Leo Fender was and is just as important. He was the Henry Ford of guitars.
Leo Fender was and is just as important. He was the Henry Ford of guitars.
This guy was some innovative guy. I had no idea he used dubbing before anyone else. When he fell and broke his elbow he had it set at an angle so he could always continue to play.
Right about the time that Les Paul came on the scene, there was someone else in the late 40s/early 50s who was worth noticing. He was more of a jazz guitarist and never played popular music like Les did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xf3rAXoYjA
Indeed, because digitation sucks. Not Moog's, mind you, but digital media. It sucks.
RIP, Les Paul. Rock on.
I saw Les Paul about 3 years ago. He was 91 at the time and was still so on his game.
A true genius, RIP.
What an odd article. The tie-in to Moog was strained and artificial. Les was a great guy and a creative genius.
(a side note - I had the extreme pleasure of meeting these two gentlemen (not at the same time). I feel blessed!)
Moog pioneered ANALOG synthesizers.
Can't afford one nowadays, never did when I could of, and wish I had.
Don't want no Epiphone,Don't want no Les Paul Studio without the pretty binding!!
What the heck is with Gibson anyway?
Used to be for solid bodies it was an SG or a Les Paul Standard or Custom.
Why did they have to muddy it up with all these pretender models nowadays.
I play a Fender Stratocastor and Fender is doing the same thing.
Too many models, too many variations for the market to designate as the one particular Holy Grail of desire.
Let me run these companies and I'd cut out the foreign crap and build the best models (The originals)with the best quality materials and get the biggest market share for reasonably priced instruments.
Rant done.
Just for the record in my opinion the Les Paul Custom with Jumbo Frets is the Cadillac model of payability for all guitars.
