Les Paul on PBS tonight

Drew263

Thought this might be interesting...

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/paul_l.html

MLC2006

I watched the first 30 minutes and tivo'd the rest. you know, it's almost disgusting to think about how much talent he has. not just musicianship, but pure ingenuity.

did you see the part where he went into a closet-type room of his there looked to be a hundred or more guitar cases stacked next to each other. he picks one out and says "this is a 1927, it's a real nice guitar". damn, can you IMAGINE some of the guitars he has?

also, wonder why Gibson never made a large production run of the early 70s prototype that he currently plays? afterall, they made the SG without his approval, why wouldn't they make THE one that he actually approves of most? it's a good looking guitar and sounds damn good.

Pacomc79

unfreaking believable.

breathtaking.

To say he is genius is redundant.

A must watch for any musician.

likepilateihaveadog

Just saw this, yeah it was great.

keeponrockin

MLC2006 wrote:

I watched the first 30 minutes and tivo'd the rest. you know, it's almost disgusting to think about how much talent he has. not just musicianship, but pure ingenuity.

did you see the part where he went into a closet-type room of his there looked to be a hundred or more guitar cases stacked next to each other. he picks one out and says "this is a 1927, it's a real nice guitar". damn, can you IMAGINE some of the guitars he has?

also, wonder why Gibson never made a large production run of the early 70s prototype that he currently plays? afterall, they made the SG without his approval, why wouldn't they make THE one that he actually approves of most? it's a good looking guitar and sounds damn good.

It didn't sell very well, according to the '50 Years of The Gibson Les Paul' book I have (great book by the way!)

Drew263

keeponrockin wrote:

It didn't sell very well, according to the '50 Years of The Gibson Les Paul' book I have (great book by the way!)

Is that the book with Stone in it?

keeponrockin

Drew263 wrote:

Is that the book with Stone in it?

Ya there's a picture of him.

BetterManningNYG

les paul plays every monday night at the iridium jazz club in NYC. if you're in the area and you've never seen him play, do yourself a favor and go while there's still time. it's a life-changing experience.

http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=xxx&query=search&interface=ticketweb&newhps=1&search=les+paul&x=11&y=5

who's_pearljam?

BetterManningNYG wrote:

les paul plays every monday night at the iridium jazz club in NYC. if you're in the area and you've never seen him play, do yourself a favor and go while there's still time. it's a life-changing experience.

http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=xxx&query=search&interface=ticketweb&newhps=1&search=les+paul&x=11&y=5

Yup! I posted this in the I want a Les Paul thread a couple of days ago, too! There's nothing like sitting there at the Iridium and seeing F*n Les Paul, this piece of musical history, walk out and sit right in front of you. He could just sit there and not play at all and I would still say, "Awesome! Got my money's worth here!"


I think we're going up this Monday night for the late show. He sits for hours after and talks to people and signs autographs and guitars, and breasts!

He's just such a nice guy, too. He'll talk to you like he's known you for years.

MLC2006

here's a video showing no only how awesome a guitarist he is, but also another invention of his. this is like a precursor to the Boss RC, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXSXOAfB4U

keeponrockin

MLC2006 wrote:

here's a video showing no only how awesome a guitarist he is, but also another invention of his. this is like a precursor to the Boss RC, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXSXOAfB4U

That's AWESOME!