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Real Solid

his guitar has classic jazz styling, but it foretells the explosion of rock and roll. Designed by the guitar virtuoso and inventor Les Paul in collaboration with Gibson Incorporated of Kalamazoo, Mich., circa 1951–52, it was the first solid-bodied electric guitar

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