Dintrox12 Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Les Paul passed away today at the age of 94. He is probably best known for the development of the solid body guitar. Les Paul was also a great jazz guitarist in his own right, he released a slough of hits with his wife Mary Ford, and was an innovative recording engineer. The Gibson Les Paul guitar is perhaps the best known electric guitar in Rock. If you've ever listened to Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Guns 'N Roses, Bob Marley, Rush, Kiss, or the Who you have heard its sweet sound. Les performed regularly into his 90s and was a class act. RIP Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-K-46 Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 o i loved thast guy i own two Les Pauls cant believe hes gone RIP Les Paul you will be missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flunky Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 DJ, I'd like to request "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for the late, great Les Paul. PS: Clapton is a Strat man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubby31 Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Sad to hear of his passing,a true legend in his time. Just out of curiosity,is B.B.Kings (my fav.all time blues musician) guitar (Lucille ) a Les Paul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurestar3 Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 DJ, I'd like to request "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for the late, great Les Paul. PS: Clapton is a Strat man. good choice:) and that is true, blackie and brownie, both fender statocasters. Sad to hear of his passing,a true legend in his time. Just out of curiosity,is B.B.Kings (my fav.all time blues musician) guitar (Lucille ) a Les Paul? lucille is actually a make of its own by b.b. king. it is a gibson buut it is not a les paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dintrox12 Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Sad to hear of his passing,a true legend in his time. Just out of curiosity,is B.B.Kings (my fav.all time blues musician) guitar (Lucille ) a Les Paul? The current version of Lucille is a Gibson ES-355 it is a semi hollow guitar. Gibson at one point offered a B.B King Lucille signature guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dintrox12 Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 DJ, I'd like to request "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for the late, great Les Paul. PS: Clapton is a Strat man. Clapton played Les Paul and other Gibson guitars when he was in cream, blind faith, and he played a les paul when recording "While my Guitar Gently weeps" with George Harrison. He switched to the Fender Stratocaster in 1969. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flunky Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 Clapton played Les Paul and other Gibson guitars when he was in cream, blind faith, and he played a les paul when recording "While my Guitar Gently weeps" with George Harrison. He switched to the Fender Stratocaster in 1969. Point well taken D12, and obviously you know your axemen, but you could have come up with a more loyal afficionado of the Les Paul than EC. One of my favourites is Skynyrd survivor Gary Rossington, a life-long LP picker. That boy could make that baby sing. Check it the You Tube footage on Skynyrd's '76 show at Knebworth UK Festival. The guitar work is un-believable, considering it's live. "T for Texas" is mind blowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dintrox12 Posted August 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 Point well taken D12, and obviously you know your axemen, but you could have come up with a more loyal afficionado of the Les Paul than EC. One of my favourites is Skynyrd survivor Gary Rossington, a life-long LP picker. That boy could make that baby sing. Check it the You Tube footage on Skynyrd's '76 show at Knebworth UK Festival. The guitar work is un-believable, considering it's live. "T for Texas" is mind blowing. I actually listed quite a few. The first name that pops in my head whenever I here the term " les paul guitar" is Jimmy Page. Page used a les paul for most of the Led Zeppelin and his post led zep stuff. I still love listening to Led Zep and those wicked guitar solos. I read a quote from randy bachmann in the Vancouver Sun talking about Les paul's influence on music... “Jimmy Page played one in early Zep; it’s a template for rock and roll guitar. If you’re going to play a Zeppelin song, you’re really not going to do it on a Fender, you know what I mean?” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor_Kosmos Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 My parents went to Los Angeles in 1997 and they happened to walk past a club or something where there was a tribute concert because of Les Paul's, I don't know, 50th anniversary as a musician or something like that. Guys like Slash and Steve Vai were playing, and Paul himself did too. When he went on stage he said "We're gonna play a tune from our latest LP - from 1935!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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