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Related: About this forumLes Paul was born on this date.
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Les Paul was born on this date. (Original Post)
Dyedinthewoolliberal
Jun 2019
OP
Happy B-Day Les! One of the original shredders and a titanic talent and inventor! (nt)
mr_lebowski
Jun 2019
#2
A genius in so many ways. From playing and designing guitars to inventing multi-tracking.
kysrsoze
Jun 2019
#3
I got to see him play a private banquet for Audio Engineering Society members...
CaptainTruth
Jun 2019
#7
calimary
(81,195 posts)1. A giant.
My-son-the-guitar-player cherished his Les Paul. Still does. He was in a touring band for ten years. Its still one of his faves.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)2. Happy B-Day Les! One of the original shredders and a titanic talent and inventor! (nt)
kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)3. A genius in so many ways. From playing and designing guitars to inventing multi-tracking.
Les was awesome and the LP is still my favorite guitar.
marble falls
(57,063 posts)4. He certainly sent a lot of hand signals to his drummer.
lark
(23,083 posts)5. Besides being a great picker, he designed some awesome guitars.
I walked by his shop once and was just entranced with the beauties in the window.
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)6. "With my Les Paul I know I'm small but I enjoy living anyway,
yes I do"- Marc Bolan
CaptainTruth
(6,583 posts)7. I got to see him play a private banquet for Audio Engineering Society members...
... years ago in New York.
Since he was playing for a bunch of engineers & audio industry professionals, he told stories between every song. How he developed this, how he thought of that, the things he tried that failed before he finally got it right.
To me, as an AES member, engineer, & musician working in the industry (at the time) it was fascinating.