HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Aug 10, 2020
4 minutes
LES PAUL’S LES PAUL
ho’d’a thought one of the electric guitars that would come to define the instrument started off as an attempt to slash down a rival brand? Gibson developed the first Les Paul to feed off the rising success of the Fender Telecaster; Les Paul himself – a renowned innovator in the DIY realm with a keen eye for experimentation – was brought in as a consultant, and alongside Gibson president Ted McCarty, began work on the first prototype in 1951. Though it would go through a fair few revisions in quick succession – and thousands more over the next
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