RIP Les Paul

Whether or not he “invented” the electric guitar doesn’t matter. Les had a big role in developing numerous contemporary styles of music we all enjoy today through his techniques, experiments and the guitar body/share which bears his name. I know it’s definitely a favorite of lead players and memorable solos. My grandparents always hated being reminded about how he was partly responsible for that “noisy, bang bang noise junk” my brother and parents called music.