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Gibson Les Paul Guitar part 1 Now!!!

Les Paul, the man

And we start with amazing history, of course! Most of you surely know the guitar. You have seen it millions of times, and heard it, perhaps, a lot more. But to state the truth, very few people know that this guitar owes its name to Les Paul jazz guitarist, born Lester William Polsfuss. He was born on June 9 in 1915 and is still alive! He is known to be perhaps the most important figure in development of contemporary electrical musical instruments and recording techniques (he was one of those to invent m

ultitrack recording). But we are all in a biggest debt to him because of the development of modern solid-body electric guitar, and, in particular, Gibson Les Paul, which he helped to design.

He was born in a place named Waukesha (in Wisconsin). His first instrument was the harmonica, which he began to play at eight. Then, skipping the banjo phase, came GUITAR! By the age of thirteen, Paul was a semi-professional country-style guitarist. His first records (two, actually) were released in 1936.

But Paul wasn't satisfied with the electric guitars of the 1930s and their sound and began experimenting on his own. His first model was called funnily The Log (and, actually, looked funny). He was playing on the on the radio (in particular, in Bing Crosby show). In the late 1940s he and his trio made several recordings on their own.

Then came the time to make HIS OWN GUITAR.

The Les Paul Guitar

He made his solid-body electric guitar in 1941. It was one of the first models, Leo Fender made his independent model at the same time. Gibson Guitar Corporation made a guitar which Les Paul has projected,

they

signed a contract and thus Les Paul Guitar was born. More about the guitar itself see in section two :)

Later he invented multitrack recording, played for various radio programs, had a disciple named Jimmy Page

(you of course know him) and is known to have given Paul McCartney o

ne of his own

vintage left-handed Les Paul. His most important songs include

"Lover"

"How high The Moon"

"Vaya con Dios" (Spanish fo r may God help you, used as a farewell saying)

See part 2 for the guitar and its sound!