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    Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94

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    Image of Assassin_Kensei Assassin_Kensei
    08/14/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    The world just got a little worse.
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    Image of joetato joetato
    08/16/09

    @Assassin_Kensei: I know how you feel. Let's just remember that he made the world better than it was before.
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    08/14/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    I cannot imagine what the world would have been like if Les Paul had not existed. Thanks for everything Les.
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    Image of jps1369 jps1369
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    Cover your fenders and hide your shame whilst you plug in your Gibson and honor his name.
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    Image of FooSchnickens - BPH Free FooSchnickens - BPH Free
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    Wow... I just don't know what to say.
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    Image of LazyLomax LazyLomax
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    R.I.P.
    My guitar gently weeps....
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    Image of jmeltzer jmeltzer
    08/13/09

    @LazyLomax: He'll be buying a stairway to Heaven.

    R.I.P. you crazy diamond.
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    Image of SgtBeavis SgtBeavis
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    He was one of the biggest contributors to modern music in the 20th century.

    Les Paul, we salute you for giving us the music we truly enjoy today. Without you there are no Foo Fighters, Van Halen, Chicago, or rock n roll for that matter.

    Thank you sir.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    Rock on for eternity Les!!
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    Image of Super Moose Super Moose
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    Solid Body electric guitars existed before Les Paul made his. People had already put pickups on solid body Hawaiian guitars in the 1930s.
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    FurySamurai72 promoted this comment Super Moose was starred Super Moose was unstarred
    Image of FurySamurai72 FurySamurai72
    08/14/09

    @Super Moose: You're an asshole. Les Paul DID invent today's version of the electric guitar. the Les Paul guitar, is not JUST named after him, he invented THAT guitar. He also invented multi-track recording, and the technique of adding another head to a tape recorder, inventing what we today call tape delay. Les Paul was also a musician. Who are you to downplay the death of a person without whom modern rock as we know it today simply would not exist. Save your nitpicking for another post.
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    Image of Kingofhearts589 Kingofhearts589
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    This man is a genius. The Musicians of the world owe so much to him. I was in the recording studio with my band a few weeks ago and marveling at how much of the modern equipment was invented by this man. Pure brilliance.
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    Image of worsethannormal worsethannormal
    08/13/09

    @Kingofhearts589: Absolutely. He's always linked to the electric guitar, but what about multi-track recording?
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    Image of Keeter Keeter
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    *Holds up lighter*

    Thanks for all the great music sir.
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    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment Keeter was starred Keeter was unstarred
    Image of blash blash
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    Let's have a moment of silence to just:

    \m/
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    Image of Enginseer Enginseer
    08/13/09

    \m/
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    Image of LinkinPain LinkinPain
    08/13/09

    @Enginseer: \m/
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    Image of denisnossevitch denisnossevitch
    08/13/09

    @blash: \m/
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    08/14/09

    @denisnossevitch: \m/
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    Image of sansovino sansovino
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    He changed the world AND always had a smile on his face. You can't say that about too many people.
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    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment sansovino was starred sansovino was unstarred
    Image of ninjagin ninjagin
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    What isn't much talked about these days is that he was a really good musician, too. Sad, but he had a full life and experienced fame he richly deserved.
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    Image of TrixAhenobarbus TrixAhenobarbus
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    One of my favorite commercials is that Coor's one where that dude is playing a guitar, old man asks if he can play it, kid hands it over, old man is awesome, kid asks his name, he says "its on your guitar".
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8O5wZAd2z4
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    The Legendary Les Paul

    Father of the Electric Guitar

    Much Respect

    Rest in Peace
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