Steve Clarke has reviewed many rare and famous guitars for various guitar magazines. The idea of “Famous Frets” is to look at these iconic Guitars in detail and learn why they sounded the way they did. Did they play well ? Did they have custom parts ? Was the sound due to lucky component matching or were the stars of the stage blessed with cutting edge bespoke parts which were not fitted to mainstream guitars ?
All will be revealed !!!
This took my breath away. Never in a million years did I ever think I’d be able to get my hands on this epic strat. The whole Rory Gallagher collection of more than 80 guitars plus amps and effects auctions at Bonhams London 17th October 2024. This collection deserves a book on it’s own…….I’m thinking…
So whilst I am down in Knightsbridge looking at another BIG collection (details coming shortly) I am asked if I could go to New York to look at the Eric Clapton Martin 000-28. This is guitar he recorded the famous song ‘Wonderful Tonight’ with. Next thing I know I am U.S bound and as my…
Click below to listen to Dave Sweetmore interviewing Steve about his new book Famous Frets Fotos.
When you are invited by Bonhams to assess a complete guitar collection prior to the upcoming sale at auction it is a bit daunting, especially when it is the entire Peter Green Collection. The collection was an eclectic range of guitars, mandolins, Turkish lutes and amps, so it was no surpirise I had to spend…
The new book is now on sale at all good book shops and Amazon or Select link below: https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/rock/various/famous-frets-fotos-vol-1/ Publication date 16th August 2024. In his first book Famous Frets Steve Clarke took a forensic deep dive into many famous guitars with detailed specifications of their construction with supporting photographs. This book Famous Frets Fotos…
Here is an article written for Brighter Times online magazine based in Devon.
Saw this post on YouTube of a short interview with Bruce Welch about the Red Strat featured in my book. Lovely short video taken from ITV news. Nice to see and thanks to Steve Reynolds for posting on YouTube!
I was lucky to be invited to check out this guitar out before it went to auction through Bonhams, London in October 2020. More info here: https://www.questmedianetwork.co.uk/news/tameside-reporter/iconic-guitar-sells-for-over-160k-at-auction/?fbclid=IwAR3eWRCwulDUMZjlgDB4E5a0XSB5wqi_8h9svddmjX1WaCVSb4IXOq6YTno
This is a guitar built by the late Sam Li that was brought to me by his step-daughter Fiona Beattie for some maintenance work. The book alongside is written by author Mark Eglinton and Fiona about the life of this remarkable man and his wonderfully skilled work carried out for many world famous guitarists (incl.…
This one has been “rockin’ all over the world’ and is a true work horse of a guitar. Having done almost 6,000 gigs, the famous green Fender Telecaster belonging to Francis Rossi of Status Quo is now going under the auctioneers hammer. I was lucky enough to take my screwdriver and camera to this beauty…
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