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Within the world of the electric guitar, many people know of and are impressed by the Les Paul. In fact, some people consider it the absolute best of the best in electric guitars for sale. But what makes this particular guitar so revolutionary and so special? For one, the entire idea of having a solid body guitar was relatively new at the time of the Les Paul creation. With the original idea created by Lester Polsfuss (or Les Paul), this guitar was not particularly well received by audiences. Determined that the new guitar could be a hit, however, Paul took the idea to noted guitar maker Gibson.

Passing on the original design, Gibson did remember Paul. Playing on Paul’s notoriety as a recording artist, they decided to attach his name to a 1951 version of the solid body electric guitar. While the noted guitar was obviously named after the artist, there is some question about how much input he actually had into the making and design of that guitar. Many people have concluded that the gold top and trapeze tail piece were both inputs from Paul.