Eric Clapton's Stolen Beano Guitar - Who has it?

Even if Eric got it back it's very likely he would Auction it & donate the money to Crossroads, as he's done with the majority of his famous vintage Electrics. Crossroads is obviously something very dear to Eric & it's a noble cause so God bless him for doing it!

Anyone that steals a musician’s instrument should be horse whipped.

I want to know where the Beano comic book is!

To me the missing holy grail is Jamerson's funk machine.

When Robert trujillo found out the whereabouts of Jacos bass he bought it and donated it to his family.

I wish I could sit with Clapton and talk to him about losing his son. I recently lost my daughter and for lack of better words I have writers block.

373379. This is the serial number on a 3 bolt 70's strat, mocha finish, that was stolen from me. It still hurts to this day. If anyone out there reading this has it, I want it back, please, no questions asked.

Jo has an obligation to tell Clapton's people everything he knows then let the lawyers fight it out

I want to see clapton play his les paul again so bad.

I believe that there are like 200 50's undiscovered LP bursts laying around somewhere...

I've grown to really like Casino Guitars channel.

Obviously, the East Coast collector JoBo seems to imply might be Dirk Ziff who has 300 odd bursts he is on the East Coast as one the real wealthy Aluminati think JoBo's Lawyers probably advised him to stop right there say nothing more. I imagine Dirk Ziff bought it unknowingly as nobody was doing the forensic analysis that is done on stuff like burst patterns etc. Either that or it's locked in a Vault by some private investor in Japan. Seemingly Ed Kings Red eye was stolen at gun point then some years later it ended up in Dirks collection. so the guy is not super fussy on provenance or when you are scooping up that many it matters far less.

A stolen guitar, a stolen anything, remains the property of the owner it was stolen from. Buying a stolen guitar doesn’t make you the owner. When someone rebuys something it’s a combination of goodness of their heart and a PR consideration. When someone like Bonamassa finds out a guitar is stolen and returns it to the rightful owner that’s his legal responsibility. When you do pawnshop purchases (I do this sometimes) you have to be prepared for losing the money if its a stolen instrument. Life’s like that.

Great stories. ive been a BP fan since the beginning. Met him once. He was very nice and gracious. Love these guitar stories! Hope Beano is found!

It is here, in a private burst collection on the outskirts of Boston. Very well known collector, I’ve sold him 50’s parts in the past. I haven’t seen the guitar in person however. The only burst I’ve held and played was J Giels 59

There is a special place in Hell that is reserved for people who steal guitars, and it's full of children blowing into plastic recorders...

Brad Paisley is underrated because he's part of a genre that's considered uncool. The guy is an incredible player

Then there's James Jamerson's Precision Bass "Funk Machine", another musically and historically significant instrument that was stolen and never recovered.

I'm more interested in knowing where the amplifiers used on iconic recordings ended up. I'd rather play my 335 through the beano Marshall over the beano burst through my amp. Other amps I'd love to play through: -Anything from Zep 1 -David Gilmour's Hiwatt -The champ from Layla -Mick Ronson's Marshall Major -Iommi's Laney -Whatever Jeff Beck used on BBB and Wired -The amp Ron Wood used on Stay With Me (think it was an Ampeg, I have owned multiple from that era.)

I’m a total straight up rocker but when it comes to country music and chicken pickin’ NOBODY plays a Fender Tele like Brad Paisley