The 1957 Lucy guitar is one of the most well-known Les Pauls in music history. Having passed through the hands of John Sebastian and Rick Derringer, the guitar was later gifted to Harrison by Eric Clapton in 1968, after Slowhand had purchased the guitar from a store in New York. (guitarWorld)
It quickly became a key player for Harrison in the guitarist’s last few years with the Beatles, though was stolen in 1973 from Harrison’s Beverly Hills home, along with a number of other items.
The ‘57 Les Paul – which was originally a Goldtop and later refinished with a unique Cherry colorway – was sold to Whalin’s Sound City Music Store on Sunset Boulevard, and subsequently sold to a musician from Mexico named Miguel Ochoa, before Harrison could retrieve it.
Ochoa took Lucy back to his home country with him, but was soon contacted by Harrison, who offered an exchange in an effort to be reunited with his cherished single-cut.
Agreeing to the exchange, Ochoa asked for a Fender Precision Bass and a replacement Les Paul – specifically, a ‘58 Burst Les Paul, which would later become known as the ransom Les Paul.
George Harrison’s first electric guitar went on Julien’s Auctions and sold for 430.000 dollars.
Harrison played the Hoffner Club 40 when The Beatles played around Liverpool, England, as The Quarrymen.
Harrison traded his acoustic guitar for the electric model with Ray Ennis, who was a member of The Swinging Blue Jeans.
Harrison donated it to a band competition in 1965 and it was won by a member of a German band who died in 2017. His widow is putting it up for auction.
Julien’s Auctions says Harrison played the Hoffner Club 40 when The Beatles played around Liverpool, England, as The Quarrymen. Harrison traded his acoustic guitar for the electric model with Ray Ennis, who was a member of The Swinging Blue Jeans. Harrison donated it to a band competition in 1965 and it was won by a member of a German band who died in 2017. His widow is putting it up for auction. The auction house estimates the guitar will sell for between $200,000 and $300,000. A 1965 Fender Telecaster owned by The Band’s Robbie Robertson played by Harrison, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan is also on the block and estimated to sell between $400,000 and $600,000. The auction will take place at New York’s Hard Rock Cafe on May 19.
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George Harrison had a fantastic guitars collection. Since the early times with The Beatles and solo career. watch here Videos, photos, and tips on his guitars.
Also he plays (and/or displays) a Gibson ES-5 (not one of his Beatles guitars, despite the Hamburg-era leather jacket he's sporting as he plays it), his legendary 1963 Rickenbacker 360/12, his original Epiphone Casino (the same guitar he played on the Beatles' final tour in 1966) and his 1957 Gibson Les Paul, also known as "Lucy."
