![]() Given the Darkburst’s high-profile associations, many have assumed it was the guitar that Koss used to cut All Right Now. ![]() According to some accounts, the Custom later passed into Albert Lee’s ownership. One of the best-known is the 1958 ‘Darkburst’ that he acquired from Clapton during Blind Faith’s ill-fated 1969 tour, with Kossoff reportedly swapping a 1957 Les Paul Custom for the ’58. Kossoff owned and played several ’Bursts during the short years of his life. It wasn’t the only thing Kossoff had in common with Clapton – he also shared his love of late-50s Les Pauls, which were slowly becoming recognised as classics by clued-in players. I’m as certain as I can be that the stripped ’Burst is actually the All Right Now guitar Steve Clarke, author of Famous Frets I think Kossoff said he listened to what Clapton was doing with Cream and slowed it down.” A lot of people have put it into their playing now because of him, but back then there was nobody who was doing that slow vibrato. “Everybody talks about it, but go back 40-odd years and it was outrageously different. Familiar now, Kossoff’s playing style was strikingly original in 1970, Bernie Marsden recalls. Kossoff’s urgent riff and expressive vibrato were part of the magic that propelled the song to No 2 in the British charts and No 4 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the States. ![]()
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