Arteconciencias: Joe Perry recalls the time he accidentally stole a pedal from Jeff Beck

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February 10, 2023

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Editor's Note

Klon karma...

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has been a huge Jeff Beck fan for decades, seeing at least one show on almost all of the late guitar hero's tours, and even performing onstage with him on a couple of occasions.

He also, early on in Aerosmith's career, even made off with one of Beck's pedals... unintentionally.

Though Beck obviously had the resources to replace the stolen pedal (a Colorsound fuzz), the accidental theft still gnawed at Perry, and – over the course of decades – he searched for an opportunity to right the unintentional wrong.

That chance finally arrived during rehearsals for Beck's star-studded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction performance in 2009, during which the Aerosmith guitarist gifted Beck "the ’59 Les Paul of pedals" to "adjust the karma."

But, you must be wondering, how did Perry unintentionally end up with something from Jeff Beck's pedalboard? More on that here...

Jackson Maxwell – Associate Editor, guitarworld.com

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