Les+Paul

= = =Les Paul= = = =Les Paul Les Paul was the first ever builder of the solid body electric guitar. His first ever guitar was named " The Log " and was one of the first solid body electric guitars. He was born on the 9th of June 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.A.. His parents were George and Evelyn ne'e Stutz. His actual name is Lester William Polsfuss, he grabbed the name Les Paul when his mother found that his actual name was to hard to say so his mother started to call him Les Paul. He became intrested in music at age eight when he began playing the harmonica. After an attempt at playing the banjo he started to learn guitar. He was dissatisfied with the acoustic-electric guitars so he designed several versions of "The Log ". " The Log " was built after hours by Les Paul in the Epiphone Guitar Factory. After Les Paul had a car crash in 1948 he asked the doctor if he could have his arm in a pernament guitar playing position. Paul married Virginia Webb in 1938 they had three children one died at four days old. Les Paul was the godfather of the rock guitarist Steve Miller. Les Paul gave Steve Miller his first guitar lesson. His signature guitar is the Gibson Les Paul, which is used by many famous guitarists such as Billie Joe Armstrong, Slash, Eric Clappton, Patrick Stump, and Jason White. Gibson a famous guitar company built Les Paul's guitars and are still making them today. Les Paul died on August the 13th 2009 of complications of pneumonia. Many artists payed tribute to him after his death.=



By Jack Mayo