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Originally Posted by hedzeppelin
When those guys started playing the Les Paul, that's all that was available to them, wasn't it? I mean, they were out of production at the time, I think. So, since THEY say they're better, it MUST be true,
right? Just think, had they not said so, there wouldn't be such a craze for them today...what if Jimmy Page said "You know, I really like the the
1970's model Les Pauls much better than my 1959 LP"....??? We'd all be chasing down 1970's LP's.
And, as with any guitar, the more celebrities that play them, the more demand is created. Personally, the sound of a good LP can't be beat, but
there are other guitars that I prefer. By design, the LP really ain't all that.
It's chunky, heavy and cumbersome, and not all that comfortable.
Page played one because he heard Mike Bloomfield and wanted that sound.
Ace Frehley played one because he heard Page and wanted that sound.
Their popularity has prevailed because WE'VE heard one of the above and want that sound.
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Clapton, and Bloomfield, who really were two earlier white Blues guys both sorta stumbled on Les Pauls pretty much for similar reasons, in the mid 60s they were economical , People were into Fender sounds for surf and country
Eric couldnt find a LP 56 like Freddy Kings, but he found really a better Les, Similar with Bloomfield but he had the Chicago direct connect to the blues guys . In the mid 60s the demand for Les Pauls was very very low by most . Beck and Keith Richards were also early LP Scorers , Richards got his in the US , not sure where Beck scored his 58 Burst
Actually Page was late getting a Standard compared to others and his first came from Joe Walsh