Gibson Larry Carlton ES-335 vs Eric Clapton's Custom-Painted Gibson SG "The Fool"
The Gibson Larry Carlton ES-335 and the Eric Clapton's Custom-Painted Gibson SG "The Fool" are both electric guitars sharing sustaining. The Gibson Larry Carlton ES-335 leans smooth and warm. The Eric Clapton's Custom-Painted Gibson SG "The Fool" leans dynamic and transparent.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.48% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Blues
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- sustaining
Gibson Larry Carlton ES-335
Gibson · electric guitar
Eric Clapton's Custom-Painted Gibson SG "The Fool"
Gibson · electric guitar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$3540.83via Reverb
The Gibson Larry Carlton ES-335 is the signature semi-hollow of 'Mr. 335', based on his beloved 1969 ES-335. It combines the ES-335's warm, sustaining, feedback-resistant semi-hollow voice with refined appointments suited to Carlton's smooth jazz, blues and fusion playing. The center block tames feedback while the body adds warmth and bloom, giving singing leads and full chords.
The Fool is a 1964 Gibson SG that Eric Clapton commissioned the Dutch art collective The Fool, principally Marijke Koger and Simon Posthuma, to paint in 1967, wrapping the body, neck and headstock in swirling psychedelic imagery of angels, clouds and abstract colour. It debuted with Cream on 25 March 1967 at New Yorks RKO Theatre and became central to Claptons woman tone during that period. Because the artists never applied a sealer, the paint has flaked significantly over the decades, and Clapton later removed the vibrola plate, exposing more of the original artwork beneath.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Jazz
- Smooth Jazz
- Blues Rock
- smooth
- warm
- dynamic
- transparent
- crunchy
- bright
- mid-forward