Les+Paul

= Les paul =

Les Paul is one of the most famous inventors of the electric guitar. He made many different forms of the guitar with different bodies and different bass sounds and much more differences. He started off by using the telephone mouthpiece and a radio, he brought the attention of the audience of a gig he had. He has been in different companies throughout his life. Starting with one and moving on to another. When Les Paul heard that people wanted a bigger sound and more volume in the guitar. He created the Super 400 guitar, along with the j200 model. "What Les does to a guitar is I imagine exactly what a guitar likes to have done to it",(9) was said by Bing Crosby, one of the singers, Les Paul backed for. He began to perform with his second wife, Mary Ford (real name Colleen Summers. They also had a tv show. "Les Paul, one of the most revered guitarists in history and the father of the electric guitar, passed away last night, August 12th at the age of 94" (Kreps).

. Les Paul interview

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. Bacon, Tony. "The Gibson Les Paul Story." //The Les Paul guitar book: a complete history of Gibson Les Paul guitars//. 3rd ed. San Francisco, Calif.: Backbeat ;, 2009. 8,9. Print. Kreps, Daniel. "Les Paul, Guitar Legend, Dies at 94." //Rolling Stones Music//. N.p., 13 Aug. 2009. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. "Super 400 guitar". //hemusiczoo.com.// image. 16 Nov. 2013