what guitar did clapton play?
Fender Stratocaster Gibson SG C. F. Martin & Company
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 Clapton biographer David Bowling calls the album " early and important rock ' n ' roll ... It remains an important step in the evolution of rock music . " A review in Guitar Player magazine included : 

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 When Harrison joined the Quarrymen in 1958 his main guitar was a Höfner President Acoustic , which he soon traded for a Höfner Club 40 model . His first solid @-@ body electric guitar was a Czech @-@ built Jolana Futurama / Grazioso . The guitars he used on early recordings were mainly Gretsch models , played through a Vox amplifier , including a Gretsch Duo Jet that he bought secondhand in 1961 , and posed with on the album cover for Cloud Nine ( 1987 ) . He also bought a Gretsch Tennessean and a Gretsch Country Gentleman , which he played on " She Loves You " , and during the Beatles ' 1964 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show . In 1963 he bought a Rickenbacker 425 Fireglo , and in 1964 he acquired a Rickenbacker 360 / 12 guitar , which was the second of its kind to be manufactured . Harrison obtained his first Fender Stratocaster in 1965 and used it in recording Rubber Soul , notably on the song " Nowhere Man " . 

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 " Crossroads " became a part of Cream 's repertoire when Clapton began performing with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker in July 1966 . Their version features a prominent guitar riff with hard @-@ driving , upbeat instrumental backing and soloing . Clapton previously recorded " Ramblin ' on My Mind " with Mayall and " From Four Until Late " with Cream using arrangements that followed Johnson 's original songs more closely . However , he envisioned " Crossroads " as a rock song : 

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 Although apprehensive about his son 's interest in pursuing a music career , in late 1956 Harrison 's father bought him a Dutch Egmond flat top acoustic guitar . A friend of his father 's taught Harrison how to play " Whispering " , " Sweet Sue " and " Dinah " , and , inspired by Donegan 's music , Harrison formed a skiffle group called the Rebels with his brother Peter and a friend , Arthur Kelly . On the bus to school Harrison met Paul McCartney , and the pair bonded over their shared love of music . 

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 Harrison 's playing on Abbey Road , and in particular on " Something " , marked a significant moment in his development as a guitarist . The song 's guitar solo shows a varied range of influences , incorporating the blues guitar style of Clapton and the styles of Indian gamakas . According to author and musicologist Kenneth Womack : " ' Something ' meanders toward the most unforgettable of Harrison 's guitar solos ... A masterpiece in simplicity , [ it ] reaches toward the sublime " . Harrison received an Ivor Novello award in July 1970 for " Something " , as " The Best Song Musically and Lyrically of the Year " . 
