Producer/engineer Steve Lipson posted this on FB:
"The first time I met Jeff Beck was in the 80s at Sarm West to record an updated version of the opening theme to The Tube. He showed up in a Chevrolet Corvette with a pink Jackson guitar with “Tina” scratched into the paintwork. He’d recently been working with Tina Turner and had asked her to sign his guitar, not with a pen but with a knife. He hadn’t brought an amp so he took a cursory look at what we had, picked a small Fender Princeton and proceeded to do his thing, quickly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWc2eN1aLnE
Nearly 30 years later I found myself producing an album with him. Not a day went by when I wasn’t completely in awe of his playing. Again we used a small Fender amp, this time a Pro Junior. Whatever gear he used he sounded like Jeff Beck. He would make choices but was never particularly concerned - the sound came from him, not his equipment, and he knew it. One day he showed up having sliced off the end of his left index finger (pic below), probably a guitarist’s most important tool. That didn’t make any difference either - bewildering.
In spite of his decades of fame and success he was utterly down to earth and self deprecating, treating everyone as an equal. I went to see him at a jointly headlined gig with Eric Clapton. Backstage after the show I saw him talking to Eric, Ronnie Wood and a host of other famous people. He saw me standing on the other side of the room and immediately came over to chat. It was really touching, much like his thanking me in his Grammy acceptance speech.
One evening with no prompting he gave me a masterclass on guitar tones. He explained why guitarists sound the way they do, displaying total mastery of his craft. Yet in spite of being able to mimic all his heroes he always sounded like Jeff Beck, and nobody could mimic him.
I’m posting this song from Emotion & Commotion as an example of his brilliance. I defy anyone to play this melody and it not sound like a child. He managed to make every note emote like the greatest singer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AMYMP-PL6g...
I loved my time with Jeff. He could be demanding, but always with good reason. He was a friend, loyal and true. I deeply miss him."
"The first time I met Jeff Beck was in the 80s at Sarm West to record an updated version of the opening theme to The Tube. He showed up in a Chevrolet Corvette with a pink Jackson guitar with “Tina” scratched into the paintwork. He’d recently been working with Tina Turner and had asked her to sign his guitar, not with a pen but with a knife. He hadn’t brought an amp so he took a cursory look at what we had, picked a small Fender Princeton and proceeded to do his thing, quickly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWc2eN1aLnE
Nearly 30 years later I found myself producing an album with him. Not a day went by when I wasn’t completely in awe of his playing. Again we used a small Fender amp, this time a Pro Junior. Whatever gear he used he sounded like Jeff Beck. He would make choices but was never particularly concerned - the sound came from him, not his equipment, and he knew it. One day he showed up having sliced off the end of his left index finger (pic below), probably a guitarist’s most important tool. That didn’t make any difference either - bewildering.
In spite of his decades of fame and success he was utterly down to earth and self deprecating, treating everyone as an equal. I went to see him at a jointly headlined gig with Eric Clapton. Backstage after the show I saw him talking to Eric, Ronnie Wood and a host of other famous people. He saw me standing on the other side of the room and immediately came over to chat. It was really touching, much like his thanking me in his Grammy acceptance speech.
One evening with no prompting he gave me a masterclass on guitar tones. He explained why guitarists sound the way they do, displaying total mastery of his craft. Yet in spite of being able to mimic all his heroes he always sounded like Jeff Beck, and nobody could mimic him.
I’m posting this song from Emotion & Commotion as an example of his brilliance. I defy anyone to play this melody and it not sound like a child. He managed to make every note emote like the greatest singer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AMYMP-PL6g...
I loved my time with Jeff. He could be demanding, but always with good reason. He was a friend, loyal and true. I deeply miss him."
. Must be good, the dad had to turn it off! 
