File:The Fool SG (1964 Gibson SG) played by Eric Clapton, and The Fool Bass VI (1962 Fender Bass VI) played by Jack Bruce - both painted in 1967 by The Fool Collective - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 19.29.06 by Eden, Janine and Jim).jpg

The Fool Bass VI (1962 Fender Bass VI) played by Jack Bruce, and The Fool SG (1964 Gibson SG) played by Eric Clapton - both painted in 1967 by The Fool Collective - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 19.29.06 by Eden, Janine and Jim)

• "The Fool" SG (1964), Gibson [paint by The Fool Collective]. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art..
  "​In 1967, Cream’s manager Robert Stigwood commissioned Dutch artists Marijke Koger and Simon Posthuma to create a custom-painted set of psychedelic instruments, costumes, and posters for the band’s upcoming U.S. tour. This guitar became known as “the Fool” after the art collective that Koger and Posthuma later founded. Eric Clapton received the guitar from George Harrison before it was painted and went on to use it as one of his main instruments with Cream, playing it while recording Disraeli Gears (1967), Wheels of Fire (1968), and Goodbye (1969). “The Fool” was restored after 1972 by former owner Todd Rundgren. ",
  "​Technical Description: Mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard; 24¾ in. scale; rainbow psychedelic designs covering front and back of body, neck, and headstock; set neck with pearloid trapezoid inlays and white binding; headstock painted over; two humbucking pickups, three-way selector switch, two volume and two tone controls; nickel tune-o-matic bridge and Grover Rotomatic tuners, two gold and two black plastic knobs, three-ply black and white pickguard with landscape painting; neck and headstock reconstructed ",
  "​Object Details ",
  "​Title: "The Fool" SG ",
  "​Artist: Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902) ",
  "​Artist: The Fool Collective ",
  "​Artist: Eric Clapton (British, Ripley, Surrey born 1945) ",
  "​Date: 1964 ",
  "​Medium: Mahogany, rosewood, metal, mother-of-pearl, plastic, oil-based enamel paint ",
  "​Dimensions: Length: 39 3/4 in. (101 cm) / Width: 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm) / Depth: 1 1/4 in. (3.4 cm) / Weight: ~6-8 lbs. ",
  "​Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted ",
  "​Credit Line: Private Collection "
• Bass VI (1962), Fender. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art..
  "​Dutch artists Marijke Koger and Simon Posthuma painted this six-string electric bass for Cream’s Jack Bruce as part of a set of psychedelic instruments that also included a decorated drum head for Ginger Baker’s kit and an electric guitar for Eric Clapton (on view nearby). Koger and Posthuma founded a collective known as the Fool and went on to create designs for many top bands. For the Beatles, they designed and painted costumes, an automobile, and the mural on the Apple Corps music building in London. The Fool released their own psychedelic folk album in 1969. ",
  "​Technical description: Alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard; 30 in. scale length; rainbow psychedelic designs in oil-based enamel paint; bolt-on neck with dot inlays; three single-coil pickups with individual on/off switches, volume and tone controls; chrome Jazzmaster-style bridge, vibrato tailpiece, and control surfaces, nickel tuners, black plastic knob; cosmic design painted onto pickguard, headstock painted over, vibrato arm removed, volume knob missing ",
  "​Object Details ",
  "​Title:  Bass VI ",
  "​Artist: Fender ",
  "​Artist: The Fool Collective ",
  "​Date:  1962 ",
  "​Medium: Alder, maple, rosewood, chrome, nickel, plastic, oil-based enamel paint ",
  "​Dimensions: Length: 44 3/4 in. (113.7 cm) / Width: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) / Depth: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm) / Weight: 7-9 lbs. ",
  "​Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted ",
  "​Credit Line: Courtesy of Hard Rock International "