Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: Ko te whiriwhiri a Clapton i nga guitar hiko he mea nui ki te tangata ano; rite ki a Hank Marvin, nga Beatles me Jimi Hendrix, i whai mana nui a Clapton ki te whakatairanga i nga tauira motuhake o te guitar hiko. I te taha o nga Yardbirds, i purei a Clapton i te Fender Telecaster, i te Fender Jazzmaster, i te Gretsch 6120 tapahi-rua, me te 1964 Cherry-Red Gibson ES-335. I noho ia hei kaitakaro Gibson mo te wa i tiimata mai i te waenganui o te tau 1965, i te wa i hokona ai e ia he kita Gibson Les Paul i whakamahia mai i te toa kita i Ranana. I korero a Clapton mo te ahua angiangi o te kaki, e tohu ana he tauira 1960 tera. I te timatanga o tana wa i Cream, i tahaetia te Paerewa Les Paul tuatahi a Clapton. I haere tonu ia ki te purei Les Pauls me Cream anake (ko tetahi i hokona mai i a Andy Summers he rite tonu ki te kita tahaetia) tae noa ki te 1967, i te wa i whiwhi ai ia i tana kita rongonui i tenei waa, he Gibson SG 1964, i tapaina ko "te Fool". I whakamahia e Clapton nga Les Paul me te SG hei hanga i tana "teitei wahine". I whakamārama ia i roto i tētahi uiuinga i te tau 1967, "Kei te pai ake taku whakatangi inaianei. Kei te whakawhanake au i taku e kiia nei ko taku 'tino wahine.' He oro reka, he mea rite ki te takitahi i runga i 'I Feel Free.' " E whakaahua ana te kaituhi a Michael Dregni i a ia hei "he matotoru, he pakari tonu, he nui rawa, engari he maeneene, he pakaru, he kiri". Ka tutuki te tangi ma te whakakotahitanga o nga tautuhinga mana tangi i runga i nga kita me te kaiwhakawhanake Marshall JTM45 a Clapton. E ai ki te maheni Vintage Guitar, "ko te waiata whakatuwhera me te waiata takitahi o 'Sunshine of Your Love' ko te mea tino pai rawa atu o te reo wahine". Ko te "Wairangi" a Clapton i whiwhi i tona ingoa mai i tana mahi peita hinengaro motuhake, i hangaia e te roopu toi whakaata e mohiotia ana ko te Fool (i mua noa o te putanga tuatahi o te US Cream i te 1967, ko te SG a Clapton, ko te Fender VI a Bruce, me te upoko puoro a Baker i peitahia katoa ki nga hoahoa hinengaro).  Pātai: He aha te momo kita e whakatangihia ana e Eric Clapton?
hiko