Own The Only Cream/Beatles, Harrison/Clapton Acoustic Guitar To Ever Become Available!
By Tracey Sutton– June 22nd, 2025
October 19, 1968 Garden Writing Session
A once-in-a-century guitar has resurfaced—and it's for sale.
The Guitar That Heard It All
At first glance, ‘Pattie’ is a beautifully aged early 1913 Gibson Style O Guitar - rare as hens teeth, bearing the scars of a long musical life. But look closer, and you’ll spot the unmistakable signs of use by giants. This is no collector’s case queen—it’s a tool of creation. Most compellingly, Pattie appears in what’s now being called “The Harrison Clapton Garden Songwriting Sessions Photo”: a candid image showing George Harrison seated outdoors, playing the guitar with Eric Clapton beside him.
The original lyric sheet for ‘Here Comes The Sun’ notably features the bridge labeled as the “Son Of Badge” in George Harrison’s characteristic chicken scratch handwriting. This intriguing detail highlights the bridge’s early incarnation, which was originally part of ‘Badge,’ co-written with Eric Clapton. With Eric’s permission, Harrison retooled this bridge just months later, transforming it into the defining bridge and ending section of ‘Here Comes The Sun,’ one of the standout tracks on The Beatles’ iconic Abbey Road LP. This evolution underscores the fluid and interconnected creative processes within Harrison’s songwriting during this prolific period.
Clapton. Harrison. “Badge.” “Here Comes The Sun.”
The guitar was linked to the writing sessions and workshopping sessions of Cream’s final hit ‘Badge’, a classic track co-written with Beatle George Harrison in October of 1968. The bridge of the famous song - (which marked not only Cream’s final hit but George Harrison and Eric Clapton’s first songwriting collaboration) would go on to be repurposed months later for the bridge and ending sections of The Beatles ‘Here Comes The Sun’ - giving this guitar ties to the writing of two of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands AND songs of the entire 1960s (and beyond). Eric Clapton spent much of 1969 holed up with Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett, writing, recording, and reconnecting with music after Cream. George Harrison, feeling freer outside of the Beatles’ creative tension, was joining them regularly. Clapton was falling in love with Harrison’s wife. Harrison was falling in love with Delaney’s band. And somewhere in that Laurel Canyon haze, this guitar was being passed around—a muse, a confidant, and a witness to one of the most critical moments in rock history.
Clapton left (and later gifted) the guitar with Delaney Bramlett permanently sometime in 1970. The guitar was used in writing sessions for everything from Badge to Here Comes The Sun, to Clapton’s ‘Let It Rain’, and Delaney & Bonnie’s ‘Superstar’ (later a massive hit for The Carpenters). The guitar’s nickname, “Pattie,” is a nod to Pattie Boyd—the woman at the center of the Harrison/Clapton saga. The same woman who inspired “Layla”, and “Something”, all written in the same era… the guitar’s presence in that emotional triangle makes the nickname feel less like a tribute and more like a secret wink from the past.
The Only Beatle & Cream Era George Harrison/Eric Clapton Played/Owned Acoustic Guitar To Ever Become Available…
Earlier Photo Showing Delaminated Neck Binding
Last month, ‘Pattie’ burst onto the internet with articles from major outlets like Premier Guitar, Yahoo News!, American Songwriter, Melody Maker, MSN News, WMMR Radio, and many more - currently available for private sale from an equally historic firm, Victor Musical Industries is well known for its historic brands, record labels, studios, and musician focused operations. It is currently listed on Victor’s official Reverb.com shop. There’s no reserve price listed publicly, but many industry insiders, media outlets, and experts place this instrument at the upper six and seven-figure territory - given its dual provenance, songwriting pedigree, and extreme rarity being the only Beatle & Cream era Eric Clapton/George Harrison Owned/Played Acoustic Guitar to ever come to the open market.
And In The End…The Love You Take Is Equal To The Love You Make….
“Pattie” is a reminder of how real magic was made: by hands, by heartache, and by passing a guitar around on a summer afternoon. It’s not just a guitar for sale. It’s a piece of our collective cultural story….an artifact from the era when music ruled the world - and The Beatles, Cream, Abbey Road, Here Comes The Sun, Badge, and so much more brought us all together….and its ready to do it again.
Victor notes a 50+ page documentation set filled with all known data, forensics, history, and much more available at request of info@thevictorcompany.com - the guitar is also available to visit for serious term buyers at Victor’s Camden County Headquarters in New Jersey. The company is including a documentary video on the guitar and its importance which is available for viewing here!
A George Harrison played/Eric Clapton owned Beatle and Cream era Acoustic guitar has never been available to the public. There is some speculation that offers from collectors in Saudi Arabia, Japan, could take the instrument out of the western world…for selfish reasons….we are hoping it can remain with American or British collectors! The instrument is listed at Reverb.com which you can visit by clicking HERE