Les Paul just celebrated his 91st birthday on June 9th. He's a living legend, and just about every guitarist on the planet has played on one of his guitars.Along with Gibson, he introduced the first solid body electric guitar in 1952, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Not only an inventor, Les Paul is also an amazing guitar virtuoso and recording pioneer. He was instrumental in developing multi-track recording.
Gibson has a great biography about Les Paul.
The Les Paul Legacy : The Man, the Sound and the Gibson Guitar in paperback is due to be released soon. Should be good reading, giving us a glimpse of how history shaped our beloved electric guitar.
The month of June is full of birthdays...another Paul (as in McCartney) just celebrated his sixty-fourth birthday. I have half a dozen friends that share birthdays this month too.
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