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Charles Coaxes Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” from One Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar If the original was tugged between lust and longing, Charles’s version shimmers off into the latter.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho -- Theodore M. "Ted" McCarty, 91, a key figure in the development of the electric guitar and former president of Gibson Guitar Co., died here April 1. The cause of death was not ...
January 16, 2009 One of the highlights on the first day of the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show yesterday was the release of Taylor Guitars’ first purely electric semi ...
After a bit of inspiration, [Pete] decided to build a solid body electric guitar for himself. Instead of assembling a conglomeration of off-the-shelf parts, he plans on building just about everythi… ...
Paul was "instrumental" in the invention of the solid-body electric guitar. Let's celebrate his birthday with your favorite electric guitar instrumentals. We'll spin them after 9 a.m.
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 18: A solid-body Gibson Les Paul Standard 1959 electric guitar (reserve price £300,000-500,000) owned and used by musician Mark Knopfler is seen at a media event to ...
Want a tiny, bad, $800 guitar? Hammacher Schlemmer delivers. Named The World’s Smallest Percision Electric Guitar, the thing is 1/6 the size of a standard example and is just over two feet long ...
Strum out a few chords of Stairway, friends, because the guy who pioneered the solid-body electric guitar, Les Paul, is dead. He died of complications from pneumonia in White Plains, NY.
"The Birth Of Loud," by Ian S. Port. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) This article is more than 6 years old. Leo Fender and Les Paul were pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar. Their innovations helped ...
Request a track.Today is the birth date of audio and electric guitar innovator Les Paul. Paul was "instrumental" in the invention of the solid-body electric guitar. Let's celebrate his birth date ...