Comments on: 14: Les Paul designs and builds one of the first solid-body electric guitars http://xponentialmusic.org/blogs/885mmmm/2007/10/18/14-les-paul-designs-and-builds-one-of-the-first-solid-body-electric-guitars/ Just another Xponentialmusic.org weblog Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:02:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: david m http://xponentialmusic.org/blogs/885mmmm/2007/10/18/14-les-paul-designs-and-builds-one-of-the-first-solid-body-electric-guitars/#comment-20150 david m Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:58:45 +0000 http://xponentialmusic.org/blogs/885mmmm/2007/10/18/14-les-paul-designs-and-builds-one-of-the-first-solid-body-electric-guitars/#comment-20150 Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gibson_players for an incredible list of Les Paul players. Check out the man himself http://youtube.com/watch?v=OAbH1b5HEO8 http://youtube.com/watch?v=foXSXOAfB4U http://youtube.com/watch?v=_hz2HWjM9UQ Jeff Beck did play a Les Paul (Yardbirds & Jeff Beck Group, some Faces stuff too) but he is definately a best know as a Strat man. check this gem out, I think this may show him playing one http://youtube.com/watch?v=sLQ2FtFdXIo Johnny Winter also has played a Les Paul but most commonly Plays a Firebird B.B. King has always played an E series variant. But his love is "Lucille" an ES-355 some of my favorite examlpes of the Les Paul in action. jimmy page no quarter http://youtube.com/watch?v=wpreDuG4lQ8 slash and Zakk Wylde http://youtube.com/watch?v=nFrcPgyRG9w neil young hurricane http://youtube.com/watch?v=1O6VxlMi69Q alex lifeson rush 2112 http://youtube.com/watch?v=jPMT-2p8NBU Derek Trucks & Clapton http://youtube.com/watch?v=P5pGUiflGys Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gibson_players
for an incredible list of Les Paul players.

Check out the man himself
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OAbH1b5HEO8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=foXSXOAfB4U
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_hz2HWjM9UQ

Jeff Beck did play a Les Paul (Yardbirds & Jeff Beck Group, some Faces stuff too) but he is definately a best know as a Strat man. check this gem out, I think this may show him playing one
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sLQ2FtFdXIo

Johnny Winter also has played a Les Paul but most commonly Plays a Firebird
B.B. King has always played an E series variant. But his love is “Lucille” an ES-355

some of my favorite examlpes of the Les Paul in action.
jimmy page no quarter
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wpreDuG4lQ8

slash and Zakk Wylde
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nFrcPgyRG9w

neil young hurricane
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1O6VxlMi69Q

alex lifeson rush 2112
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jPMT-2p8NBU

Derek Trucks & Clapton
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P5pGUiflGys

]]> By: Randy Carone http://xponentialmusic.org/blogs/885mmmm/2007/10/18/14-les-paul-designs-and-builds-one-of-the-first-solid-body-electric-guitars/#comment-19968 Randy Carone Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:37:28 +0000 http://xponentialmusic.org/blogs/885mmmm/2007/10/18/14-les-paul-designs-and-builds-one-of-the-first-solid-body-electric-guitars/#comment-19968 B.B. King, Johnny Winter and Jeff Beck, the artists played in conjunction with this moment, do not play a Les Paul. I'm surprised by this gaff as XPN is usually right on the money. Wouldn't a song by Les Paul have been more appropriate? B.B. King, Johnny Winter and Jeff Beck, the artists played in conjunction with this moment, do not play a Les Paul. I’m surprised by this gaff as XPN is usually right on the money. Wouldn’t a song by Les Paul have been more appropriate?

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