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  • Still at Large: 6 Famous Stolen Guitars that have Yet to be Recovered

First up is perhaps the most important guitar in all of British Blues—Eric Clapton’s "Beano" Les Paul.

Inspired by Freddie King’s regal use of a Goldtop LP, Clapton bought his own Les Paul second-hand in 1965 from the Lew Davis guitar shop in London. This guitar is generally understood to be a 1960 Standard Burst (though, as we’ll discuss below, there is some debate). It was Clapton’s most famous pre-Cream guitar, and for good reason—the tone. It is, in many ways, the guitar that defined the sound of the British blues explosion.

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