![]() ![]() ![]() The encounter between Zemaitis and Clapton, who was in the process of going solo following the demise of Cream, was typical of the spit-and-sawdust discussions about guitars that took place in Tony’s home in Balham, South London, which also served as a workshop. It really was spooky just how the notes sounded like his voice. The uncanny thing was his playing was echoing his words and phrases as he spoke and the hairs on the back of my head stood up. “I can’t recall why, and while chatting away he picked up an early ‘test’ electric guitar and started strumming away as magic guitarists do. “Some time around 1969, Eric Clapton popped round,” the late British luthier Tony Zemaitis once recalled in The Z Gazette, a fanzine set up by the Zemaitis Owners’ Club to celebrate his work. Some time around 1969, Eric Clapton popped round ![]() So, why did Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, George Harrison, Ronnie Lane and many other legendary guitarists beat a path to his door? And how did he create some of the most beautiful - and copied - guitars of all time? We explore the Zemaitis story, examining a bevy of classic original guitars in detail… Tony Zemaitis worked alone in his own home, was unimpressed by celebrities and built only a few instruments every year. ![]()
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