Negative Sun Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Les Paul dies age 94 Wow, it's a bad year to be in showbiz... Love Les Paul guitars they're the best ever, best looking and best sounding. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 sorry bbc but les paul is a lich he's just gonna reform later on when someone wanders near his phylactery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gob Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Father of the solid body and made one of the baddest guitars ever. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalore The Shadow Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 RIP Les Paul I will buy one of your guitars in your memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediAthos Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 RIP Les Paul, best guitars ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Everybody's mentioning the guitars (which do kick ass), but has anyone here ever listened to his music? His style may not be your thing, as it hails from before the days of rock, but there's no denying that the man was a god on guitar. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediAthos Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Everybody's mentioning the guitars (which do kick ass), but has anyone here ever listened to his music? His style may not be your thing, as it hails from before the days of rock, but there's no denying that the man was a god on guitar. RIP. Definitely...he is definitely in the same category with some of the best guitarist of all time. Once upon a time I took some lessons (not much ever came of them) and my teacher had me listen to him, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and a couple others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Everybody's mentioning the guitars (which do kick ass), but has anyone here ever listened to his music? His style may not be your thing, as it hails from before the days of rock, but there's no denying that the man was a god on guitar. RIP. yessir a friend of mine was actually lucky enough to see him live. during one of the songs he just picked on the e string during one of his solos and made fun of audience members/his band, which is one of the reasons i will miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 He had a good run and cast a long shadow across R&R. RIP, Les. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I heard him on a WGN radio interview a couple months back and he'd just gotten out of the hospital that evening, but he still wanted to talk to the hosts about music. He also was still playing at a club up until he developed the pneumonia that led to his demise. Can you imagine going to a club to see a 94 year old virtuoso play the guitar. Talk about loving music and performing. RIP, Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevron 7 locke Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Reast in Peace good sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 RIP, Les Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da_man Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 The world seems so much emptier now. If Jimmy Paige kicks the bucket, I'm declaring a national day of mourning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Damn. Well, 94 is a good rounded age to go kaput. You will be missed. http://www2.gibson.com/Gibson.aspx Show spoiler (hidden content - requires Javascript to show) Show spoiler (hidden content - requires Javascript to show) Show spoiler (hidden content - requires Javascript to show) Ironically, I have a '68 Voxton guitar (somewhere in that nightmare storage of mine) which is a cheap knock off of that style--albeit a good one. Don't play anymore, not that I ever did too much besides simple rock riffs and a couple other styles. Mostly on my basses on top of that. Anywhoo, Y'know, if there was not rock or VG music, I'd probably listen to his music. Actually not sure what I'd listen to TBH. But his skill was undeniable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 RIP, some of my favorite guitarists used, well nearly every guitarist at some point used the LP... I'm a Strat man myself, (Cant be without it... and the Tremolo arm! 80's ftw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediAthos Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 So, I was listening to Sirius radio on my drive today, and by chance caught a duet with Jimmy Buffet and Les Paul from the Iridium Club in NY from 2006. They sang Margaritaville (well, Jimmy sang, but Les was playing guitar.) and there was some friendly banter between the two as well. It was pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 RIP Les. Without you music wouldn't be where it is today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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