NOIZE
Lost and Found
FOR MORE THAN five decades, the whereabouts of Eric Clapton’s Les Paul ’Burst has been a mystery. As most fans are aware, the instrument is the one he used on John Mayall’s Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton. Known as the Beano album, after the comic Clapton is seen reading on its cover, the disc furthered the guitarist’s fame and, more importantly, helped establish the legend of the ’Burst and its fabled tone. As for the guitar, it was stolen in 1966 while Clapton was rehearsing with Cream and has since become as mythic as the Holy Grail.