Members dragoro Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 gibson les paul wasnt already made and les paul just came and signed his name to it. Thats total bunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rog951 Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 gibson les paul wasnt already made and les paul just came and signed his name to it. Thats total bunk.It depends on who's story you believe. Most "experts" think the truth is closer to Seth Lover's version of the story than Les'. Les supposedly had a penchant for embellishment. My knowledge comes strictly from having read about 50 books on the history of the LP...perhaps you were there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragoro Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 Niether were you. till a time machine is invented and we can go back and see, ill believe the guy that was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragoro Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 I can find 50 books that say we never landed on the moon, you find what your looking for. Plenty of idiots get published. Idiots do lots of things. Just look at Al Gore and him claiming he invented the internet and that asshole almost got elected president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 I can find 50 books that say we never landed on the moon, you find what your looking for. Plenty of idiots get published. Idiots do lots of things. Just look at Al Gore and him claiming he invented the internet and that asshole almost got elected president. The first "SG" guitars had Les Paul's name on them too. So, do you think he designed that one as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragoro Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 Do you think that steve Jobs really designed the iphone versions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragoro Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 and sorry but Les Paul > you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 and sorry but Les Paul > you And that has to do with the conversation how? By all accounts, except that of Les, he had minimal input on the design of the Les Paul guitars. Sorry you have such trouble accepting the fact that maybe Mr. Paul didn't walk into Gibson with a completed LP and they immediately put it into production as-is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BryanMichael Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 It was probably more like:1. Les put together the Log looking to achieve the sustain and things he was looking for. 2. He brought it to Gibson3. The Merle Travis guitar was out there4. Fender was out there5. Gibson set to work designing something6. They "refined the design" with Les's input, since he was the player and celebrity.7. Les was a celebrity, so they got him to endorse their solid bodies, including the SG style, both which were called Les Paul models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragoro Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 Yeah, that must be it. Freakin idiot children Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VanR Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 Les Paul DID NOT design the Les Paul guitar. It was Ted McCarty and crew that did that. Les Paul was just the Slash of his day and signed on to the guitar. That said, Les Paul did invent multi-track recording and lots of other things like tape echo for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalheadUK Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 The Les Paul professionals/recording are an eccentric nod to the man that gave his name to the Les Paul series.As far as I'm concerned a traditional Les Paul has a maple cap on mahogany body, and P90s or PAF type 'buckers.I would imagine that a CS R series guitar is actually a pretty good LP "tribute". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CoqBelliqueux Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 What surprises me is that no one ever mentions the BIGSBY Merle Travis solid body guitar! This was built in 1948 by Bigsby and it features both Gibson and Fender style appointments. It also should remind everyone who gets their panties in a bunch about "copying" designs that everyone was copying designs in those days!!! Note the Les Paul body...before the Les Paul. Note the Strat headstock...before the strat! Even in this thread, that fugly thing is still ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 Even in the '50s Les Paul tended to play instruments that were different than what Gibson actually sold. He was a consistent tinkerer, and the Les Pauls he was sent by Gibson tended to have non-standard features like flat tops instead of arched ones. Paul Bigsby wasn't the inventor of the 6 tuners on a side headstock. Such headstocks weren't uncommon on 19th Century guitars, including the early guitars of CF Martin. http://www.vintagemartin.com/headstocks.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BryanMichael Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 Paul Bigsby wasn't the inventor of the 6 tuners on a side headstock. Such headstocks weren't uncommon on 19th Century guitars, including the early guitars of CF Martin. http://www.vintagemartin.com/headstocks.html By the by I wasn't implying that Bigsby invented the 6 on a side headstock, I was simply pointing out that he built a solid body electric that has features resembling both Fender and Gibson style appointments before either one adopted what would become their "patented intellectual property":p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted June 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 Well for my taste that guitar Les is holding & the BIGSBY Merle Travis are totally more sexier than any newer LP I have seen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members snowaie Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 the original les paul is {censored}in ugly compared to the new ones imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 Les Paul started the trend of cutting off epiphone's headstock in pics to give the impression that they are Gibbies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike Fiasco Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 Les Paul was just the Slash of his day. I should sig that for the sheer out-of-contextness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted June 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 If Slash had even 1/2 the guitar playing savy of Les Paul he'd need a bigger hat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elvisart Posted June 10, 2010 Members Share Posted June 10, 2010 If I could somehow get my hands on one I'd be a happy man! Awesome guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted June 11, 2010 Members Share Posted June 11, 2010 Personally, I would not want one. I like the way the les paul has evolved. I liked it better before it evolved. For one thing, I never cared for Les' tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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