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Guitar, Studio Wizard Les Paul Dies At 94

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the he-will-be-missed dept.

beeshman noted that Les Paul has died. Paul was quite the hardware hacker of his day, innovating with guitar hardware, and later multi track recording. The Gibson Les Paul is one of the single most iconic instruments associated with Rock 'n Roll, and was of course played by Pete Townshend. Someday I'm going to get me one.

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  1. Re:Played by? by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Geez, the obvious person to mention, who's name is synonymous with the Les Paul is Jimmy Page.

    Pete has played with the LP for a bit, but, has never been quite as associated with any one guitar like Jimmy Page.

    Page == Les Paul (and a telecaster in early days)

    Jimi Hendrix == Strat

    To me...I always picture Pete mostly with a Gibson SG during the 60's.

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