Eric Johnson is an American guitarist and recording artist from Austin,
Texas. Best known for his success in the instrumental rock genre, Johnson
regularly incorporates jazz, fusion, New Age, and country and western music
into his recordings.
Guitar Player magazine calls Johnson "One of the most respected guitarists
on the planet." Johnson composes and plays not just instrumental songs but
also vocal pieces, and plays piano as well as guitar.
Widely recognized for his guitar skills, Johnson's stylistic diversity and
technical proficiency have drawn praise from Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton,
Allan Holdsworth, Larry Carlton, Steve Morse, Billy Gibbons, Johnny Winter,
Jeff Baxter, Prince, B. B. King, Rusty Burns, Joe Satriani and the late
Stevie Ray Vaughan. His critically-acclaimed, platinum selling 1990
recording Ah Via Musicom produced the single "Cliffs of Dover," for which
Johnson won the 1991 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Fender has recently released the Eric Johnson Signature Stratocaster
Rosewood model. This signature Fender Stratocaster guitar features the same
specifications as the Eric Johnson Maple Neck Strat, except for the addition
of a 3-ply mint pickguard, hotter treble pickup and a bound rosewood
fingerboard with clay dot position markers (available in colors such as
Dakota Red, Tropical Turquoise, Medium Palomino Metallic, and Lucerne Aqua
Firemist)