Yeah. Pity he used such awful tone. As I've said on mylespaul, I reckon he's purposefully avoiding the beanotone. It's like, "I'm playing a Les Paul, but no way am I going to sound the way you people expect me to."
I'm hoping they have enough sense not to charge what they have for copies of say, Gibbons's LP, or Page's. The reality is that all that is known about this guitar is a handful of often not to great photos and the hazy recollections Clapton has of it from 45 years ago. No one's even quite sure whether it was a '59 or a '60. But man, did it sound sweet.
Maybe Gibson got hold of some of the negatives from various photo sessions to try and piece some of it together. The guy who photographed the Bluesbreaker's session was certainly using a larger format camera which should have a lot of detail in the negatives - including those that weren't used for the final cover art. Even then, the motion blur from shooting in poor indoor light might make the very fine details difficult to see.
This is almost certainly the best public photograph:
I'm hoping that photog, or another had a stash of good pics that Gibson was able to extract info from. Otherwise, it's basically just a mostly plain 'burst reissue with a slim neck based on EC's memories.
