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alrighty-there is the Gibson/Epiphone les paul guitar, and "les paul's" birthday is recorded in the Total Guitar calander-but who was he? cuase i don't think they had electric guitars in 1915 or 1935 (when he was 20 😛). did he, like, start gibson or something? or switch to electic guitar from accoustic when it came along? 😕 or was he a really famous folk guitarist whome i've never heard of?...
Originally posted by geniusHi,
alrighty-there is the Gibson/Epiphone les paul guitar, and "les paul's" birthday is recorded in the Total Guitar calander-but who was he? cuase i don't think they had electric guitars in 1915 or 1935 (when he was 20 😛). did he, like, start gibson or something? or switch to electic guitar from accoustic when it came along? 😕 or was he a really famous folk guitarist whome i've never heard of?...
I'm sure google will bring up plenty of info.
But, essentially, he was (still is?) a jazz guitarist who was one of the first to develop (if not invent) the electric guitar and one of the first to use it extensively.
Actually, it may be the solid body electric guitar that he invented, which helped to reduce feedback.
Originally posted by Vargyeah-i have this probelm with google, in that you'll sometimes spend hours looking for saoemthing, and never find it...but i did a search, and i found this:
Hi,
I'm sure google will bring up plenty of info.
But, essentially, he was (still is?) a jazz guitarist who was one of the first to develop (if not invent) the electric guitar and one of the first to use it extensively.
Actually, it may be the [b]solid body electric guitar that he invented, which helped to reduce feedback.[/b]
http://www.spaceagepop.com/lespaul.htm
twas actually kidna simple...but hey-i spend 2 hours last ngiht looking for 3 inches of blood tour dates...and their home page is buggered...they're touring with the darkness jusytnow, but it's confusing...
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I asked my good friend from NY, he's a great guitarist... here is the info he gave me.
here's a good bio/article
http://www.gibson.com/products/gibson/Stories/LesPaul.html
here's another on the history of the electric guitar
http://www.dreach.net/mus2007/history/electric_guitar.htm
Enjoy! Guitars Rock!
P-
Originally posted by VargIf I'm not mistaken he was also a pioneer of the process of "overdubbing" (mutli-track tape recordings) as well.
Hi,
I'm sure google will bring up plenty of info.
But, essentially, he was (still is?) a jazz guitarist who was one of the first to develop (if not invent) the electric guitar and one of the first to use it extensively.
Actually, it may be the [b]solid body electric guitar that he invented, which helped to reduce feedback.[/b]