Peter Green was famous for his out-of-phase guitar pickups which resulted in a tone that quickly set his tone apart from others. Read some of the comments by BB King and other greats about how great his guitar sound was. Sad news indeed.
“Peter Green was famous for his out-of-phase guitar pickups ...”
And this was due to a manufacturing defect - back in those days Gibson guitars were mostly hand-built and among 1950’s and early ‘60’s Gibsons it is really difficult to find two that are exactly alike. Small differences usually, such as a few extra turns of wire on the pickup coils, or as was the case with Peter Green’s Les Paul, pickups wired out of phase.
Also, Green sold this particular guitar and it was eventually bought by Gary Moore.