R.I.P. Les Paul

[crazykarl]

When you break your arm so bad that it'll be virtually immobile, and you have it reset in a position that only allows you to play guitar, that's when you know you're incredible. Amazing guy, rest in peace.

 

[SuperD]

Damn this is sad.



And lets not forget he invented tape multi-track recording

Arguably his greatest contribution. One could not ever masure the impact of THAT.
RIP Les Paul.

 

[exzem]

According to wikipedia he also invented overdubbing, delay effects and phasing effects. So you could say that he contributed a *slight* amount to todays recording techniques.

 

[aramism]

he created the multi track recorded

 

[Notuern]

I remember seeing a video of Les Paul playing in the early 60's i think, and he has this amazing guitar with lots of switches and knobs.
And he hits one of the knobs and start playing a rythm, and then he switches the knob of and stop playing, and then turn up a knob and the rythm part he just played comes on!
And then he hits another switch and puts a melody line on it and do the same thing, so he has a rythm and a melody.. so now he starts to improvise over that, and while he is improvising he starts to tweak around with other switches and knobs on there, giving him reverb and chorus effects etc.. amazing that he did that in the 60's.

(I tried to find it on youtube with no success.)

 

[DaWolf]

I remember seeing a video of Les Paul playing in the early 60's i think, and he has this amazing guitar with lots of switches and knobs.
And he hits one of the knobs and start playing a rythm, and then he switches the knob of and stop playing, and then turn up a knob and the rythm part he just played comes on!
And then he hits another switch and puts a melody line on it and do the same thing, so he has a rythm and a melody.. so now he starts to improvise over that, and while he is improvising he starts to tweak around with other switches and knobs on there, giving him reverb and chorus effects etc.. amazing that he did that in the 60's.

(I tried to find it on youtube with no success.)

This one ?
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXSXOAfB4U&feature=PlayList&p=F59DE7B10A25C17D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3[/ame]

R.I.P. Les

 

[Harry Hughes]

RIP Les Paul

 

[Notuern]

This one ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXS...10A25C17D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3

R.I.P. Les

seems like that one, yes!
But i thought he had chorus etc. built in as well, probably just my mind messing with me.

 

[MetalJonesy]

that vid is well cool!

 

[Skyweaver]

sad to see a giant like this pass

 

[iekobrid]

\m/

 

[Bekanor]

I can't wait for the Dean Razorback LP to come out.


Seriously though, it's sad that he's gone, but he left a truly immortal legacy.

 

[beyond dead]

wow. innovators like that just dont exist anymore. too bad he isnt immortal, who knows what other kinda shit this guy could have came up with?

I think this really shows us that "fitting in" or mimicking mainstream idealism's
doesnt change fuck all, and is super boring.

I really appreciate guys like les paul and leo fender for doing things that, at the time, people just didnt do.

 

[beyond dead]

fuck yeah! les rips er at the end of that vid boyeeeee