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

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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[@SecretsofRock]

What guitar history do you want to see next?

[@bobross4449]

Joe Perry/Slash 1959 Gibson Les Paul

[@Yxydo2g]

Bb king Lucille's

[@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020]

Jimmy Page’s 1959 number one les paul.

[@on_crack4466]

Paul Stanley's cracked mirror guitar

[@nickparadies350]

Jack White’s red airline

[@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)

[@SecretsofRock]

Great idea!

[@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

[@SecretsofRock]

I've read that he was also more interested in his "Fool" SG and a few other guitars around that time. It's been written that Clapton would gift guitars to his friends which rings true here.

[@kitano0]

@@SecretsofRock That's true. Eric even bought Jimi a Strat, but Jimi died before he could give it to him.

[@DannRyan]

@@SecretsofRock I think he was more interested in anybody else’s wife.

[@dukeford8893]

The Summers Les Paul was history by early 1967 (broken headstock). Eric purchased Lucy and gave it to George a year and a half later.

[@bobross4449]

@@dukeford8893 ah, I didn’t know that

[@wittycream5522]

Eyyyyyyyyyy, good to see guitars of the gods back. You could do a video on Sting's bass, i would love that

[@SecretsofRock]

Great idea!

[@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

[@brianw5439]

Amazing stuff man, keep it up

[@SecretsofRock]

Thanks, will do.

[@robmurrah3224]

8:59 LOL did NOT expect that

[@thebreakfastmenu]

if Pattie Boyd stayed with George, he never would have married Olivia. George definitely got a win-win.

[@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).

[@SecretsofRock]

What is your Instagram username?

[@muletsag300]

@@SecretsofRock acusticfloss20, sorry for replying so late

[@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.

[@fernandoreynaaguilar1438]

I wonder why Derringer, Clapton and Harrison didn't favor that guitar. Strange.

[@p0llenp0ny]

It was a dog, apparently.

[@markchacon7002]

Ever dog has it day 🔌🎸🎛️

[@p0llenp0ny]

3:35 lol

[@andybrimer8216]

Where is it now?

[@camsprocket]

Funny how Gibson painted over the Les Paul transfer on the headstock and left the screws from the B11Bigsby Mounting Hinge.

[@dukeford8893]

It's common for the "Les Paul" silkscreen on the headstock to wear off and Gibson did fill in the Bigsby "bite marks" on either side of the tailpiece.

[@motherelmtree609]

Albert Kings guitar was named Lucy

[@reecesaracino8188]

pretty please give me guitar pedal