Love it.

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As Jimmy Paige said, without Les Paul, there would be no *rocknroll.

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Oh yeah, *history.

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I actually just wrote a paper on how Fender and Gibson's competition helped push the development of the electric guitar, and a lot of the reading I did for that paper was, of course, deeply centered on Les Paul and his signature model. The story of how the guitar ended up coming about is a really interesting read.

...but then again I am a guitar nut.

*promote Les Paul.

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Thanks! Maybe we can get it out of P-qued.

There's a lot of great history between Gibson and Fender. An epic battle I've found myself on both sides of (my dad and I have quite the collection).

>> ^JAPR:
promote Les Paul.


>> ^JAPR:
I actually just wrote a paper on how Fender and Gibson's competition helped push the development of the electric guitar, and a lot of the reading I did for that paper was, of course, deeply centered on Les Paul and his signature model. The story of how the guitar ended up coming about is a really interesting read.
...but then again I am a guitar nut.

I think the best thing about them competing against each other is that it's given us a huge variety of great guitars to choose from. While my favorite guitar is the Telecaster, I love me the sound of a good Les Paul as well.

Fuck yeah! Great sift.

*promote

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*doublepromote this right here. RIP Les Paul, died today at age 94. Truly one of the greats.

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RIP, it's good to see a musician who actually lived a full, natural life (i.e. how to not fuck yourself over with drugs and die young).

Upvote for the small dog napping on the lounge chair, not realizing he's living a historical moment.

*love

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