Rock guitar pioneer Les Paul dies

Post by **DonnaT** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:28 pm

Rock guitar pioneer Les Paul dies

Les Paul, whose pioneering electric guitars were used by a legion of rock stars, has died at the age of 94.

Mr Paul died from complications of pneumonia in New York, according to Gibson, the firm that sold his guitars.

He is credited with developing one of the first solid-body electric guitars, which went on sale in 1952 and contributed to the birth of rock.

He also developed other influential recording innovations such as multi-track recording and overdubbing.

And he was credited with inventing the eight-track tape recorder.

U2 guitarist The Edge, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Guns N' Roses star Slash and The Who's Pete Townshend are among those closely associated with the Les Paul sound.

Slash described him as "an exceptionally brilliant man".

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Merinda · Post by **Merinda** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:11 am

Hi Donna ,

I had never heard of Les Paul before your posting , but his death made the radio news here in Aus' , it was also a topic on breakfast talkback.

Perhaps I'm in need of some history lessons , (history of Rock'N'Roll)

May he Rest in peace

Stephanie H · Post by **Stephanie H** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:14 pm

The Les Paul and Mary Ford duo were a fantistic group. It is nice that the legacy lives on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul
Stephanie

Anita · Post by **Anita** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:29 am

The black guitar that I'm playing in all of my pictures is a Les Paul guitar--the design never changed significantly, so my '78 looks just like the one in '52.

I liked that Mr. Paul played every Monday night at a club in New York. I would have liked to have caught his act.

Sully · Post by **Sully** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:39 am

Shure, the Les Paul is a great guitar, I have got a black Gibson LP too...

//Sully