George Harrison & Eric Clapton "Lucy" Guitar History | Guitars of the Gods

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Published 2021-12-25
George Harrison and Eric Clapton share more than a wife, they also share a famous Gibson Les Paul from 1957. Originally a gold top the guitar was passed around by a lot of famous guitar players. There's a connection to Lucille Ball or "I Love Lucy" fame.

FYI - All the guitar info is as accurate as possible, the rest is all jokes and nonsense. Enjoy!

Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Let's Begin
1:11 - Lucy's Specs
1:24 - Previous Owners
2:12 - Slick Rich Refinishes a Les Paul
3:17 - Dan Armstrong's
3:26 - Eric Clapton nabs Lucy
3:40 - George's gets a Les Paul
4:28 - Disputed Story
5:03 - Rick's Version of Events
7:00 - Missing Details
7:18 - Generous George
7:55 - George the Mench
8:18 - An Inside Job
8:50 - Back to Clapton
9:02 - Lucy reproduction
9:21 - Lucy Gently Weeps
9:33 - Outro

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All Comments (17)
  • @wittycream5522
    Eyyyyyyyyyy, good to see guitars of the gods back. You could do a video on Sting's bass, i would love that
  • @abstrakt4life23
    I think I’ve said this before but I think it would be really cool to see a episode on the Stratocasters played by Stevie Ray Vaughan (number one, lenny, Yellow etc)
  • @bobross4449
    From what I can tell Lucy under Eric Clapton ownership was a backup for his 1960 Les Paul which he bought from Andy Summers of The Police which would explain why he never used it
  • @muletsag300
    Loved the history involved and the jokes used. Funnily enough, I had just been seeing a review of "Lucy" when this popped up in my feed (California).
  • @LPSB3267
    Always found the whole thing about this guitar supposedly being a "dog" a bit mystifying. There is a radio interview with George Harrison from the 70s where he says that this was the best guitar that he had up to that point, so it must not of been too bad. Its all over the Beatles' last 3 albums. Plus Clapton borrowed it for his comeback Rainbow Concert in 1973, and never really said a bad word about it. Listen to the tone of it on While my Guitar Gently Weeps and Something, etc, definitely not a bad sounding guitar by any stretch of the imagination
  • @MercMad113
    Clapton was well known for changing necks and pickups, a simple restring and change of setup would have yielded a slightly different sounding guitar.
  • @thebreakfastmenu
    if Pattie Boyd stayed with George, he never would have married Olivia. George definitely got a win-win.
  • @camsprocket
    Funny how Gibson painted over the Les Paul transfer on the headstock and left the screws from the B11Bigsby Mounting Hinge.