The funeral of Jeff Beck reached its most heart‑stopping moment when Jimmy Page, dressed in a somber black suit, slowly approached the coffin carrying one of his most iconic guitars — the very instrument he and Beck once played together during their Yardbirds days — and gently laid it across the polished wood.
Witnesses described how Page stood there for a long, silent moment, his hand resting on the guitar as though reluctant to let go. Then, in a trembling voice, he whispered, “You were more than a brother, Jeff — you were the sound of my soul.” Those words shattered the room’s composure. Eric Clapton, seated just a few feet away, buried his face in his hands, openly weeping, while fellow guitar legends like David Gilmour and Ronnie Wood bowed their heads in grief, the weight of the moment pressing down on everyone present.
“It wasn’t just goodbye,” one mourner said afterward. “It was Jimmy giving a part of himself back to Jeff.” That simple gesture — offering the very guitar that had once sung alongside Beck’s — felt like the closing of a chapter in rock history, a tribute no words could ever truly match.
When Page finally stepped back, the chapel was swallowed in a heavy, aching silence before the entire congregation slowly rose in a tearful ovation. Within hours, fans online began sharing the moment, calling it “the most powerful farewell in rock history” — a final, unforgettable gift from one guitar god to another
