[Slowhand] Clapton's Red Telecaster

[Nicholas Aleshin]

 >> What happened to Claptons red Tele he bought with the Yardbirds?   
I read some where he still played it with the Bluesbreakers, are  
there any recordings of hime playing the Tele with Mayall?. <<

I think that guitar was actually purchased by and belonged to the  
Yardbirds, although EC was able to retrieve it as his own AFTER Jeff  
Beck used it once with the Yardbirds (according to Chris Hjort,  
"Strange Brew," p. 12).

Where did it go? Hmmm, probably the same place his Vox amplifiers and  
the Marshall combo amp -- the one he used on "Beano" -- went. Who the  
hell knows?

Another interesting question is what happened to EC's favorite Gibson  
Les Paul guitar of all time, I mean the 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard  
he played on "Beano"?

The very first rumor that surfaced -- decades ago -- was that it  
somehow wound up in Australia!

Do you hear that Oz-dwellers? You have some work to do, and stop  
complaining about EC never visiting your land. Just find his "Beano"  
Les Paul, and he'll come a-running!

Did EC ever play the red Tele on any Mayall recordings? Yes,  
absolutely. He played it on a total of at least five known BBC  
recorded tracks, three of which appeared on the famous 3BR Records  
bootleg "Bluesbreaking!" These tracks were finally released  
legitimately in Europe in 2007 on John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers,  
"Live At The BBC" (Decca 984 466-5), but not in the US. It is  
available in the US as an import only.

				DeltaNick

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