Dave Navarro - The Story of Les Paul I Gave to John Frusciante (He Sold It for Drugs)

Dave Navarro: The Story of Les Paul I Gave to John Frusciante. He Sold It for Drugs & Then Made Things Right.

"I hope he doesn't mind me telling this. Years ago, when I was in the Red Hot Chili Peppers - John had quit the band and ended up in rehab. He ended up in the same rehab that I went to, so he reached out to me: 'Hey man, I'm stuck in here. Can you bring me a guitar? I have nothing to play here.'

"I had a sunburst Les Paul guitar because I was considering joining Guns N' Roses at the time. I got asked to join Guns N' Roses, and it wasn't the right time for me, I was strung out on drugs or whatever. So I was like, 'I'll loan you this Les Paul, man.'

"I brought the Les Paul to the facility, we hung out, we talked a little bit, and I never saw it again. I think he left the facility, who knows what happened... So life goes on, I end up leaving the Chili Peppers, I don't know where John is...

"The long end of the story was like 10 years later: John calls me and is like, 'Hey man, can I come up to your house?' I said, 'Yeah, sure, of course - come up.'

"I give him the address, he comes up, knocks on the door, and has a guitar case. It's not unusual that a guitar player would bring a guitar to a guitar player's house. He opens it up, and it's a black Les Paul.

"He goes, 'I just wanted to give this to you. Years ago, you gave me a Les Paul and I sold it and bought drugs with it. I just want to make it right.' I was like, 'Wow, man.'

"We sat and talked for a couple of hours. It was a cool moment. That black Les Paul is at my house. I love that he tried to make amends with that. In a weird roundabout way, the black Les Paul that he replaced it with is more special than the original one was."

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