I'm sure glad we got to see a lot of Les in public the last few years.
It reminds me how few truly great influences there are in the world.
Michael
It reminds me how few truly great influences there are in the world.
Michael
Yes, we lost a musical genius today. I've heard and seen him play live several times in the past. I remember the day I went, with a friend, to his house in Mahwah NJ to look at some Bruel & Kjaer equipment for sale. Les was a very friendly fellow and we were lucky enough to get the cook's tour of his studio and workshop. Got to see the Ampex 8 track recorder (the Octopus) and the mixing board (the Monster) up close and personal. That was back in the late 80's and a day I'll always remember.
Hollow, please assume I'm raging with jealousy.😀
I read Penn Jillette's little essay about it- Les Paul apparently invited him to play (Penn plays bass). Penn declined. "I was too damned scared." I sure would have been.
I read Penn Jillette's little essay about it- Les Paul apparently invited him to play (Penn plays bass). Penn declined. "I was too damned scared." I sure would have been.
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I saw him at AES NY 1999 -- an icon, and failed to scrounge up the $55 to buy a Les Paul Jr when i was 16.
dave
I saw him at AES NY 1999 -- an icon, and failed to scrounge up the $55 to buy a Les Paul Jr when i was 16.
dave
jackinnj said:
I'd opine that without his inventions, the sound (and recording techniques) of Rock N Roll (as we know it) might not even exist for a Hall of Fame to celebrate.
On the way back from a quickie errand at lunch today, I heard the tail end of a hilarious and virtuosic performance of "Cherokee" on the local jazz FM station ( KPLU).
I'd never heard this particular track before and wondered out loud "who the h3ll is that?" - then the announcer said "and that folks, of course was Les Paul". (yes, I speak in cryptic text when I suspect it might get transcribed to a forum post)
No doubt there'll be more than a few old tracks revisited on the airwaves during the next couple of weeks.
When a truly great music pioneer who INVENTED the electric guitar dies, it doesn't make the news, and isn't on the MSNBC web page that Vista keeps making my home page every time it updates. But when a truly weird pop music icon off's himself by mysterious means, we never hear the end of it. What's wrong with this. Yes, I may be a little biased, look what is in my hands in my avatar.
tubelab.com said:
tastes aren't for discussion ......
toobz are outa' fashion ...... same as GLP is outa' fashion ......
seems that my taste is also outa' fashion ......
you hit a nail .... world is indeed deep drek ....
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tubelab.com said:
Actually, there will be diamond FETs available soon... However, we shall wait for a military surplus to get them, after phased array radars.
It isn't a "real" deluxe. It is an Epiphone copy that Sherri got me for a Christmas present about 8 to 10 years ago. My "Strat" is really a Squier model that I got when I gave my old one to my daughter about 10 years ago.
I do have some good old guitars that I am collecting parts to rebuild. I have a Fender Coronado from the early 60's, and a Guild SG clone with a Guild Ultraflex amp.
I don't play enough anymore to justify spending big money on guitars. Sherri knew this when she got my daughters guitar teacher to pick out the Les Paul. Arthritis, wrist pain, and lack of spare time has curtailed much of my guitar playing. I think my guitar playing ability probably peaked when I was about 15 years old and played in a band (surf music). I had a guitar from the Lafayette Electronics catalog back then. I played the frets off of it. It was during this time that I learned how to make guitar amps with parts from old tube TV sets. I got a Univox (also sold as a Mosrite) guitar when I was 18, and I still have it, but its frets are shot too.
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