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 J-45 Guitar (1942-2021) When guitar players think of Gibson electric guitars automatically Gibson Les Paul guitars come to mind, because it became a Gibson trademark, just like Fender Stratocasters and Telecasters. When people think of Gibson acoustic guitars its the Gibson J-45 that seems to stand out. When the Gibson J-35 jumbo discontinued in late 1942, it was replaced by the Gibson J45 . There was not much difference between the 2 guitars accept for the pick guard, fancier Gibson logos in gold and minor changes to the peg heads. Both guitars sound awesome warm fat tone however, the gibson j-45 became a huge success because they were not expensive and they sounded really good, that explains why they are still in production 'til this day. In 1942 the Gibson J-45 were dreadnought flat top guitars, made with mahogany wood (back and sides), they had a teardrop fire-stripe pick guard unlike the J-35 which had a pick guard that followed the body contours. The J45 ...
Gibson C-O Classical Guitar ( 1961-1971 ) In late 1961 Gibson introduced the Gibson C-O Classical Acoustic Guitar , It had a spruce top , mahogany back and sides with a bound top , and were made in natural finisheS . Gibson Dicontinued these guitars in 1971 Gibson C-1 Classical Guitar ( 1957-1971 ) The Gibson C-1 Classical Guitar were first made in 1957 , more or less the same features like the C-O but with bound body instead of only top , and were discontinued in 1971 , were always made in natural colors . Later On in 1960 they introduced the gibson C-1 E which was fitted with a ceramic bridge pickup ( e for electric ) , discontinued in 1967. In 1961 gibson also produced a classical guitar called the gibson C-1 S Petite Classical which had a smaller student size body ( 13 1/4 " ) , these guitars were discontinued in 1966 . Gibson C-2 Guitar ( 1960-1971 ) In 1957 to 71 Gibson introduced the gibson c-2 classical guitar , the body was made with maple woo...
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