The ’54 Esquire gifted by Jeff to Seymour Duncan was once part of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s Play It Loud exhibit, co-organised with NYC’s The Met, and is now back on display at the Rock Hall in Cleveland, Ohio
PHOTO BY EDUARDO OLMEDA, COURTESY OF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
One of the many, many guitarists obsessed with Jeff Beck was a young Seymour Duncan. Here’s what he told this writer back in the 90s: “I first heard Jeff Beck in the summer of ’65, I was playing in a talent show with a local band. The local radio station played a recording of Heart Full Of Soul by The Yardbirds, their second hit. The unique guitar sound was from Jeff Beck. I tracked down many of their recordings and saw them performing on 60s TV shows such as Hullabaloo, Shindig! and Ready Steady Go!.