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In 1941, Paul designed and built the first solid-body electric guitar.
I think Fender had a solid body electric guitar design submitted to them at the same time. I'm not sure, but I definitely remember reading that someone else had independantly invented it too. -- Jimregan 04:35 27 May 2003 (UTC)

It was Leo Fender, I think. The Broadcaster was released around the same time, and I think it was invented around the same time. -- Jimregan 04:38 27 May 2003 (UTC)

The "Chester and Lester" album was released in 1976. It had a follow-up album "Guitar Monsters" in 1978.
The page says that Les Paul's 1947 recording of "Lover, When You're Near Me" was the first time multi-tracking had been used on a recording." Not true. On April 18, 1941, Sidney Bechet recorded "The Sheik of Araby," playing all the instruments and overdubbing them -- soprano and tenor sax, clarinet, piano, bass, and drums. There may have been others.
"Recorded on WAX". Most unlikely. Wax recordings couldn't be played back - only used as masters. "Instant" recordings were aluminum disks covered with acetate and they could be played a limited number of times without serious degradation. Glass was used instead of aluminum when the WW2 war effort required the aluminum. 24Aug06


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[edit] Les Paul

i am positive les paul died some time this year. I just don't know when. does somebody know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.253.83.8 (talk • contribs)

You are positively incorrect. Les Paul is still ticking, and picking, I believe at the tender age of 91. PJM 00:42, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


Several years ago, I saw a televised birthday tribute to Les Paul on television in the US. Many top guitarists played solos, including Steve Miller, Eddie Van Halen, and particularly David Gilmour, at who Les stared wide-eyed and said "Boy, you sure play your ass off!" He actually seemed stunned by David's performance, which was a tremendous solo along the lines of David's typical style. I can never find that show or performance referenced. Does anyone remember it and where can we get it?

You probably mean "Les Paul & Friends: He Changed the Music" from 1988. It's available from amazon http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Friends-He-Changed-Music/dp/6302373611 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.194.181 (talk) 17:32, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Friendship with Django Reinhardt

This article makes no mention of his friendship with Django Reinhardt, which caused him to shift his musical focus from country to jazz and pop.

[edit] What's up with the pictures on this page?

They show an X-box for Les and a silhouette of a tree for "the log".

Ok, pictures back to normal now.

[edit] Birthdate?

The article says June 9, 1915, but the infobox says June 7, 1914. Whazzup? 199.126.161.143 23:11, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Divorce/Les Paul Website

I am removing the word "amicably" from the article's reference to the 1964 divorce from Mary Ford for one reason: the official biography on Paul's own site (http://www.lespaulonline.com/bio.html) describes the divorce as "bitter." Sensei48 22:28, 11 July 2007 (UTC)Sensei48

[edit] Radio Talk

"To this day, no one knows exactly how the Les Paulverizer works." I would think that Mr. Les Paul WOULD be the one to know EXACTLY how the Les Paulverizer works!!! 00:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)Troubleshooter5300:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)Troubleshooter53

[edit] Quote at top

OK here's the thing. The page currently says "Apple Inc. recognizes him as 'one of the most important figures in the development of modern electric musical instruments and recording techniques.'" But on apple.com/hotnews, it says "Wikipedia recognizes him as 'one of the most important figures in the development of modern electric musical instruments and recording techniques.'" The fact that I think Apple should not be quoting Wikipedia as a source for this sort of thing aside, who wrote this quote first?!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.135.175.1 (talk • contribs)

Further, the source that the footnote links to does not contain the quotation! Apple's startpage does but won't forever. I'll glance through the history to see if I can figure out what's goin' on.  — gogobera (talk) 19:49, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
What a bizarre case of circular referencing. The statement has been around pretty much from the Wikipedia article's conception, and an IP decides to attribute the claim to Apple, and uses a wrong link. Even then, as noted above, the page where the claim was made actually traces the claim to Wikipedia. Quite embarrassing for both websites, if you ask me. Dancter 20:04, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, an anon edit added, [[Apple]], fixed it to [[Apple Inc.]], and then added the reference link. It's either a somewhat creative vandal or an editor who doesn't quite get the idea of sourcing. Since the editor claims to have "fixed an error" by adding Apple, I lead toward the former. Either way, it's time to go back to how things were. — gogobera (talk) 20:13, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question?

Now when people say to him, "Go play with yourself" does he jackoff or does he play his Les Paul? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.34.217.222 (talk) 01:41, 19 May 2008 (UTC)