Heard an interview with Clapton on U.S. radio recently and he was talking about being influenced by Delaney and Bonnie and the Tulsa sound. Tulsa players are part of an ensemble, no star soloist, also led to his association with JJ Cale, all of which contributed to a change in his style as well as a change in his choice of guitar, the strat. I've got to say that his strat tones sound pretty hot on the Cream reunion DVD. I've been looking at strats lately and I believe if you want to make them wail, you need slightly hotter pickups.
