Steve Lukather has performed a loaned guitar that belonged to Jeff Beck simply weeks after John Mayer appeared on stage with the identical signature white Fender Stratocaster. It’s straightforward to spot due to the distinctive reverse headstock.

Mayer borrowed the instrument for Dead & Company’s residency reveals in June on the Sphere. Fans initially theorized that the Strat was a customized construct, however Joe Bonamassa later confirmed that the guitar was genuine. Lukather performed the identical Stratocaster over the weekend throughout Toto’s homecoming on the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

“I’ve got something special to do tonight,” Lukather stated on stage. “If you’re wondering, I normally don’t play a white Stratocaster. … This is a special one. This was brought from England. This is Jeff Beck’s guitar.”

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After the group’s applause, Lukather additionally cleared up the thriller behind these guitar loans whereas describing how the Beck undertaking may proceed to develop.

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“His lovely wife Sandra and his closest friend and guitar tech … brought this out, and they’ve been bringing it out to guitar players to put a little love on it,” Lukather added. “They asked a certain amount of guitar players, but they’re just getting started. They asked Billy Gibbons, John Mayer and me – and they’ve probably got a long list.”

Lukather then led Toto by a seven-minute cowl of Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing.” “I wish this would make me sound like Jeff Beck,” he jokingly added, “but it won’t.”

Beck’s Strat was constructed round 2014 by the Fender Custom Shop and was his important late-career guitar. He died in early 2023.

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