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  A star in the making.   In terms of solid body electric guitars, the Gibson Les Paul is one of the all time standout instruments.   Les (Lester) Paul was a very prominent and well known guitarist entertainer of the time with his own radio show.   Gibson Guitars and Les Paul teamed up in 1951 leading to the 1952 release of the legendary Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar.   This was Gibson's first ever solid body guitar and it was released at a price of $210.   At the time the Telecaster guitar from Fender was on the market for about $180 - $190.   The Gibson Les Paul Standard had a solid mahogany body which gave it a full warm tone and this was topped with a carved maple top which gave the sound a bright clear edge.   The guitar was always simply referred to as the Gold Top because of its beautiful gold finish.   The 3 way selector switch was used to control the two single coil P90 pickups that were contained in the first Gibson Les Paul Standard.   There was a volume and tone control for each pickup. There was a rosewood fingerboard on the guitar which was overlayed on a mahogany neck.   There were mother of pearl, crown shaped inlays as position markers on the finger board.   There as also a combined mechanism which was a bridge and tailpiece that attached to the base of the guitar on the original Les paul Model. This was basically the design that Les Paul had used for the previous archtop guitars. It was soon replaced in 1953 as being not needed or wanted on a solid body guitar.   With the growing market, Gibson soon released more models of its signature Les Paul Guitar.   In 1954 they produced a cheaper model targetted at the beginner market which was called the Les Paul Junior.   At the other end of the range was the Les Paul Custom with its gold hardware. This was the beginning of the golden age of the rock guitar. Gibson was closely aligned with the rock genre and was favored by many rock gods of the 60's and 70's. Article by Terry Booth

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