When Eric Clapton graced the MTV Unplugged stage with a pre-war Martin acoustic, he sailed against the wind of popular music. By 1992, grunge’s grip on guitar music was bruisingly tight, but in ...

Eric Clapton’s 1992 set for MTV Unplugged was one of the all-time great moments in acoustic guitar. Rearranging his most-famous tracks, performing them on a pre-war Martin guitar, Clapton’s ...

When Eric Clapton took the stage to record a performance for MTV's Unplugged series, he hadn't a Top 10 album in the U.S. for more than a decade – when 1981's Another Ticket reached No. 7.

The 1939 C.F. Martin & Co. acoustic guitar that Clapton played during his famous MTV “Unplugged” appearance in 1992 sold for $791,500. It also had been expected to sell for between $60,000 and ...