Les Paul, legendary jazz guitarist and inventor of the Gibson Les Paul guitar, has died as a result of complications from pneumonia. Details and more at the following sites.
The five essential achievements of Les Paul
I think I want to save my money and get a Gibson Les Paul instead of going out and getting a knockoff les paul, such as a Jay Turser or Epiphone. I figure I’ll never be happy unless it’s the real thing. And also, I think a true Gibson would hold its value over the years. But my question is, how does a knockoff compare to a genuine Les Paul? I’m an intermediate player, I’m not in a band or anything but I like a good sound not a cheap sound. Any input?
Well the Gibson is obviously nicer but for the cost difference I would get the Epiphone. Just my two cents, The cost difference is huge.
I am planning to buy a Gibson Les Paul Traditional because i love them and i know its a good investment. But i was wondering how much it would be worth 20-30 years from now? (they are about $2300 for a new one) any ideas????
It depends….how much do they appreciate in value every year? If you use the current price as the present value, assume the guitar goes up in value 10% every year, after 20 years it would be worth about $15,000. $40,000 in 30 years at the same rate, all other things being equal. If you think that your guitar would only go up in value say 5% a year, you are looking at values of $6,000 in 20 years and about $10,000 in 30.
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I’m always looking for good articles about the Gibson Les Paul electric guitar. I found a great one on the SWITCHED site. The writer sat down with the guitar’s inventor Chris Adams for a demo of this new, unique Les Paul. Read about it here.
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In 1945, guitarist and inventor Les Paul took his idea for a solid body electric guitar to the Gibson guitar company. They turned him down calling his invention a “broom-stick with a pickup on it”.
Seven years later, the growing popularity of Fender’s Telecaster prompted Gibson to produce the Les Paul as the first solid body guitar made by Gibson.
There are different versions of who designed what when it comes to the first models. However, once the dust settled, the result was a guitar that proved to be what the market was looking for.
In 1954, Gibson released the Les Paul Custom which sold for $325.00 and the Les Paul Junior that went for $99.50. Today, these guitars go for thousands of dollars.
The humbucker (aka PDF) pickup came into use in 1957. Engineer Seth Lover designed them to eliminate the hum and interference caused by single coil pickups.
In 1958, the cherry red sunburst Les Paul replaced the Les Paul Gold Top. The ‘bursts’ have become the most sought after and expensive Les Pauls of all time.
There have been many different models of the Gibson Les Paul electric guitar since it’s release in 1952 including the Robot model which tunes itself. In December 2008, Gibson took the Les Paul one step further with the introduction of the Dark Fire Les Paul-style digital guitar.
However, the one thing that remains constant is it’s position as guitar of choice for some of the world’s greatest guitarists.