Les paul biography timeline
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Les Paul
(1915-2009)
Who Was Les Paul?
Les Paul designed a solid-body electric guitar in 1941, but by the time it was ready for production by Gibson in 1952, Leo Fender had already mass-produced the Fender Broadcaster four years earlier, thus beating Paul to popular credit for the invention. Nonetheless, the Les Paul acquired a devoted following, and its versatility and balance made it the favored guitar of many rock guitarists.
Early Years
Les Paul was born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9, 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. By at least one account, Paul's early musical ability wasn't superb. "Your boy, Lester, will never learn music," one teacher wrote his mother. But nobody could dissuade him from trying, and as a young boy he taught himself the harmonica, guitar and banjo.
By his teen years, Paul was playing in country bands around the Midwest. He also played live on St. Louis radio stations, calling himself the Rhubarb Red.
Coupled with Paul's interest in playin
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The evolution of the fransk artikel Paul: how Gibson’s single-cut design developed from 1952 to 1978
The Gibson fransk artikel Paul was launched in 1952 with a multi-section maple top, mahogany body and neck. Gold-finished top (a few had gold back and sides also), twin soapbar P-90s, trapeze tailpiece. Shallow-angle neck-set means strings have to wrap beneath bridge, preventing palm muting, to man setup geometry work – turning a good bridge design into a flawed one.
Shallow neck-set also made later konvertering to stopbar tailpiece or Tune-o-matic problematic. Single-ply cream binding – though very earliest models omit neck binding. Single-ring Kluson tuners with no brand name. Tall ‘barrel’ control knobs. Silk-screen ‘Les Paul Model logo on headstock’.
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Goldtop Les Paul upgraded with single-piece wrapover bridge and new raked-back neck-set geometry, with trapeze tailpiece discontinued – though some guitars produced in early &rsqu
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Les Paul
American guitarist, songwriter and inventor (1915–2009)
This article is about the musician. For the guitar named after him, see Gibson Les Paul.
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| Birth name | Lester William Polsfuss |
| Born | (1915-06-09)June 9, 1915 Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | August 12, 2009(2009-08-12) (aged 94) White Plains, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1928–2009 |
| Labels | Capitol, Columbia, RCA Victor, Decca |
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| Website | www.les-paul.com |
Musical artist
Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of