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Les Paul

Les Paul. By: Aaron McCall. Les Paul is…. A jazz and country guitarist A songwriter An inventor. Inventions. M ade the solid body guitar Multi Track recording Gibson Les Paul and Gibson SG. The Les Paul Guitar. pickup selector. Double pickups for louder sound.

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Les Paul

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  1. Les Paul By: Aaron McCall

  2. Les Paul is… • A jazz and country guitarist • A songwriter • An inventor

  3. Inventions • Made the solid body guitar • Multi Track recording • Gibson Les Paul and Gibson SG

  4. The Les Paul Guitar pickup selector Double pickups for louder sound Knobs for tone and volume

  5. The Gibson SG • SG and Les Paul are virtually the same except • SG has 2 “horns” • SG is lighter and is thinner • SG is more “aggressive looking”

  6. Multi-Track Recording • He would record himself playing on a disc • Then he would play another part along with the first and record that • This started multi-track recording

  7. Les Paul’s guitar career • Paul started his career in Chicago • He found his wife, Mary Ford, in 1945 and recorded songs with her such as • How High the Moon • Bye Bye Blues • Vaya con Dios • They divorced in 1962 and he made a semi-retirement in 1965.

  8. Les Paul’s life and death • Les Paul was born June 6, 1915 • Had a car accident in 1948 which shattered his arm. • The doctors told him he couldn’t move his arm and whatever position they placed it in it would stay • He had them place it a little above 90 degrees so he could still play guitar. • On August 21, 2009 he died of complications to pneumonia.

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