Editing Eric Johnson (guitarist) (section)

===Johnson guitar collection===
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Johnson generally does not collect guitars, as he is not interested in owning superfluous items. His collection is limited to the best-playing examples of the guitar he finds:

*1967 Flying V: Traded at a show for a 30s Dobro guitar, which he purchased just to swap for the Flying V.<ref name=":0" />
*1964 SG Maestro Vibrola: An instrument famously played by George Harrison on stage and during the recording of several Beatles albums, Eric generally avoided SGs for being unable to stay in tune, but traded two Marshall amplifiers for this particular one for its ability to hold a tune extremely well.<ref name=":0" />
*1962 Fender Stratocaster: This is the instrument stolen from his apartment in 1982. It had a Mustang pick up that Seymour Duncan had rewound himself. Found at a pawn shop 24 years later, Eric cross-referenced with serial numbers he had written down, and found the pawn shop had his stolen collection of guitars. He bought it back. It has 6.5 kΩ single-coil pickups (similar to the Seymour Duncan five two pickup available for purchase).
*1957 Fender Stratocaster: Bought at a show in Florida
*Undated early 80s Martin D45: A reissue of a prewar design purchased for him by his father after the 1982 incident
*1964 Gibson ES-335: Block inlay stop tail piece with lower output pickups, it has a ding from the photographer dropping equipment on it during the ''Venus Isle'' photo shoot.
*1966 Fender Bass VI: The replacement for one of the guitars stolen in the 1982 incident, it was featured on ''Bloom'''s "Tribute to Jerry Reed" and "On the Way to Love" on ''Up Close'' and other tracks.
*Prototype EJ Signature Fender Stratocasters: Eric tours with the final prototypes sent to him before production began of his signature models, including the thinline, and is not using examples from the production lineup available in stores.