Crazy story, haha. It did seem a little fishy that the guitar was destroyed by falling off a work bench, or whatever they said...then again, maybe it was mahogany?
Also interesting to me is just how cheap Gibson was back in the day. To think that he could claim insurance on that guitar, but still have enough for Gibson is amazing really. I keep hearing about guitarists first guitars back then being Gibsons, for like 200 bucks or whatever. They definitely outpaced inflation. Also, maybe the guitar wasn't that nice to play? So it was his kind way of ditching it?
Anyone here ever own a double neck?
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It was an outdoor concert - the guitar was sitting on a park bench and the wind came up and blew it face forward onto a concrete sidewalk.
A similar thing happened to the best strat I ever owned that I stupidly let get away.
It was damaged but a patent counsel attorney for a local firm I knew bought it and still has it. Oh well.
As far as Gibson - I understand that Bruce Bolen of Gibson himself was instrumental in getting him that L5-S - they were falling all over themselves to have McLaughlin endorse their stuff but I didn't see a single picture of him with that guitar until almost 30 years later. That era of the band was short and he put it to bed pretty quick.
Never owned a doubleneck. Always wanted one but how practical is one? Always played them when I saw them in stores. Heavy, unwieldy and cumbersome for the most part. I'm a short guy (5' 6") and those things seemed to work better on 6 foot tall dudes.
