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more about #gibson Assassin_Kensei: The world just got a little worse. more » reddingofish: I cannot imagine what the world would have been like if Les Paul had not existed. Thanks for everything Les. more » jps1369: Cover your fenders and hide your shame whilst you plug in your Gibson and honor his name. more » FooSchnickens - Full of SCAR: Wow... I just don't know what to say. more » LazyLomax: R.I.P. My guitar gently weeps.... more » SgtBeavis: 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. W... more » FrankenPC: Rock on for eternity Les!! more » Super Moose: Solid Body electric guitars existed before Les Paul made his. People had already put pickups on solid body Hawaiian guitars in the 1930s. more » Kingofhearts589: 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 m... more » Keeter: *Holds up lighter* Thanks for all the great music sir. more » blash: Let's have a moment of silence to just: \m/ more » sansovino: He changed the world AND always had a smile on his face. You can't say that about too many people. more » ninjagin: 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. more » TrixAhenobarbus: 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 a... more » Bertone77: The Legendary Les Paul Father of the Electric Guitar Much Respect Rest in Peace more » Muhhamed Ali: I live in his hometown of Waukesha, WI and let me tll you. there is a full on mourning going on downtown and the Les Paul Performance Center. Well mis... more » d_r_e: He was famous for other things too you know. He made delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects, and even came up with multi-track recording. W... more » prsiii: A magical combination of artist, engineer and scientist. more » Wilson Rothman: I met him in like 1988 or '89—my granddad took me to one of Les' Monday night shows at some club in the Village (before he moved to Iridium). Af... more » Chris Vary: RIP Les. You changed the world. more » -
#guitars
Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
Les Paul, the legendary inventor behind the birth of rock n' roll, died today of complications from pneumonia at the age of 94. More » -
#ipod
Own Bill Clinton's Autographed iPod With His Ten Favorite Songs
Want to own something that's been touched by Bill Clinton, yet still relatively clean? Bid on this iPod. More » -
#guitars
Gibson's Dark Fire: Les Paul Reborn as RoboCop
It looks like the reason Gibson's self-tuning Robot guitar had a limited run is that the legendary guitar innovator had a much more insane second stage already blueprinted up: Gibson's Dark Fire Les Paul-style digital guitar is the crowning shred-related scientific achievement of our time. More » -
#gaming
Guitar Hero IV's Drums Will Have Six Pads, Two For Cymbals
Cymbals! That's what was missing from the Rock Band drum kit. Not missing, since some of the pads changed to cymbals whenever necessary, but it didn't have two upper pads dedicated explicitly to them. No more. Game Informer says the upcoming Guitar Hero IV will have a six-padded drum set, but a custom-designed guitar due to the legal problems Activision had with Gibson. You'll supposedly be able to create your own songs as well, but we're not sure if you can just import an existing MP3 and go from there, or if you have to create it from scratch. And by "scratch," we mean copying your favorite songs as best you can. [Primo Technology] -
#rocking
Guitar Rising for Real Guitar Heroes
I never got the whole Guitar Hero, Rock Band and their fake guitars playing thingie, which require so much practice to master that you may as well use a real guitar to become as good as Satriani. That's why I love the idea of Guitar Rising, which can use any real electric guitar, from a Fender Telecaster to a Gibson Les Paul. The software teaches you how to play actual songs, tracking your accuracy much like Guitar Hero would do, as their demo video shows. More » -
