50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul: Half a Century of the Greatest Electric Guitars(Book). This exciting book documents the complete decade-by-decade story of one of the world's most important and influential electric guitars. The Gibson Les Paul turned 50 years old in 2002, and since its invention, its sweet, urgent sound has been used by a host of major rock players from Eric Clapton in Cream to Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols, from Joe Walsh in The Eagles to Slash of Guns N'Roses. Unique color photographs feature a multitude of luscious Les Paul models and highlight great players in action with their Les Paul guitars. Meticulous listings for the collector document every model produced from 1952 to the present day. 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul is a beautiful, detailed examination of six decades of great guitars and the fine musicians inspired to play them. |
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50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul: Half a Century of the Greatest Electric Guitars Tony Bacon No preview available - 2002 |
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Ace Frehley acoustic Anniversary AVAILABLE PRODUCTION TOTALS Bound carved-top body Bound ebony fingerboard Bound rosewood fingerboard bridge plus separate Clapton CLASSIC colours company's context Gibson controls two volume controls volume crown markers cutaway Deluxe Dickey Betts dot markers DOUBLE-CUT double-cutaway electric guitar Epiphone factory Fender FIFTY finish Four controls frets Gary Moore GIBSON LES PAUL Gold-plated hardware guitarists headstock humbucker pickups inlay on headstock instruments jack socket Jimmy Page Joe Perry Juszkiewicz Kalamazoo later logo low-impedance mahogany Mary Ford metal-cover humbucker pickups Nashville neck old Les Paul original Paul guitars Paul Junior Paul models Paul's Peter Frampton pickguard plastic tuner buttons playing pricelist recording Riboloff rod cover scale-length separate bar tailpiece serial number SG/LES PAUL CUSTOM Similar to STANDARD single-coil pickups SINGLE-CUTAWAY Six-saddle bridge Smartwood solidbody electric Standard Reissue Studio Lite switch Ted McCarty three-way selector tone truss truss-rod cover TUNE-O-MATIC TV model Unbound vintage ZAKK WYLDE