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Double Trouble
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: North of Pittsburgh
Posts: 11,706
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Yeah pretty sure. I can't source it though.
EDIT: I was wrong about that...
The Legend According to
"Professor Ed McCarthy".
George Harrison after commissioning the paint job, gave the original guitar to his buddy Eric Clapton who used it on "Crossroads" and all throughout the 60's "Cream" era. We see this guitar slung on Eric throughout all his different hairstyles, hair colors, radical outfits etc. Eric was very cool when he was Rockin'.
Eric loaned the Guitar to "Jackie Lomax" a songwriter known mostly for the song he wrote for my favorite singer of all time "Eric Burdon" of "The Animals". The song was covered by another great group "Grand Funk Railroad" Grand Funk had the hit with it 10 years later "Inside Lookin' Out". I'm not sure just how long Jackie had the guitar in his possession but in 1972 he SOLD the guitar to "Todd Rundgren" for an undisclosed sum of money. (Remember Eric never gave him the guitar he just loaned it to him).
Todd has had the guitar for more than 28 years. He has used it on a lot of studio tracks. I ran into Todd's manager backstage at a Donny & Marie Osmond concert here in Vegas and he told me Todd finally did sell it !
One day about 1979, Todd strolled into my shop totally unexpectedly. (He was looking for a Wah Pedal) I casually attempted to broach the subject of the guitar but Todd was very closemouthed. "I think Clapton wanted the Guitar back and Todd was not in the mood to give it up". That is just a theory based on hear say, I really don't know. Anyway I attempted to blab about it a little more and I mentioned that I would gladly give $10,000.00 for the guitar. I did not get very far with my offer. Todd just clammed up and changed the subject again. (Oh Well). Today that original guitar would easily bring half a million dollars. (That far back $10,000.00 was actually a reasonable offer)
Last edited by targa911S; 02-10-2010 at 07:04 PM..
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