How did you first become aware of Les Pauls as a guitar to aspire to playing?
“Same as everybody – the Bluesbreakers. That picture on the back, you know, and then very soon after that, because Eric mentioned Freddie King, I started seeing pictures of Freddie King with a Goldtop. So it was in my head, but even then – and we’re talking probably 1971 or ’72 – [Les Paul Standards] were like £250. It was way out of your comfort zone, really. So when I got my first SG and it turned out to be a Les Paul [see timeline on the previous page] I was over the moon. So I bought my first Les Paul in 1970.
