Ed Sheeran’s Eric Clapton guitar was nearly destroyed by fire

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Ed Sheeran has revealed that a guitar gifted to him by Eric Clapton was almost destroyed in a studio blaze.The singer-songwriter said in a new interview that Clapton had signed a guitar for him and gave it to him as a present when Sheeran was visiting his home.

Sheeran has previously spoken about Clapton being an icon of his; the pair have since become good friends.Sharing the anecdote on Hot Ones, Sheeran said: “My hero is Eric.

When I was 11 I heard ‘Layla’, picked up a guitar and went from there. I got to know him in 2015 and we’ve been friends ever since.“I went to his house and he took his guitar off the wall and just gave it to me.