Thursday, August 13, 2009

No Les No More

Les Paul, inventor of the electric guitar and namesake of one of the greatest axes ever made, has died at the age of 94.

Here is a guitar that anyone who knows guitars would gladly give their playing hand for... a 1959 Les Paul Standard, this one is owned by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. I've got a 1987 Standard and I love it. What a great sounding, solid machine with shimmering highs and crunchy "humbucker" lows.

Farewell, Les.

1 comment:

wildman said...

Love my LP, better than the Strat.
Still rue the day I sold my '62 LP SG (Original w/ case brand new with receipt) Paid $310 for it. Worth thousands and thousands more than that today. Wonder who has it now that its a collectors item.