A legend has left us today
Without Les Paul and Leo Fender, rock n roll just wouldn't have been the same
a truly inventive, forward thinking individual in his design and his playing
A truly sad kagey
R.I.P. Les Paul 1915-2009
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R.I.P. Les Paul 1915-2009
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"Let's face it, "digital sound" is a misnomer...
Unless you plug the wires directly into your skull, at the end of the chain is a set of speakers pumping back-and-forth turning ANY signal into analogue waves..."
"Let's face it, "digital sound" is a misnomer...
Unless you plug the wires directly into your skull, at the end of the chain is a set of speakers pumping back-and-forth turning ANY signal into analogue waves..."
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Re: R.I.P. Les Paul 1915-2009
Without Les Paul the solid bodied electric guitar would still be only a bit player in the world of music, instead of the driving force behind so many bands. Between himself and Leo Fender they revolutionised popular music with a robust and cheap instrument of the masses. The only likeness I can draw is with that of Robert Moog and his importance to the synth.
RIP.
RIP.
Be Pure, Be Vigilant, BEHAVE.
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Re: R.I.P. Les Paul 1915-2009
Being an old T Rex fan, the Gibson Les Paul was the first guitar I heard about.
RIP.
RIP.
Slugs! HE created slugs! They can't hear. They can't speak. They can't operate machinery. Are we not in the hands of a lunatic?