Difference between revisions of "Les Paul"

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A influential guitar player, pioneering designer of electric guitars and developer of multi-track recording.
 
A influential guitar player, pioneering designer of electric guitars and developer of multi-track recording.
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Talking about [[Paul Buff]] in [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989), FZ mentions Les Paul: "''He built his own homemade, five-track, half-inch tape recorder -- at a time when the standard in the industry was mono. (I think only Les Paul had an eight-track then. Buff was able to overdub the same way Les Paul could, but in a more primitive manner.)''"
  
 
[http://www.gibson.com/products/gibson/Stories/LesPaul.html Gibson Guitars "Les Paul Story"]
 
[http://www.gibson.com/products/gibson/Stories/LesPaul.html Gibson Guitars "Les Paul Story"]

Revision as of 14:21, 5 April 2006

Born Lester William Polfus June 9, 1915 Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA

A influential guitar player, pioneering designer of electric guitars and developer of multi-track recording.

Talking about Paul Buff in The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989), FZ mentions Les Paul: "He built his own homemade, five-track, half-inch tape recorder -- at a time when the standard in the industry was mono. (I think only Les Paul had an eight-track then. Buff was able to overdub the same way Les Paul could, but in a more primitive manner.)"

Gibson Guitars "Les Paul Story"