The Clapton 'Beano' Les Paul

guitars4you

Just been watching the EC Life in 12 bars film - So we are at 1966 and you can see EC playing the Beano LP with the white bobbins in the neck position and zebra bobbins in the bridge position - A few months later there is a clip of him, now with Cream playing a 'similar' Burst LP but not with black bobbins in both positions - So is the same guitar before it was stolen, but changed pick-ups, or a different LP ????

Also it was always assumed the Beano LP had white bobbins in the neck position and black bobbins in the bridge position - This clip in Life in 12 Bars contradicts those thoughts with the zebra in the bridge position ????????????????

sweepy

There are also rumours that the Beano LP has resurfaced 

adampeter

Didn't he borrow Keith Richards 59 for a while?, although i seem to think that may have had a bigsby

tone1

I like the word ‘Bobbins’...

impmann

adampeter said:

Didn't he borrow Keith Richards 59 for a while?, although i seem to think that may have had a bigsby

He did after the Beano was stolen.

tony99

tone1 said:

I like the word ‘Bobbins’...

I think in some north west english (specifically manchester) vernacular it means poppycock / nonsense / shite.

tone1

I was an avid listener of Mark & Lard 

tony99

tone1 said:

I was an avid listener of Mark & Lard 

lol, weller juice and foxton jam

shugz

The later LPs are the 'Summersburst' formerly belonging to Andy Summers and the Bigsby one the borrowed Keefburst. That's the one at the Richmond Jazz Blues fest with Eric in the snazzy jacket and sideburns look. He had a couple of other ones later on probably seen more with Blind Faith and there's the 3 pickup custom that was a deal with Paul Kossoff.

The Beano was lifted before Cream ever played live. Can't be sure on this but I dont think there are pictures of him with this guitar with the Cream line up but would need to double check that. Apparently the case for it got lifted as well not long after the guitar went.

Cheers 
Hugh

chrisj1602

tony99 said:

tone1 said:

I like the word ‘Bobbins’...

I think in some north west english (specifically manchester) vernacular it means poppycock / nonsense / shite.

Bobbins came from rhyming slang, Bobbins of Cotton = Rotten 

soma1975

Bonamassa clearly knows where it is and has seen it and spoke about it on a forum, and then was reminded it was a stolen guitar and massively backtracked and deleted posts...

soma1975

shugz said:

The later LPs are the 'Summersburst' formerly belonging to Andy Summers and the Bigsby one the borrowed Keefburst. That's the one at the Richmond Jazz Blues fest with Eric in the snazzy jacket and sideburns look. He had a couple of other ones later on probably seen more with Blind Faith and there's the 3 pickup custom that was a deal with Paul Kossoff.

The Beano was lifted before Cream ever played live. Can't be sure on this but I dont think there are pictures of him with this guitar with the Cream line up but would need to double check that. Apparently the case for it got lifted as well not long after the guitar went.

Cheers 
Hugh

Did it not get nicked when EC had sodded off to Greece? Likewise the JTM combo?

designerseye88

https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/has-eric-claptons-legendary-beano-les-paul-burst-been-found

Interesting Snippet 

tony99

chrisj1602 said:

tony99 said:

tone1 said:

I like the word ‘Bobbins’...

I think in some north west english (specifically manchester) vernacular it means poppycock / nonsense / shite.

Bobbins came from rhyming slang, Bobbins of Cotton = Rotten 

ah nice didn't know that

Sassafras

The Harrisons can probably get hold of one for you.
No questions asked.

Adam_MD

Sassafras said:

The Harrisons can probably get hold of one for you.
No questions asked.

Just one question.  How many do you want? 

shugz

soma1975 said:

shugz said:

The later LPs are the 'Summersburst' formerly belonging to Andy Summers and the Bigsby one the borrowed Keefburst. That's the one at the Richmond Jazz Blues fest with Eric in the snazzy jacket and sideburns look. He had a couple of other ones later on probably seen more with Blind Faith and there's the 3 pickup custom that was a deal with Paul Kossoff.

The Beano was lifted before Cream ever played live. Can't be sure on this but I dont think there are pictures of him with this guitar with the Cream line up but would need to double check that. Apparently the case for it got lifted as well not long after the guitar went.

Cheers 
Hugh

Did it not get nicked when EC had sodded off to Greece? Likewise the JTM combo?

The Beano was a Cream rehearsal apparently but the JTM didn't make the ferry back from Greece. So the stories go at least.

Both allegedly still very much alive and kicking but who knows? The grassy knoll did it anyways....

H

Grumpyrocker

soma1975 said:

Bonamassa clearly knows where it is and has seen it and spoke about it on a forum, and then was reminded it was a stolen guitar and massively backtracked and deleted posts...

Odd. Why wouldn't he inform Clapton where it was so he could get it back?

tone1

‘Have you heard’ was always my Favourite Beano Album track....

guitars4you

Just checked that part of the film footage again - found this still/clip
and as you can see it has zebra bobbins in the bridge position - So either a different guitar or changed bridge pick-up



Then about 2 mins later in the movie and talking about the early days with Cream and the Burst LP he is playing has baack bobbins on both pick-ups - So chances are this is the 'Summerburst' he acquired from Andy

A clip or two later and yes he is playing the 3 p/up black LP Custom

But it is this zebra bobbin model that is not what I expected - Or course it could be a borrowed/different guitar for that gig/session 

Ben_McCarthy

Grumpyrocker said:

soma1975 said:

Bonamassa clearly knows where it is and has seen it and spoke about it on a forum, and then was reminded it was a stolen guitar and massively backtracked and deleted posts...

Odd. Why wouldn't he inform Clapton where it was so he could get it back?

The owner now wouldn’t necessarily have to give it back to Clapton. If the new owner was a genuine nice bloke Joe might’ve thought it’s better that Clapton didn’t try to get it back.