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Billy Gilbert
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Posted 22 Aug 2005 2:56 am |
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Les Paul came to my high school in 46' or 47', playing a steel guitar. He said he had been to Hollywood and did sound effects for a war movie. He demonstrated airplane sounds, straffing machine guns, and bombs going off. He also played Hawaiian music.
He was taking orders for a cheapo flat-top guitar with raised strings and a fretless cardboard fretboard that had printed fret lines and notes under each string at each fret. I think they sold for $24.95.
I wonder how much he contributed to the development of the steel guitar?  |
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Gary Boyett
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Colorado
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Posted 22 Aug 2005 3:13 am
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I wish he would have done more. What would you pay for an original Les Paul Studio model lap steel guitar? Priceless!
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 22 Aug 2005 4:04 am
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I saw Les last Monday at the Iridium Jazz Club in NY. He's still "priceless!"
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 22 Aug 2005 2:56 pm
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Howard,
Here you go!
[This message was edited by Russ Tkac on 25 August 2005 at 08:05 AM.] |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 25 Aug 2005 8:04 am
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| ^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 25 Aug 2005 9:07 am
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Gotta love Les Paul! Here's a quote from him about this bassist: "When I look at her, I feel like a condemned building with a new flagpole on it."
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Dan Sawyer
From:
Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 25 Aug 2005 9:26 am
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| and those red eyes… so rare in a bass player and such a turn-on! |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 25 Aug 2005 10:47 am
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| Red eyes! So nice! [This message was edited by Russ Tkac on 25 August 2005 at 11:49 AM.] |
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Ben Elder
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 25 Aug 2005 12:00 pm
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| Rare in a bass player? |
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Dan Sawyer
From:
Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2005 11:57 am
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| Red eyes, so common in drummers. |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 26 Aug 2005 12:19 pm
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Not bad for 90!
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