What is a Black Beauty Les Paul?

The Original Black Beauty It features a body carved out of a single large piece of solid mahogany, unique among Les Paul models. The resulting dark mid-range tone from the body pairs perfectly with its bright-sounding solid Ebony fingerboard. All together, it’s the pinnacle of guitar craftsmanship, design and tone.

Who plays a black Les Paul?

The black Les Paul used by Neal Schon throughout his illustrious career with the likes of Santana, Journey, and Schon & Hammer is itself about to go under the hammer. Featuring well over 100 instruments, Heritage Auction’s massive Neal Schon Collection rivals the inventory of many a guitar store.

Who owns Black Beauty guitar?

Thomas Doyle
As Thomas Doyle, Black Beauty’s owner and the luthier who worked with Paul for more than 30 years, told the New York Times earlier this month, the guitar was Paul’s second prototype after Paul deemed his first unacceptable.

Who played Black Beauty guitar?

Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page – Black Beauty Page used the guitar on many of his recordings as a session musician and continued to use it through his tenure with Led Zeppelin, most famously at Royal Albert Hall in 1970. Unfortunately, the guitar was stolen about three months after that concert and was presumed to be gone forever.

What is Joe Bonamassa’s favorite guitar?

One of Bonamassa’s most cherished guitars is a cherry sunburst-finished 1960 Gibson Les Paul played by late guitar great, Tommy Bolin. The instrument took Bonamassa eight years to track down, and in fact, was never owned by Bolin himself but by his guitar tech, David Brown.

Who played a Gibson Black Beauty?

After 46 years, the 1960 Black Les Paul Custom, known as Black Beauty” was found and finally returned to Jimmy Page. This Les Paul was used by Jimmy Page in the early 1960s in most of studio session player cuts and was stolen in 1970.

Why is the 59 Les Paul so special?

Well, the 1959 instruments became noted because they were the first to have all the specifications that have – in retrospect – become the ‘classic’ Les Paul formula: Mahogany Body / Maple Cap, the then-new PAF Humbuckers, the burst finish, and the tune-o-matic tailpiece.