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Happy Birthday Les Paul!

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Happy Birthday Les Paul!

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Today marks what would have been Lester William Polsfuss, more commonly knownGuitarist Les Paul as Les Paul, 96th birthday. Many of you may only think Les Paul is the name of a Gibson guitar, when in fact Les Paul was one of the most influential guitarist ever. Besides being a master at the instrument, Les pioneered the modern solid body electric guitar, which we all know made Rock ‘n Roll possible.

Les Paul lived from June 9, 1915 until August 12, 2009, just a few short years ago. Endorsed and later immortalized by Gibson, Les Paul developed one of the most popular guitars of today, the Gibson Les Paul.

Even Google celebrates his birthday by creating their homepage logo into a Les Paul that you can actually play! Here’s a fun video Happy Birthday tribute, using the Google logo, to the man, the legend, Les Paul:

Les Paul will live forever as one of the most recognized names in music. Read more about the life and legacy of Les Paul in this article by Gibson.com.

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2 Responses to “Happy Birthday Les Paul!”

  1. Peter Says:
    June 10th, 2011 at 10:43 am

    thanks Les,
    Thanks to you i can play low on 2 LP gibson guitars (standaard 2008 ) and custom and a Gibson ES175 jazz guitar
    Many thanks
    Awesome
    Cheers
    Peter

  2. Les Paul Memorial Service | Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar Blog Says:
    September 14th, 2011 at 10:47 am

    [...] long ago, we posted a Happy Birthday Les Paul blog. Well, on September 10, 2011 in Waukeesha Wisconsin (Les Paul was born in Waukeesha), the Les [...]

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