R.I.P Les Paul

[Validity]

Remember him. The creator of the greatest Guitar ever made.
The one and only Lester William Polsfuss.

 

[Eric Banjitar]

A kind and generous man. A brilliant engineer and a dazzling musician. There will never be another.

 

[AutoBat]

(psst. we already had a Les Paul appreciation thread started today)

 

[Eric Banjitar]

He deserves three threads at least :blob7:

 

[Strat Avenger]

Isn't this sort of "yesterday's news"?  He died almost 2 years ago.  :dontknow:

 

[OzziePete]

Isn't this sort of "yesterday's news"?  He died almost 2 years ago.   :dontknow:

Yeah I think it would have been his birthday, kinda like "today Les Paul would have been ninety-something" on the odd news story heard on radio.......

That said, he was an absolute genius with some of his innovations. And in his latter years he capped many a celebrated guitarist's career by getting them up on stage with him. Indelibly linked with the most famous (and one of the earlier, if not THE earliest) signature guitars.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

FWIW, the namesake guitar is the least of his contributions to the music world.  How we hear it, how we record it, the absense of F-holes.  I could go on.