R.I.P Les Paul.......

kelvin


Joined: 18/12/2008
Posts: 377

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 13:22

Les Paul died yesterday aged 94. He was one of the worlds best guitar designers that ever lived, he designed the legendary Gibson les paul back in 1941, still one of the best guitars today..every young boys dream of owning a gibson les paul, certainly mine anyway, had such a major influence on musicians all over the world R.I.P LES PAUL

kelvin


Joined: 18/12/2008
Posts: 377

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 13:33

Sorry guys for this having nothing to do with TRNC, except someone somewhere in trnc will be playing a gibson les paul tonight, who knows, may even be Mr boombastic himself, Shaggy!!!

dav88



Joined: 01/08/2008
Posts: 605

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 14:28

may he rest in peace x

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 15:06

There were some really nice tributes to him today on TV in the UK. Including a vid of him in his late 80's still stroking his guitar with feeling.



Also a vid of a certain J Hendrix playing the 'Star Spangled Banner' at Woodstock on a Gibson LP. Classic.



Many don't know he was also the original inventor of Multi Track recording, which changed music forever.



What a great man, what a great life. RIP.

fender


Joined: 08/08/2009
Posts: 11

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 15:46

indeed, may he rest in peace, probably one of the most famous guitars in the world (along with fender of course)

JohhnyLee


Joined: 25/04/2009
Posts: 2495

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 16:05

Yes, legendary Guitar, My dad was one of the first people in the UK to import container loads of Gibson and Fender copies, in the early 70,s, Japanese of course, Copies yes but very very good, under the Cleartone name, But we also sold the reall thing, I don,t play really but I can tune one pitch perfect by hear, I loved the Gibson SG, don,t remember the exact colour name , but it was a deep wine red, one of you guitarists will know,

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 16:52

Bit of nostalgia , try:



http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3222428405488271724



(which includes Purple Haze)





or



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLKKGHrGMxQ

kelvin


Joined: 18/12/2008
Posts: 377

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 17:19

yes very good, but hendrix always played an upside down fender stratocaster, thought you were gonna show footage of him playing a les paul which he undoubtably did at sometime or another.. lol

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 17:38

I'd better get onto the BBC who used those clips on the Les Paul tribute this morning!

kelvin


Joined: 18/12/2008
Posts: 377

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 17:49

cant believe the bbc could have made such an error, who does there research? jimi hendrix trade mark is his upside down fender strat, they should have showed the likes of bb king, gary moore, angus young, chuck berry, rory gallagher, slash, everleys., roy orgasm, the list goes on and on..

Washerman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 17:51

Gibson SG being played http://www.rock5t4r.com

You may have to click on the bar at the top and allow active X to run.

Listen to sweet child 'o' mine

This lad (my son) used to play here in NC

Washerman

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 18:12

Perhaps I'd better ignore the BBC and learn more about guitars at the O2 in Greenwich:



http://www.britishmusicexperience.com/index.cfm?PageID=35

kelvin


Joined: 18/12/2008
Posts: 377

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 19:01

washerman, i think i saw him in the courtyard with terry and the boys a few years ago giving his gibson a good ole bashing, im almost sure it was him, very good player..

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 19:27

Another great man has died

RIP Les Paul

May you continue your music with the great Musicians that have gone before you

Sheila

Washerman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
14/08/2009 19:37

Kelvin.....Was it this one, when we let Jonnie Hawkins sing with us on his first visit to NC (unrehearsed) a bit noisy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcne8ucsX6o

Washerman