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Thanks for the video links stomachmonkey...
Les was a true innovator...not only in terms of his solid body electric guitar design...but particularly his studio innovations such as multiple-record heads for multitrack recording, use of tape echo in the studio etc.
I used to slow down his songs with Mary Ford and learn the arpeggios that he played... he played them at that 1/2 speed and then sped up the tape to make them "other worldly" fast.... even at 1/2 speed they are technically proficient and challenging to play well.
He seemed like a good guy too which further endeared him to the guitar world.
Personally I prefer Fender guitars to Les Pauls for playing reasons, but the contributions that that style made to rock and roll is just as much on par with what Leo Fender designed.
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