Les Paul saw a need and invented something to fill it

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Whether it fits HN or not, thanks for this.

The photo where Les Paul is holding his guitar fresh off the assembly line brought a tear to my eye. It just captures the pride and excitement.

Glad to hear the old man is still rocking.

> Whether it fits HN or not, thanks for this.

Of course it does: he hacked the Gibson.

Agreed. If Les Paul was 60 years younger, he'd have been into computers, no doubt. He's very much the image of the hacker mentality. I love seeing the inventive mind at work, even if it's in another field.

There's a great picture of him from around the time of the first production run holding his guitar with two broken arms. I spent a few minutes looking for it but I couldn't find it.

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