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Penco made Martin- and Gibson-style acoustic guitars. Reverse engineered and built to spec, some of the closest replicas of the Martin D-28, D-35, D-41, D-45, and D-45 12 models in existence today were made by Penco, as well as bolt-neck copies of Gibson's Les Paul and SG guitars and basses, Rickenbacker 4001 basses, Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster guitars, Fender Jazz bass guitars, 12 ...
The original Les Paul body shape was retired in 1961 and radically redesigned as the Gibson SG (which for the first several years was known as the Les Paul SG, before Les Paul's endorsement deal ran out). In the mid-late 1960s, the unique tonal quality of the humbucker-equipped "Burst" models became a favorite among rock guitarists, and this ...
1974: [3] [4] Les Paul '55 Special limited edition; 1974 [6] /1977 [3] /(1978 [5])–1981: Les Paul '55 (Special Single Cutaway Reissue) 1989–1998: Les Paul Junior II (Les Paul Special Single Cutaway Reissue) [8] 2019–present: Les Paul Special (reissue with wrap tailpiece; vintage cherry and TV yellow finishes) variations. 1996–1999: Les ...
The original Les Paul design returned to the Gibson catalog in 1968. Gibson's production mix in the 1960s had to respond to a changing buyer's market. In 1969, Gibson executive Julius Bellson noted that "Four years ago, electric guitars account for almost 70 per cent of our guitar sales.
Colours on sale in 2012 are "Antique natural" - like the original 1970s all-maple maple neck L6-S - and "Silverburst" with a baked maple fretboard. No ebony fretboard model is on sale. The current L6S neck does not feature the unique "narrow at the nut and wider near the body" taper of the 1970s guitar, but a conventional Gibson shape.
He also used a 1974 Les Paul. [citation needed] Al Di Meola joined Chick Corea's Return to Forever in 1974 (at age 19), and became an influential jazz-rock fusion guitarist thereafter. He used a black '71 Les Paul model almost exclusively for his electric guitar work, both during his tenure with Return to Forever and on his early solo albums ...
Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor.He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, and his prototype, called the Log, served as inspiration for the Gibson Les Paul.
The 1952 Gibson Les Paul was originally made with a mahogany body, a mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard, two P-90 single coil pickups, and a one-piece, 'trapeze'-style bridge/tailpiece with strings fitted under (instead of over) a steel stop-bar, [note 1] and available only with a gold-finished top, giving rise to the moniker "Gold-Top".