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Mike Leary
08-16-2009, 01:55 PM
Anyone (Boots?) see him live? One of my heroes as a musician and engineer.
TYCINC
08-16-2009, 01:57 PM
Awesome musician! Great guitar too lol nothing like an American made Gibson
Mike Leary
08-16-2009, 02:05 PM
All the greats played Gibsons. Paul McCartney once said, "without Les Paul, there would have been no Beatles."
Wet_Boots
08-16-2009, 02:23 PM
Yep, saw him at his regular Monday night gig. He still had it.
EagleLandscape
08-16-2009, 02:36 PM
Saw him this March in NYC... (maybe the place boots was talking about)
Wet_Boots
08-16-2009, 02:39 PM
I lost track of the various name changes the room went through. It might have been Merlot, or maybe Iridium.
Mike Leary
08-16-2009, 02:41 PM
Saw him this March in NYC... (maybe the place boots was talking about)

The Iridium, I believe. Great pics, John! Either Larry Coryell (who I played with) or the Smithsonian should have those axes.
EagleLandscape
08-16-2009, 02:42 PM
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Mike Leary
08-16-2009, 02:57 PM
That is the baddest axe I've ever seen/heard.
Wet_Boots
08-16-2009, 03:03 PM
I still think Ravi Shankar was the most impressive string plucker I ever heard, but that was at a time when speed (think John McLaughlin) was the thing, and before I came to appreciate what Joe Pass and Tal Farlow could do with a simple song.
Mike Leary
08-16-2009, 03:16 PM
And a lot of Indian musicians that took the "Shankar" mantle, were just as hot as Ravi; or hotter.
Gabor Szabo, ( escaped from a opressive eastern country?) also comes to mind with the incredible Chico Hamilton records on Impulse.
Wet_Boots
08-16-2009, 03:44 PM
Shankar's tabla player was hot stuff, too. I think Forest Flower was one of the first jazz albums I ever owned. Just lovely to hear.

I wonder if the decor of Iridium is still from the design school of Doctor Seuss. It, and the ground-floor Merlot restaurant looked like a set from the movie The 5000 Fingers of Doctor T
Wet_Boots
08-16-2009, 04:04 PM
By the way, the aforementioned Doctor T is a movie that will have you checking your meds

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9922/happyj.jpg
Mike Leary
08-16-2009, 04:22 PM
The guy that bought my company was about that age.
Wet_Boots
08-16-2009, 04:25 PM
I want that hat.
EagleLandscape
08-16-2009, 06:38 PM
cool shirt
Beerigator
08-17-2009, 09:02 AM
Bought my first Gibson Les Paul guitar in 1976. I Think I paid $450. Cant touch one now for less than 2k. I'm pretty sure the prices for these great guitars will go up dramatically now.
FIMCO-MEISTER
08-17-2009, 09:19 AM
John had pics of Les Paul! I'm stunned. (and jealous, never saw the guy)
irrig8r
08-17-2009, 09:54 AM
Didn't Les Paul also invent multi-tracking?
irrig8r
08-17-2009, 09:56 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gibson_players
EagleLandscape
08-17-2009, 09:57 AM
John had pics of Les Paul! I'm stunned. (and jealous, never saw the guy)

I know all and see all:)
Mike Leary
08-17-2009, 11:11 AM
Didn't Les Paul also invent multi-tracking?

He sure did. I saw a picture at Capital Records of Mary Ford laying down a track while doing the dishes.
Mike Leary
08-18-2009, 03:02 PM
He was hot; Les did not need volume controls that went to 11. Check out his fingers.
EagleLandscape
08-18-2009, 04:41 PM
Isn't his right arm fixed in the bend that is shown? I heard something about him breaking his arm, and he had the option of having it set "bent" or never playing guitar again.

He chose bent.
Mike Leary
08-18-2009, 05:53 PM
He chose bent.

And it worked; thank God his left was spared.
Mike Leary
08-18-2009, 06:18 PM
Wonder what amp Les used?
Fine Spray
08-18-2009, 07:13 PM
Wonder what amp Les used?

Les Paul, got me thinking of guitar hero lol.. :cool2: