"But Clapton becomes a star and leaves John Mayall to form Cream with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, and shortly thereafter his '59 Les Paul gets stolen. Knowing that I have the other one, Eric starts calling and asking me to sell it to him. By this time, in a telepathic flash on my own future, I have moved on to a Fender Telecaster, thinking it to be the hipper guitar. I also think that there's something wrong, with my Les Paul, the back pickup doesn't work or something. We are still fairly naive about the technical aspects of guitars, and it probably just needs to be sprayed with switch cleaner. I decline because although it hasn't yet reached its future stratospheric price, the Les Paul is already becoming a sought-after guitar. But Eric persists and I weaken. He is offering me two hundred pounds, which is more than twice what I paid for it."
“但克莱普顿成名后离开了约翰·梅奥尔，与杰克·布鲁斯和金格·贝克组建了奶油乐队。不久之后，他的 1959 年款 Les Paul 吉他被偷了。埃里克知道我还有一把，就开始打电话让我卖给他。这时，我仿佛看到了自己的未来，已经换了一把 Fender Telecaster，觉得它更时髦。我还觉得我的 Les Paul 有点问题，可能是后拾音器坏了之类的。那时候我们对吉他的技术方面还很懵懂，可能只是需要喷点开关清洁剂。我拒绝了，因为虽然 Les Paul 的价格还没达到后来的天价，但它已经开始成为一把抢手的吉他了。但埃里克坚持不懈，我最终还是妥协了。他出价两百英镑，这可是我买它价格的两倍多。”
这把吉他现在价值00万英镑(`ヮ´ )σ`∀´) ﾟ∀ﾟ)σ
