Brief history of Les Paul's life and his achievements, also includes a short interview with today's rock legend Carlos Santana. A great video to watch, a true guitar legend...
Gibson Les Paul Standard Guitars (1958 - Present) In 1952 Gibson introduced the first Gibson Les Paul model which were and are better known as Gibson Les Paul Gold Top Guitars due to the gold top finish. In mid 1958 Gibson replaced the gold top finish with a sunburst finish with the grain of the maple top visible until 1960 and renamed it the Gibson Les Paul standard sunburst. (59 models had a thick style neck, the 60's models had a thinner neck)
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (1969-1985) The Gibson Les Paul Deluxe electric guitar was originally released in 1969, it was a renamed guitar and originated from the Gibson Les Paul Standard (gold top model). The main feature of the Gibson Les Paul deluxe was its mini hum buckers. The hum buckers produced a nice tight crunchy sound and the result pleased many guitar players including Pete Townshend who used them in several concerts. The guitar appeared on the Gibson price list in 1969 for $425 and was a very successful seller. In 1969 the Gibson LP deluxe featured 2 mini hum buckers, maple top, mahogany body, a gold top finish, pantograph logo and a 3 piece neck. During the mid seventies regular sized hum buckers were optional and few were also produced with p-90 pickups. From 1970 to 1985 features basically stayed the same accept for minor detail changes and were produced in various colors such as cherry red sunburst, red wine, gold top, blue sparkle in 1974,76 and 77, red sparkle...
Gibson Es-335 Guitar (1958 to Present) Thinline Semi-hollow Electric Archtop Guitar Also Known As The Es-335 TD In 1958 Gibson introduced a guitar with a wood block that was glued to the top and back of the body which ran through the guitars' center leaving the sides empty , the guitar was called the Gibson ES-335 , the first semi-hollow body guitar. The wood block not only made the es-335 guitar more solid but it also enhanced its woodiness warm sound and sustain. Its ingenious body design structure plays a major role in Gibson' history and paved the way for many Gibson legendary guitars to come. Cherished by many artists such as bb-king , Eric Clapton, chuck berry, Joe Perry, Keith Richards, George Harrison, Ritchie Blackmore... just to name a few. The ES-335 is coined by many as the best all around guitar in the world because of its versatility In 1958 when Gibson first launched the es-335 at a list price of approximately $270 the guitar became an instan...
Gibson Les Paul Custom ( 1954 - present ) Nicknamed : Black Beauty During the early 50s Gibson went through some crucial changes on the Les Paul Goldtop model with their hardware and electronics , their guitars had an intonation problem until the tune-o-matic bridges was invented by Ted Mcarty in 1954. The tune o matic bridge allowed individual string Tonation and adjustments which was incorporated on a new model called the Gibson Les Paul Custom nicknamed the black beauty because of its elegantly black finish ....In 1954 the Gibson Les Paul custom guitar was introduced with a single cutaways, 22 fret bound ebony fingerboard , raised black bound Pick-guard , multi bound mahogany body with a carved top, gold hardware, tune-o-matic bridges with stop tailpiece and optional Bigsby Vibratoes, 2 single coil pickups ( alnico v & p-90 ) , block inlays on fingerboard and were made in black finishes . In 1957 Gibson replaced the 2 single coil pickups with 3 hum-bucking pickups. thes...
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