desperation”. That pretty well sums it up for me through the ‘70’s and ‘80’s.

[@kevincz99]

I would definitely forget how to play when I picked that thing up.

[@ZaneDalton]

Same bro

[@MrCasquenoir]

Haha same!

[@paulbrooks7584]

me too

[@phil393]

Yeah me too,, go straight into playing smoke on the water or house of the rising sun..

[@Randombikekid]

I saw the title and though he was gonna buy it.

[@Luke_Marinara]

Same

[@gustavoblandin892]

I was just saying "damn thats some good ass ad revenue"

[@mjb4671]

Same bro

[@cainjohnson4629]

Same

[@bocajchannel443]

Yh same

[@inkestrel]

Tyler: 1.500.000$ guitar Me with 100$ squier: *INTERESTING*

[@richardlynch5632]

It's the craftsman, not the tools😉👍😎

[@aidancarlisle6237]

consider upgrading dont want to be a dick its just a lot harder to learn on a cheap guitar, especially a squier

[@briandiarte25]

@@richardlynch5632 not always

[@richardlynch5632]

@@aidancarlisle6237 Have and have had many expensive top name guitars. Will NEVER let my Squier go. Great playing and sounding guitar.👍😎

[@Themonist]

@@richardlynch5632 This

[@labdrive]

Cool! But it is not the guitar played by Clapton in the video bits shown. The guitar in Clapton's hands has the large headstock, while this one has the standard-sized headstock.

[@RuShEd_AltF4]

Imagine using a $500 guitar becoming famous and then selling it for millions.

[@TwoFaceB34ts]

he wasnt just famous he was a historical artist way ahead of his time nothing like youtube fame these days. tbh they shouldnt have let anyone play this guitar since eric was last one to play it, makes me think that wasnt the truth.

[@RuShEd_AltF4]

@@TwoFaceB34ts I think if millions people know about you, and like the work you do you're famous

[@DrinkWater713]

@@TwoFaceB34ts They allowed it because it doesn't make a difference. No one will change their mind about buying it just for that.

[@aaroncrosby2173]

That's exactly what happens

[@emptyarms6113]

it didn't sell lol

[@Not_Sure-2020]

"$1,500,000 Guitar Sounds Like" ... what my computer speakers allow it to sound like.

[@brunomantovaneli6076]

@@fancychannelname "the last person who played this guitar was Clapton, so I'm definitely not changing the strings"

[@rc4688]

Wear head phones. It sounds $12.82 better.

[@tikvision]

Sounds just like any other guitar.

[@g-palloyd3600]

Yep, except you can’t discount the Clapton connection!

[@adrianlee3497]

Not Sure; And my 7/11 earbuds. 😆😆

[@rldunner9993]

Finally a guitar that’s proportionally expensive to the klon centaur pedal lmao

[@elysaskew7210]

does it chug?

[@digthemusicman483]

I like to think while we're all "hmming and hawwwing" over this million dollar Strat, that Eric Clapton is just sitting somewhere in his house, watching a fishing channel, completely oblivious to this

[@everettsykes1774]

Never been a big Clapton fan Give ya a grand for it.

[@billg5204]

I'm still floored by Clapton's comment on '60 Minutes' that fishing was the only thing he felt he could do with some level of competence.

[@stoofbuis]

you bet !

[@infowazz]

@@everettsykes1774 me either. he's good and his songs are good but i never get really excited over his music.

[@conservat1vepatr1ot]

@@everettsykes1774 I love Eric Clapton and this comment is fucking gold 🤣. “Never been a big Clapton fan. Give ya a grand for it.”

[@bombercountyblues]

They let you play Eric's strat, with Eddie's pick and didn't even give you one of jimi's amps to plug in to... what a disappointing day!

[@Nightseeker36]

They didn't even let him use Slash's tuner smh

[@scottskura3706]

Blahahahahahahaha...

[@oldermusiclover]

well you know how to teach a guitar player to swim? You throw his amp in the water lol

[@sips4296]

@@oldermusiclover chuckles in acoustic

[@edithdelrey]

didn’t even give him anything jimmy page related😔🤚🏻

[@ryanp7782]

Next week: I bought a 1,500,000 dollar guitar

[@BlueTrane2028]

Down payment, junk the garbage BMW...

[@creedolala6918]

"I traded 2,032 pedals for a new guitar"

[@admiralrng6506]

@ThatsRaidillonActually nice name

[@Icantdrive55]

Following week: wife files for divorce.

[@mborel]

Why not? He just spent 5 grand on a Klon Centaur, now he needs the perfect vintage guitar to go with it.

[@MegHumper]

incredible how it has the sound only erics guitar would have. crazy. seems oddly worth the money if that's your thing and you have the means.

[@Jamsville]

Alternate title: this is what a 78 bitcoin guitar sounds like

[@mats5217]

Bruh lol

[@johnsmith-pw7oj]

lmao wut

[@mats5217]

@@johnsmith-pw7oj it funny bc it true

[@profound369]

Best comment

[@raybenjaminkiekel2854]

For now...

[@revanthmunnangi5319]

"Eric was the last person who played those strings" Wow

[@ericrundgren7257]

Yes I was

[@Kothas01]

I doubt it

[@Davidmallen429]

Not buying that for a second. Makes no sense.

[@nimrodsson4029]

If it exchanged owners over the years, someone else has played it. Guaranteed

[@ryang3225]

@@nimrodsson4029 or the previous owners knew how much of a fricken collectors piece this was and didn’t play it. I mean shit. I wouldn’t.

[@ElDuderino502]

Playing clapton's Strat while wearing a WEEN shirt.

[@csl4159]

The boognish played that guitar, merely guiding Tyler's hand

[@jedwesson31]

And using a van halen pick

[@nolan6183]

@@rylandweet7750 you got the wrong idea there, pal

[@lakritsiputki6604]

Perfect.

[@beanlegume9965]

Clapton was a ween.

[@TheRhino2719]

Snark tuner left an imprint in the headstock I bet. Found out the hard way not to use those on any nitro finished guitar after it screwed up the paint on my SG headstock. What an experience this was though!

[@NaseIV]

Picks up Clapton’s guitar *forgets all songs*

[@Zazume_]

It's magical. It absorbs all knowledge about guitars of the person holding it and transfers it directely to Eric. That's why he is so good.

[@jaimem9869]

me

[@brznibba1108]

Do you know the name of the song at 6:56?

[@christiangallagher8856]

You could change your KZbin channel name to “Music is Expensive”

[@silenuic]

@@brznibba1108 Ben & Liv - Taking my stones

[@LadyGreyAgeingDisGracefully]

I love the little “hello” to the guitar. True artist appreciating the life in the instrument.

[@CosmicHarmony58]

I hug and sleep with mine.

[@-peyat]

@@CosmicHarmony58 bruh dont roll over on it

[@sleevelessace]

@@CosmicHarmony58 i hug mine to lol

[@EdwardKrzynowek-fx5to]

That might not be so unusual. I read more than once that there were instances where native Americans--I don't know which tribe or tribes--said a prayer before eating, for instance, a deer they killed while hunting. They directly addressed the deer, thanking it for providing food for them and their family. If it played out similarly in your case, the added feature might be that you would thank the tree that provided the wood for your Fender Strat, and the guitar itself. Then you'd set in on fire, to cook your food--like maybe hot dogs on a stick? Or, marshmallows? 😅

[@ant8215]

Am I the only person to say out loud "the pick of destiny!!" When he said van halen's guitar pick?

[@AGhostInTheFog]

I definitely thought it 😂

[@CasuaLeeMusic]

As did I!! 🎸😈🤘🏽🙌🏽🔥

[@martinmcgimpsey9750]

Awesome video! Good job putting it through it’s paces! Lucky! $1,500,000, I wish! Thank you for sharing that with us! Very cool!

[@TheSauceGiver]

You use too many explanation marks🤔 Are you like, some sort of alien who just landed on earth, and your trying to understand the way of human life? The way you text just seems... NOT HUMAN? Idk😭😭

[@TheSauceGiver]

You use too many explanation marks🤔 Are you like, some sort of alien who just landed on earth, and your trying to understand the way of human life? The way you text just seems... NOT HUMAN? Idk😭😭

[@nethbt]

like a TRUE snake oil salesman.. "Eric was the last one to play it" yeah rrright

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

He meant strings.

[@EvilSSP]

Except literally every person to pick it up since it left his hands

[@TheNinnyfee]

Not anymore now.

[@graphicartdude]

I know right. If Clapton was the last to touch it they just ruined that story by having this guy play it.

[@johnnybird7593]

If they had told him clapton jizzed all over it, his wife would have done the test...😆

[@ramonrodriguez7591]

The 1954 Fender Stratocaster was up for auction via Gotta Have Rock and Roll from Nov. 25 to Dec. 5, and the minimum opening bid was set at $1 million, but the auction came and went without a single bid being placed on the guitar.

[@Emrez3]

Not 'that' precious at all... :)

[@youthteenager2407]

@@Emrez3 Well, considering this man literally played it right after being told that Clapton was the last to play it, kinda devalues the entire guitar. He was literally touching all over it.

[@Dylan_Sterling]

@@youthteenager2407Please tell me you don’t actually believe that if you were to buy that guitar that Clapton was the last to play it. If you do, you must have a freezing temperature IQ.

[@youthteenager2407]

@@Dylan_Sterling one of the biggest factors in the guitar not getting a single bid was this video...

[@plasmic8968]

@@youthteenager2407 Yeah but a lot of those people are kind of retarded... If i were to go after buying a guitar THAT expensive, would you not think someone would test it to see if it works? that counts a playing it, 10 people or more have probably played that guitar so it doesn't really matter at all.

[@AdamPage85]

(Starts playing Layla) Guitar: "Oh, this song again..."

[@deadchannelseriouslyitsdea9776]

You can read that as the guitar being annoyed, but I prefer to read it as the guitar being nostalgic, saying it like an old woman would recall her highschool love life

[@AdamPage85]

@@deadchannelseriouslyitsdea9776 I left it ambiguous on purpose. I liked it both as an annoyance and as a reminiscence so I left it open to interpretation. Haha

[@maxbeene927]

Great comment

[@LPJMagicmusic]

@@AdamPage85 yeah change the tone in which you read and it could sound romantic. What a special thing playing this guitar would be.

[@lukasrydelius6174]

Why did eric clapton get rid of his guitar??

[@Dghhvgjnb]

This is amazing... It... Sounds... Like.... Guitar.

[@rocco4238]

I wonder what it’s like to be trusted enough to play a guitar like that.

[@sonsauvage]

Anything that valuable has an equally monumental insurance policy attached

[@Professor-Scientist]

Not bad

[@DanielBoonelight]

yea and then go into that scary beating on the strings and pickup area thing he immediately goes into... wtf was that?

[@zeusolympus1664]

I mean its Eric who adds to the value of the guitar, not the guitar itself. So it is an Stratocaster which ever way you look at.

[@bdc211]

@@DanielBoonelight 4:35

[@moonchild4806]

Peak Tyler, wearing a Ween short to play Eric Clapton's strat

[@n0-one0]

I couldn't remember what logo it was. Looked up MXPX and The Wild Thornberrys before I saw this comment.

[@jamlive6650]

@@n0-one0 Its the Boognish mang

[@bentertainment6932]

Moon Child boognish!!

[@jakehyrule7260]

@@jamlive6650 stallion mannggg

[@KyleBrianAbbott]

Goooood looooord - yeah that guitar nice.....but your touch is out of this world dude.

[@casesuit]

@MrMisterMan im tired of seeing people getting called "simps" because they say something nice. Stop it already.

[@Bloodfang152]

@@casesuit now adays if you express any type of energy besides hate they’ll call you a simp- which still makes no sense anyway but they wonder why this world os such a cold place

[@casesuit]

@@Bloodfang152 i couldn't said it better myself.

[@slapmanjohn1189]

@cruel decimation oh damn hit me with their youtube channels where they play 1.5 million dollar guitars and rack up hundreds of thousands of subscribers then. Can't wait to hear back, I'm sure they're all easily as good as Tyler.

[@ice8776]

@@casesuit guys the hero is here to save us

[@MrToddsimmers]

Dylan Kosinski is the coolest m/f for letting us get to see this and letting you play it! Thanks Dylan! so neat!

[@GroovyBabyYeah]

I mean now they can’t say Eric was the last person to play it

[@freedustin]

They can still say Eric put those strings on and broke them in.

[@louiscarrollmusic-lcm5331]

Yeah. Not so Shaggadelic

[@henri.stach1208]

Oh behaaaaave

[@mangohysteria]

So will d price drop now? 😅😅

[@niclastname]

We all know they're still going to. It probably wasn't even true when they said it to Tyler lol. Of _course_ someone tried it out when they received it.

[@chrisashby32]

absolutely majestic. That's how a guitar should sound right there.

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

My 1996 Squier 50th Anniversary does. Honestly.

[@leonardodimenza6714]

@@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 My 2012 Squier bullet strat does too, Squier's are actually really good no matter what everyone says

[@Titantitan001]

Like all guitars similar to that?

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

@@leonardodimenza6714 Absolutely. If you try a bunch of guitars now you'll definitely find one sounding as good as that. The rest of it is just a mojo of it being vintage and played by Clapton.

[@benjaminrapp7418]

As much as I can appreciate the tone, tone is subjective and that tone wouldn't be what I'd want.

[@skinnynuggetsmith7548]

7:13 With the subtitles on, while using a wah pedal, the subtitles actually say 'Wow' but no one spoke.

[@Slammaramma]

Lmao

[@timmzzzz88]

That was God speaking

[@icggames2.063]

@@timmzzzz88 👍👌

[@maverick13k57]

That was Eric

[@privateer0561]

I imagine any number of the most famous guitar players on the planet would have loved to have the opportunity to play this guitar. You're a lucky man!

[@franx82]

The guitar Eric is playing in the video is an early 70's Strat (big headstock, bullet truss rod, 1 string tree) with a standard tremolo bridge.

[@briant3404]

yes these people with the guitar and the video are idiots

[@MichaelHuff63]

He was playing a soft tail and never mentioned it, kind of wierd not too.

[@kevinohalloran7164]

Bingo! Thank-you! I just pointed that out, below a comment about the guitar failing to sell. You did a better job, though.

[@danielschear556]

@@briant3404 Different guitar shown with Clapton in the video? That's just nitpicking isn't it....🤣

[@TheLizardskin]

I saw that too.

[@TheAgentAssassin]

"Now play Hendrix!" (grabs lighter fluid) "NO NO NO NO NO Not that Hendrix!!!"

[@fadeskywards1245]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! that made me laugh loud

[@Marta1Buck]

the only Hendrix's technique I could play

[@elliottheredia6810]

Lol!

[@GodOfWhine]

666 likes, not going to touch it

[@timmartin6274]

OK, up to 667. Now I'll do it. And that is a hilarious comment - Kudos to you and your quick wit...

[@dylanburns3290]

Good for you, Tyler. I cant imagine how meaningful this was for you... I can hear it in your playing. What a life you've lived so far 👏

[@WigsxD]

Yeah, there is no way he would have sounded like that on a new American Strat. 🙄

[@NisseHesedingMusic]

I recieved a 1982 62‘s Vintage Reissue Strat by an old friend of mine who passed away three weeks ago. May he rest in peace. 🕊️ It sounds very similar to this one. They‘re about 3.000 to 9.000$ on Reverb. It’s like a miracle that happened. I had the vision 3 months ago, that someday I get a perfect Stratocaster for free, for no reason. It happened! 😇😇😇😆 I had to adjust the pickups with treble side on 1.6mm and bass side on 2mm. Sounds awesome, feels perfect! 😍

[@JoeMoss83]

Why does anyone expect it to sound any different than a Strat? It's a great guitar, but you are paying 1,499,000 for it's historical value.

[@RycheForOrder]

Exactly....guaranteed you can get a MIM strat to sound just as good

[@dustybottoms2780]

No shit?

[@Und34d_R]

Right. Nothing special about it. It was Clapton's mind and talent that was special.

[@3DLasers]

So how come those Strat's are so expensive ? A real American Strat or a Stratavarius ?...

[@JoeMoss83]

@@3DLasers A new strat will not surpass $2 - 3 thousand. Like one of those American Vintage anniversary models. Anything above that is probably used and falls into that memorabilia/collectors category because it was used by someone famous

[@VictorNascimentoo]

"Who was the last person to play this guitar?" "It used to be Clapton, but now it's a random dude"

[@rrdream2400]

love this!

[@5000rgb]

Who would buy a guitar and not give a strum?

[@alteredquellist9742]

Seriously. Why the fuck would you corrupt that. Anyone paying a mil for Clapton's guitar deserves it in the condition it was left in by Clapton, him being the last to play it. Not this fucking guy.

[@TheMaxPower82]

@@alteredquellist9742 BS.

[@RepublicOfUs]

@@alteredquellist9742 Yup, 'cause they probably don't test the guitars at all before the auction/before they ship them out to whoever bought them. Please get over yourself, man.

[@markorollo.]

Story time, my mum's cousin once told us one day in the early 60's, before the big time happened for artists like them, she went to a pub in another town in which some singers and bands were performing, after one of them finished she got talking to him and he mentioned he had a gig in Manchester the night after, as she lived in Oldham, just outside Manchester, we all still do, she offered to drive him over, and said he could spend the night on the couch downstairs, he accepted the offer, drove over and did the gig the next day, the singer? Eric Clapton....

[@cm_azsd]

She was lucky

[@2wheelsondirt766]

I once played Pool vs Eric in the mad mongoose in Antigua, he bought the table for the bar and won the game...

[@peterhenning8854]

You could sell the carseats for a Million!

[@therelaxcentral]

My nan went to school with Ozzy Osbourne, and use to cut Denny Laine's hair (The Moody Blues and Wings) In the 60's.

[@RealJohnnyG]

That shows just how small the world is, thanks for sharing that. Truly fascinating.

[@glennchristie2316]

I met Ernest Tubb in Syracuse, NY - back stage and his Lead Guitar Player - Leon Rhodes gave me one of his picks. This took place back in the mid 60’s.

[@charlesroberts9900]

Eric’s strat, Van Halen’s pick......*plays wonderwall*

[@federicobravi5752]

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[@DarkShadows-me2fj]

@@federicobravi5752 0 3 6 5

[@JaDiLoco]

@@DarkShadows-me2fj 0 3 5

[@DarkShadows-me2fj]

@@JaDiLoco 3 0

[@olehantzschel7517]

U got me laughing dead bro 😂😂😂

[@hussledupgamejam]

yeah that's cool... but is it Jackson Dinky into a Line 6 Pod cool?

[@hounsdjentlow3074]

"Get outta here, kid" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kitten-whisperer]

It sounds like a dinky. Or a ibanez or a squire. Or any other guitar ever.

[@TheAgentAssassin]

A squire into a Crate amp with DOD distortion! FTW

[@nolanr7679]

IS IT METAL ZONE COOL?!?!?

[@TheGyroBarqusShow]

What's I like the most about the video is that it's straight to the point and also not a click bait. Loved it one of the very emotional videos I've ever watched about a guitar.

[@MRRVADrums]

Wowzers… I would have been SO scared I was going to break a string tuning it or even playing it. Looks and sounds like a dream.

[@morethinkingneeded2112]

You're not buying what it sounds like, you're buying it for what it did.

[@lukaskuipers7791]

No shit

[@jasonggabbott]

But it sounds awesome!

[@shanghunter7697]

@@lukaskuipers7791 Stellar communication skills there skippy ! Happy holidays now, ya miserable tiny prick

[@agnostic47]

And then hang it on the wall?

[@noxure]

and to evade taxes

[@yeahitscool4239]

"Eric Clapton was the last person to play those strings" just as he is tuning the top E sting. All I could think was "snap".

[@6stringsandapick]

Should have started by playing "Smoke on the Water" and gotten kicked out!

[@thenothing2786]

That’s honestly what i thought was gonna happen

[@s.l.sixgaming2154]

No better Stairway LOL

[@mustafaaljumaah72]

No that's literally how you remove all worth from a guitar

[@chrisashby32]

straight up disrespectful lol

[@vincentnguyen3068]

@@s.l.sixgaming2154 Sacrilegious, Plant would personally find you to smack ya straight up in the face and tbh I could see to that lmao

[@bobcabo4509]

Before anyone makes any more naïve comments about Clapton being the last person the play this guitar, lets consider reality. 1) do we know who bought the guitar at auction? did they just display it somewhere and never played it? I doubt it. 2) The strings on it are 25-35 years old. The last time EC used it was in 1985. They would go dead just sitting in the case. 3) Eric's guitar tech went over the 100+ guitars sold at auction on June 24, 1999. He certainly saw that were all tuned, because many perspective buyers were allow to inspect and play them before paying thousands of dollars for them. So guitar tech Lee Dickson and Tom, Dick and Harry have all had their mitts on it and the others before it sold and then who really knows between 1999 and 2022. Some people here actually think that the strings are the prize here and the guitar is secondary.

[@thischannelexistsforsomere9584]

It sounds just like a $200 strat! Amazing!

[@Shaylok]

Electronics and tech for pickups has vastly improved. Sub $1,000 guitars now sound even better than high end instruments from the 80's. Just don't go below the $600.00 dollar mark.

[@porkytv6025]

@@Shaylok i use 600+ dollar guitar but we changed the pickup and used marshall amplifier (2k usd)

[@Shaylok]

@@porkytv6025 Marshal is the Holy Grail of amps. You pay a bit of a premium for that. There are very good amps for far less, but Marshal is in a league of its own. Good choice. You'll never regret it.

[@porkytv6025]

@@Shaylok yeah, i had someone from other side of country to custom my guitar along with marshall amplifier. It sounds damn amazing

[@vladislave7826]

@@Shaylok there are a lot of great sounding and playing guitars under 600 dollar mark. I do own a harley benton amarok-6. Got it B-Stock for 400 euro and for that price you get: locking tuners, emg retro active pickups and neck-thru constriction.

[@STRAWBERRYSTUDIO2]

2:08 On the headstock, nut height 6th string (E) the burning of the cigarette often stuck there by Eric.

[@adamwalker7856]

Good spot.

[@philldownes8685]

jamaican woodbine holder

[@chrishamilton2559]

Was gonna leave this comment myself.

[@kviaak7979]

The headstock is different than in the old videos showing him with the guitar? Am I the only one seeing it?

[@jcampride7465]

@@kviaak7979 yeah its different

[@DARTH_FADER]

Maybe one day I'll have enough money to own a Ween shirt

[@mikequinlivan8842]

The boognish awaits your arrival.

[@jasonwaycott8829]

Lol

[@keithpitts5560]

I once owned a '58 i bought in a pawn shop for $250. My question is, would a 1954 Strat originally have a 5 position selector switch? The '58 had a 3 position switch. Also, the guitar in the Clapton footage has the CBS headstock and decal.

[@zakcritch8706]

You do have a point

[@alonzogarbanzo]

Notably, as can be clearly seen at 8:15. Good catch, and nobody seems to be accounting for that puzzling discrepancy.

[@billshiff2060]

Nothing saying the strat in the vid is this one. I know Clapton didn't like hard tails as this one is. The guitar in the vid has a vibrato so this is not the guitar from the video even though he is playing slide on it.

[@MorsDengse]

Options are: 1) KZbin poster faked it, and there is no real guitar for sale. 2) Auction is fake, and they try to scam for 1M$. 3) The guitar in the video is not the one for sale.

[@WarzoneDads]

Ditto... I noticed the same...