RIP Les Paul

[SonofSon]

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[FAST FRED]

The Link

The Wizard of Waukesha, RIP.

 

[SunBurntOrange]

Vaya con Dios

 

[Horn89]

Hard to overstate his impact on modern music.

He built arguably the first solid-body electric guitar and pioneered multitrack recording techniques.

I made a pilgrimage to New York in 2007-- saw Levon Helm at his studio in Woodstock on Saturday and Les Paul at the Iridium in New York on Monday. Les was pretty proficient even at 92 despite severe arthritis in his hands.

 

[Wild Bill]

RIP Les! One of the best guitars ever made, but I have to give credit to Leo Fender for the first solid body electric, the Fender Broadcaster (a one pickup version of the Tele).

 

[Texas___Fight]

A true legend.

 

[wolfman]

WOW, PIP Les Paul.

 

[Hornswaggled]

According to the article from the original link, Leo Fender's Broadcaster was the first mass produced, but Paul was the inventor:

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[Voltronjacko]

Guys, the first electric guitar was from Rickenbacker in the early 1930's. Fender and Gibson were just the first mass produced lines.
The Link

 

[Rip76]

RIP Les Paul...

Always had a Gibson myself...

Been playing the same Les Paul since 1992.

 

[Wild Bill]

Rip, you're just a Fender hater.

When I saved up enough to buy my Les Paul in 1988, my friend and I drove up to Houston from Galveston because Evans Music Store had just received a new shipment of 20 Pauls, all the same color (vintage sunburst). Cost=$1000 (now a new one is about $2500). So the guys in the shop let us go upstairs to the loft unsupervised to check out the guitars. Man, it was like 2 kids in a candy store. We had no amps, but with a Paul you don't need one to check out the action, string buzzing, etc. Once we narrowed it down to the 2 we liked the best, we brought 'em downstairs to plug them in and look at the woodwork under better lighting. Now I've passed that guitar on to my son who has become quite the player.

 

[djimaplon]

This is it!!!

 

[Wild Bill]

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Very nice! That's the Les Paul Custom, more expensive than mine.

This is the Les Paul Standard in "vintage sunburst".

 

[Voltronjacko]

Here is mine. 1987 Gibson Les Paul Custom Lite (only made for 4 years). Body isn't nearly as thick (less wear on your back) and there is a switch that allows you to switch the pickups to single coils. Great player.

 

[schnarkle]

Mine... bought in 1981

 

[djimaplon]

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