The Police's former guitarist Andy Summers has enjoyed a hugely successful career, but it's not been one without regrets, such as the day he sold a beloved - and now incredibly valuable - Les Paul guitar to his old friend Eric Clapton.
Summers tells the story in an interview with music industry expert and YouTube personality Rick Beato. He introduces the anecdote by setting the scene, telling Beato that, back in the mid '60s, he and all the other hot-shot young guitarists in London - Jeff Beck, Albert Lee, Clapton - would hang out together at The Flamingo Club, a jazz nightclub in London's Soho district, watching one another's bands. And it was at The Flamingo, while soundchecking with London blues king John Mayall, where Clapton first spotted Summers with a new guitar that he instantly coveted.
