Epiphone Les Paul

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When you think of electric guitars the Gibson Les Paul usually comes to mind. One of the world's most popular electric guitars, it was named after the man who invented it everybody knows that.  But - I bet you didn't know the guitar that bears his name was first made out of "Epiphone" parts.

Paul was dissatisfied with acoustic-electric guitars and began experimenting at his apartment in Queens, NY with a few designs of his own.

Paul's innovative guitar, originally christened "The Log", was built after-hours in the Epiphone guitar factory in 1940, and was one of the first solid-body electric guitars.

Famously, he created several versions of "The Log", which was nothing more than a stick of common 4x4 lumber with a bridge, guitar neck and pickup attached. For the sake of appearance, he attached the body of an Epiphone hollow-body guitar, sawn lengthwise with The Log in the middle.

This solved his two main problems: feedback, as the acoustic body no longer resonated with the amplified sound, and sustain, as the energy of the strings was not dissipated in generating sound through the guitar body.

These instruments were constantly improved and modified over the years, and Paul continued to use them - the Epiphone based models - in his recordings long after the development of his namesake Gibson model.

Paul approached the Gibson Guitar Corporation with his idea and prototype of a solid body electric guitar, they showed no interest until Fender began building its Esquire and Telecaster models.

By this time of course Gibson had bought out the Epiphone brand and made it a subsidiary of Gibson.  The historic truth is that the famous Gibson Les Paul guitar line started as a blend of old lumber and Epiphone parts.

Now you know - as they say - 'The Rest of the Story."

You can of course buy yourself a Gibson Les Paul or maybe you might want to try an Epiphone Les Paul and keep that "bucket" of cash you'll save...

The Epiphone Les Paul like the Gibson Les Paul comes in many styles and configurations - take a look - the rest is up to you.

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