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The Gibson Les Paul Guitar Story

In 1950, there was a big boom in the world ofhardware was offered with a black finish.
music when the Fender Telecaster (electricThere was a constant improvement seen in the
guitar) was introduced in the market. Anotherpickup, body and hardware patterns that truly
breed of guitars led the world of music afterpulled  lots  of  guitarists  towards  it.
this with Gibson Les Paul. As the name
suggests Gibson is the leading musicalThere are different features that distinguish
instrument manufacturer and Les Paul was onethe Gibson Les Paul from the rest of the
of the most respected guitarists in history.brands. Gibson Les Paul is known for mounting
Les Paul has been known for his innovation inof its strings, which are always mounted on
musical instruments and it was for thistop of the guitar body and not through the
reason that the president of Gibson Company,guitar body as was seen in the Fender's
Ted McCarthy, got Les Paul to be a consultantmodels. Gibson Les Paul has offered a wide
for  Gibson.range of decorative models, customized
hardware, and electric pickup options. The
Les Paul made a solid body prototype, whichhumbucking pickup completely eliminated the
was known as The Log. Les Paul had approached60-cycle humming that previously beset the
Gibson in the year 1945 with this prototypeamplified  guitars.
but this idea was refused, but then again in
1951 Les Paul and Gibson worked together andGibson Les Paul has gone through an
Les Paul's innovative idea gave birth to aevolutionary process over the years and has
marvel that rocked the music world. The linebrought on unique models to gear up with
of models for the Gibson hollow-body electricstate of the art advanced technology and
guitars provided ideas to create Gibson Lesstyle. The line of Gibson Les Paul models are
Paul, which differed from Fender in having aGoldtop (1952-1957), Custom (1954-1960),
more  curved  body  and  a  glued-in  neck.Gibson Les Paul Junior (1954-1960), Gibson
Les Paul TV (1955-1960), Gibson Les Paul
There are different controversies regardingSpecial (1955-1960), Gibson Les Paul Standard
the role of Les Paul in Gibson. One of the(1958-1960), Gibson Les Paul SG 1961, Gibson
controversies is that the president of GibsonLes Paul Deluxe 1968, Gibson Les Paul Studio
Corporation approached Les Paul and asked him1983, as well as the modern Gibson Les Paul
for the right to print his name on theguitars.
headstock of the guitar so that they could
increase the sales of that specific model andIt was in the 1960 that the icons in the
name  it  Gibson  Les  Paul.world of guitarists such as Mike Bloomfield,
Keith Richards, Jimmy Page as well as Eric
It was also claimed by McCarthy that theyClapton acknowledged the professional
only had discussions with Les Paul regardingcapability of Gibson Les Paul's late 50s
the tailpiece and fitting of a maple cap overguitars because they had the thicker and more
the mahogany body for increased density andsustaining tone of Gibson's humbucking
sustain. Les Paul also wanted the new modelpickups. This innovation just gave Gibson Les
to have a gold finish but the Gibson gavePaul the unique standing in electric guitars
flame and tiger maple finishes for it toand then there were a lot of companies that
compete  with  the  Fender.followed the lead of Gibson in making the
humbucking pickups. Following these icons, a
The Les Paul guitar started out with twolot of other bands and artists made Gibson
models, the regular model, which was thenLes Paul their choice and now a 1959 Les Paul
nicknamed as the Goldtop and the other wascan cost in a range of about $100,000 to
the custom model in which up gradation of the$500,000.



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