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Matt Owen

“Absolutely mind-blowing”: Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith rips through the blues on a ‘55 Gibson Les Paul Custom previously owned by Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton

Though the late Paul Kossoff was famed for wielding his iconic ‘Stripped Top’ 1959 Burst Les Paul, that was by no means the only ‘50s-era Gibson Les Paul that the late electric guitar great had in his collection.

As has been well-documented, the Free titan was an avid fan of LPs from that particular decade, and had also owned the ‘58 ‘Darkburst’ model he acquired from his contemporary Eric Clapton, as well as a ‘55 Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty that just so happened to pass through Slowhand’s own collection at one point throughout the years.

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