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Amazing -

100+ posts on this thread, and no mention of Les Paul...

Not only was he seminal in the technical evolution of the electric guitar from a big-band side novelty into the dominant instrument it is today, (one of the, if not the, most popular instruments bears his name to this day) but he also created many of the playing techniques that form the ‘basics’ for every electric guitar player since, from the eminences mentioned on this thread to the kid keeping the neighborhood awake nights with his screeching and sqawking...

If innovation and influence is part of the criteria, Les Paul certainly belongs on any serious list....


119 posted on 11/24/2011 3:42:38 AM PST by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Uncle Ike
Les Paul and Chet Atkins ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlleQcVu4f8&feature=related
156 posted on 11/24/2011 6:56:56 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen. --> AmeriCain)
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To: Uncle Ike

Excellent point, I should have mentioned him, also.


200 posted on 11/24/2011 1:47:02 PM PST by Aussiebabe
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