LES PAUL | The Invention of the Electric Solidbody Guitar
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Loading ...Posted on: August 19, 2009
Posted in: Custom Electric Guitar, Custom Guitar Making, Custom Guitar Video, Electric Expert, Featured
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Lester William Polsfuss, known as Les Paul (June 9, 1915 – August 13, 2009) was an American innovator, inventor, musician and songwriter. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which made the sound of rock’n roll possible. He is credited with many recording innovations, including overdubbing, delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording.
We met Les Paul about two years ago in New York City to film his custom guitar video interview. Here is Les telling the story how he invented the electric guitar in 1941. Les was full of life and enjoyed talking to us. Despite his knowledge and enthusiasm, it still took him almost 10 years to convince a company to mass-produce this modern concept of a traditional instrument. Who would have thought back then, that the electric guitar would change the music and the lifestyle of the whole world?!
