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Lot Essay
Jeff Beck acquired this Vintage Reissue Sunburst Strat from Fender in late 1982 or early 1983, as a back-up for his main Stratocaster (see lot 13). Supplied originally with a maple neck, mirroring that of his favourite '54, the neck was later replaced with the present rosewood boarded neck.
The guitar would be seen first on stage and on screen for the Rock 'n' Roll Tonite show with Les Paul in March 1983, which was filmed at Los Angeles' Perkins Palace, featuring Billy Squier in the role of compere. It was the first time that Jeff had met his childhood hero Les Paul, the two legends enjoying a playful interaction and dazzling display of guitar wizardry on stage. Describing the meeting thus in his 2016 publication BECK01: I first met Les in 1983. I was asked to play the Rock 'n' Roll Tonite show with him....During our performance together he thought I was starting to get too fancy, so he came over and pulled my plug out,' after a particularly impressive piece of tremolo bar manipulation. Beck responded by trying to pull the lead of out Les' own signature model. 'Meeting Les Paul', he said later, 'just seeing him play again, was a triumph in every sense of the word.'
Later in 1983 both the '54 Strat and the backup reissue Strat would be employed extensively for The Ronnie Lane Appeal for ARMS - the series of charitable concerts in support of Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis - including performances in London and America, which saw the three lead guitarists from The Yardbirds - Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page - perform on stage together for the first time. Initially billed as a one-off concert on 20 September 1983 in the Royal Albert Hall, the concert proved so popular with both audience and musicians that the decision was taken to extend it to a tour of nine further shows in America, which saw the former Yardbirds alongside a stellar line-up of musicians including Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, Phil Collins, Andy Fairweather Low, Steve Winwood (London only), Paul Rodgers (US only), Joe Cocker (US only), Chris Stainton, percussionist Ray Cooper, Kenney Jones, James Hooker, and Fernando Saunders.
Beck used the reissue sunburst Strat to record the solo on Mick Jagger's track 'Lonely At The Top', appearing on his solo studio album She's The Boss, recorded in 1984 and released in 1985.
The guitar would be seen first on stage and on screen for the Rock 'n' Roll Tonite show with Les Paul in March 1983, which was filmed at Los Angeles' Perkins Palace, featuring Billy Squier in the role of compere. It was the first time that Jeff had met his childhood hero Les Paul, the two legends enjoying a playful interaction and dazzling display of guitar wizardry on stage. Describing the meeting thus in his 2016 publication BECK01: I first met Les in 1983. I was asked to play the Rock 'n' Roll Tonite show with him....During our performance together he thought I was starting to get too fancy, so he came over and pulled my plug out,' after a particularly impressive piece of tremolo bar manipulation. Beck responded by trying to pull the lead of out Les' own signature model. 'Meeting Les Paul', he said later, 'just seeing him play again, was a triumph in every sense of the word.'
Later in 1983 both the '54 Strat and the backup reissue Strat would be employed extensively for The Ronnie Lane Appeal for ARMS - the series of charitable concerts in support of Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis - including performances in London and America, which saw the three lead guitarists from The Yardbirds - Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page - perform on stage together for the first time. Initially billed as a one-off concert on 20 September 1983 in the Royal Albert Hall, the concert proved so popular with both audience and musicians that the decision was taken to extend it to a tour of nine further shows in America, which saw the former Yardbirds alongside a stellar line-up of musicians including Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, Phil Collins, Andy Fairweather Low, Steve Winwood (London only), Paul Rodgers (US only), Joe Cocker (US only), Chris Stainton, percussionist Ray Cooper, Kenney Jones, James Hooker, and Fernando Saunders.
Beck used the reissue sunburst Strat to record the solo on Mick Jagger's track 'Lonely At The Top', appearing on his solo studio album She's The Boss, recorded in 1984 and released in 1985.