
Thursday, August 13, 2009
les paul, guitar legend/inventor, dies at age 94

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Why do some sources credit Charlie Christian with playing the first amplified guitar, in 1939? ("The Jazz Book")
Why does the first "Guitar Solos" album by Fred Frith (1973, a classic of avante garde prepared guitar) claim to feature a "vintage Gibson 1936 ES-6" electric guitar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Solos
You are correct that Les Paul's invention of "multitracking" is far more significant. Paul _may have created the first Solid Body Electric. Ironically, the "Les Paul" model is NOT a solid body, as it has air pockets inside, a feature imitated by the Fender Telecaster. It is a "semi-solid body", which explains it's unusual resonance.
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