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Clapton's Guitar : Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument
Clapton's Guitar : Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument by Allen St. John is out now.
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Praise for Clapton's Guitar:
"St. John's writing shares a deceptive lightness with Henderson's guitars. There is a wash of fascinating material in thes pages: playing techniques; guitar history (Les Paul made his first functioning electric guitar from a railroad tie), ho to find the near extinct rosewood without going felonious (Henderson located a stash when the floors of Truman Capote's yacht were being replaced); and the pleasure of sitting in a cluttered workspace with a handful of friends, swapping jokes and stories."
--Kirkus Reviews
"If you own Slowhand on vinyl, you need this book"
--Playboy
"Skip the wait. Buy the book."
--Fast Company
Listen to Wayne playing a guitar much like Eric Clapton's on his new CD Made & Played:
Take Me Out to the Ballgame (3.7 MB)Sally Anne (3.9 MB)
Click the link below to read a sample.
'I think it's great,' said Eric Clapton as he looked first at his host, and then at the magical instrument on his lap. 'Especially on the top strings. Itís easy to bend. It's got a good ringing quality.' ...
Wayne Henderson seems most at home when he's whittling on the bracing of a guitar top. He always sits in the same chair for whittling-Gabby's chair near Gerald's workbench...
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