Full Version: Les Paul
A pioneer.
I just read this on the BBC News site.. RIP, sad news 
Sad news indeed.
What's sad also is that I find mine too heavy to play - weighs a ton !!!
Brings back happy memories - got mine new from A1 in Manchester (wonder if they are still there?) on Oxford Road, just after I passed my accountancy exams.
Might dust it off this weekend and crank up Garbageband !!!!
All the best,
Nigel
What's sad also is that I find mine too heavy to play - weighs a ton !!!
Brings back happy memories - got mine new from A1 in Manchester (wonder if they are still there?) on Oxford Road, just after I passed my accountancy exams.
Might dust it off this weekend and crank up Garbageband !!!!
All the best,
Nigel
QUOTE(NigelC @ Aug 14 2009, 01:34 PM) 
Sad news indeed.
What's sad also is that I find mine too heavy to play - weighs a ton !!!
Renowned for it weren't they? I think that's why the Strat got so popular.
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Brings back happy memories - got mine new from A1 in Manchester (wonder if they are still there?)
Gone now.
Proper guitar freaks head for Sounds Great in Heald Green http://www.soundsgreatmusic.com/
Sad news. RIP.
Very sad news. Fortunately I was once able to hear him play.
From the Sindie's sports(!) section:
Screaming solos of the week
So farewell Les Paul, king of the electric guitar. And how appropriate that the World Air Guitar Championships will be held in Oulu, Finland this week. The event is proud of its Corinthian values, as double world champion Zac Munro testifies: "Air guitar is the last pure art form. There's no sponsorship. No one does it for the money." And as any soul-searching teenager in front of the bedroom mirror knows, there's a spiritual side, as espoused by the Airtistic Airdeology school. "It's like diving into a shark pool with pork pies strapped to your body," Munro adds. Then there is a philosophical side: "The contestant can use either an electric or an acoustic air guitar, or both." Take your pick.
Screaming solos of the week
So farewell Les Paul, king of the electric guitar. And how appropriate that the World Air Guitar Championships will be held in Oulu, Finland this week. The event is proud of its Corinthian values, as double world champion Zac Munro testifies: "Air guitar is the last pure art form. There's no sponsorship. No one does it for the money." And as any soul-searching teenager in front of the bedroom mirror knows, there's a spiritual side, as espoused by the Airtistic Airdeology school. "It's like diving into a shark pool with pork pies strapped to your body," Munro adds. Then there is a philosophical side: "The contestant can use either an electric or an acoustic air guitar, or both." Take your pick.
Oddly, I had never heard of him until he died.
Go run with the stars Paul...
Go run with the stars Paul...
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