Les Paul
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All Roads Lead to Les
January 16, 2021
Pioneering player and technical innovator Les Paul is a pivotal figure in music history for a lot more than his namesake Gibson. Here’s a look at a few of his most well-known licks.
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Epiphone and Gibson Custom Shop Collaborate on 1959 Les Paul Standard Model
November 30, 2020
The guitars feature a mahogany body with a maple top with a AAA figured maple veneer, comfortable 1959 hand-rolled neck profile with long neck tenon, aged finish, and Gibson USA BurstBucker 2 & 3 humbuckers.
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Gibson Modern Collection Les Paul Special Tribute & Original Collection '70s Explorer and Flying V Demos | NAMM 2020
January 17, 2020
Classics revisited: Les Paul Specials with humbuckers or P-90s for under $1,000, and reissue Vs and Explorers in an era-correct white finish.
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Staff Picks: Remembering Les Paul
December 13, 2015
Leslie West joins PG staff in sharing our favorite memories of the guitar godfather.
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Les Paul’s Big Sound Experience
December 7, 2015
For his 100th birthday, a traveling tour brings the Thomas Edison of guitar to the people.
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Celebrating Les Paul: The Story of a Jersey Cop’s Unlikely Friendship with a Legend
June 9, 2015
As a young cop in the early '80s, Jim Wysocki had never even heard of the musical innovator, but a phone call at the station one winter night changed his life forever.
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Swervedriver: Shoegazers Ride Again
April 14, 2015
After 17 years of studio silence, Adam Franklin and Jim Hartridge bring back the noise.
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The Les Paul Foundation Announces the Official 100th Birthday of Les Paul
March 25, 2015
Legendary musicians Steve Miller, Journey’s Neal Schon, Count’s 77, Joe Satriani, Joan Jett, Johnny A, and others will join the Les Paul Trio.
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Auction to Feature Les Paul's Original "Black Beauty", Chet Atkins' "Dark Eyes" Gretsch, and More
January 8, 2015
Also included in the auction will be various pieces of gear from Les' home studio.
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Tom Doyle Completes Les Paul’s Final Project and Releases Doyle Coils Tru-Clones PAF Humbuckers
August 6, 2014
Les Pauls longtime guitar tech fulfills promise and delivers Les Paul’s ideal guitar sound in a new set of pickups.
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Slash: Hats Off
July 31, 2014
One of the most beloved (and humble) guitarists alive opens up about capturing the humanity in music without effects, improvising off of himself, and finding someone who would push him in the studio for the first time in years.
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No Rest for the Wylde
April 7, 2014
Black Label Society and their bearded leader unleash their first album in four years.
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Les Paul's Personal Instruments Go to Auction
March 26, 2012
Beverly Hills, CA (March 26, 2012) -- Julien''s Auctions, the world''s premier entertainment and celebrity estate auction house and the Les Paul Foundation have partnered for an auction of extraordinary
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NAMM '12 - Epiphone ES-339 Pro, Les Paul Ultra-III, Ace Frehley Les Paul, Prophecy Les Paul Custom
February 13, 2012
PG's Charles Saufley is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2012 NAMM
Show where he visits the Epiphone booth. In this segment, we get to see
and learn more about Epiphone's new products, including the ES-339 Pro,
Les Paul Ultra-III, Ace Frehley Budokan Les Paul Custom, Prophecy Les
Paul Custom EX, and Wilshire Phant-o-matic.
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The Legend of Slash’s Appetite for Destruction Les Paul
September 21, 2010
Will we ever know who built the Les Paul Slash played on “Sweet Child O’ Mine”?
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GALLERY: A Year at the Iridium Without Les Paul
August 12, 2010
In year after Les Paul''s death, a diverse array of talented guitarists took the stage on Monday nights to fill in with the Les Paul Trio. Photographer Frank White shares his images of some of the performers.
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Transcending Boundaries: The Incomparable Les Paul and His Band
September 18, 2009
Les Paul''s Iridium band remembers their bandmate and friend
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