Les Paul Talking About Some of His Inventions

This is a video prepared for the Les Paul in Mahwah exhibit at the Mahwah Museum. This video contains copyrighted material.
We all are aware of the mistakes within this video in regards to some of the musical selections contained within this video. This video was prepared for the Mahwah Museum's Les Paul in Mahwah exhibit by an outside source. Because of these mistakes, it is no longer shown in the museum. It is posted here for its historical and cultural information, despite these mistakes. Thank you for watching. We invite you to visit the museum and our Les Paul in Mahwah exhibit if you have the chance, www.mahwahmuseum.org.

[@MahwahMuseum]

*We all are aware of the mistakes within this video in regards to some of the musical selections contained within it. This video was prepared for the Mahwah Museum's Les Paul in Mahwah exhibit by an outside source. Because of these mistakes, it is no longer shown in the museum. It is posted here for its historical and cultural information, despite these mistakes. Thank you for watching. We invite you to visit the museum and our Les Paul in Mahwah exhibit if you have the chance, **www.mahwahmuseum.org**.*

[@nataliep.9047]

@@StringFreakFilms; LP always led people to believe that he single-handedly invented the music business.

[@johnsee7269]

Mahwah? Only thing I can figure is the mistake was an m instead of a w; wahwah... All they gotta do is change the name of the town; problem solved! 😂

[@jmason61]

All good! Les Paul & his legacy are SUPER fascinating for most every guitar player...so what if someone is a crybaby about every tiny detail haha... rock on

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

I did Gibson's advertising in the 70s. Got to meet Les Paul. Really good guy. imo

[@russpilgrim7774]

You are right----Les was a really good guy. Back in the 1960s, I worked for a music store on Long Island , NY. I was in Chicago for the music trades convention and I met Les Paul in the Gibson hospitality suite. We sat in 2 easy chairs in the living room ,drinking scotch, for about an hour. Les, who had just met this 25 year old kid he didn't know (me), told me a lot about his musical life and experience. I couldn't believe that I was sitting there with this legend and we were just 2 guys talking. A very down-to-earth man who was open and sharing. I am 73 years old now, but I remember that time with Les Paul like it was yesterday.

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

I can believe you'd never forget that little get together, Russ. What a great event and memory!

[@robinmorris5416]

Every rock guitarist, or every guitarist in general, also every recording engineer, sound tech, owes everything to Mr. Lester paulfus! He was a man ahead of his time who had to invent the tools he needed by necessity to produce his music, and multi tracking. Genius, that single-handedly changed the way recording music was done til this vary day! It's absolutely profound.

[@peterdavidson2335]

indeed

[@jeremy_p]

I met Les Paul 4 months before he passed. Awesome experience !!!!!! He signed my pick guard for me and took a picture with me!

[@murdermuseum8280]

Do you have any signed Les items you would sell?

[@jeremy_p]

@@murdermuseum8280 sorry I do not. He signed the pick guard of my Les Paul Std and this guitar is going to be passed down to my kid :)

[@twstdlzard9659]

@@jeremy_p make sure he takes care of it👍

[@precisionbrown6829]

Dam I let him sign my Les Paul body! That was 2002 and the guitar is a 1980 Special Edition Les Paul

[@MidnightStorm4990]

@@jeremy_p You better pray that your kids won't sell that guitar lmaoo

[@johnsuggs6536]

I'm a knowledge hog. I don't care what it is if I don't know it and I can get access to it or someone is willing to teach it to me, I'll make the time to learn it. So for a guy like me, there are very few things better than watching the creative process of genius at work. Absolutely blown away and fascinated at how human beings can come up with solutions for problems that most don't know is a problem. How he worked through it is amazing. Seems simple to him but its genius. This was an absolute privilege to watch. Thank you

[@bartoncohen5450]

i read a book called play it lout foreword by carlos santana read the book without les paul there could not be a book

[@philliamproject8113]

Imagine how different music may have been without this man's brilliant mind and actions. RIP Les and Thank you!👍

[@reno145]

As far as clean tones go, there is Les. Then there is everyone else.

[@ThorneyedWT]

Ironically Les himself didn't like PAF exactly because of high output, so eventually he developed extremely low-impedance pickups, which you can find on Les Paul Recording model. Crystal crisp cleans but virtually impossible to overdrive on classic amps. So if you want to play clean you'll better off with strat, while LP models (aside from Recording) are all about what we love in driven sound.

[@THE-zv7vj]

Thank you Les for your hard work and determination. Playing the electric guitar has given me some of the greatest joy in my life. It has brought me to tears and given me hope.. Thank you sir

[@GothicXlightning]

Batman Beyond is also as cool as my Black SG

[@ciri151]

Unpredictable like a lady I know. Good ol Les :D

[@markmarsh27]

Now THAT'S a Historical Document! .... GREAT VIDEO!

[@crujones4046]

I am glad to say I am a proud owner of a Les Paul guitar.

[@LikeWater425]

Me too. I have a Les Paul studio. Sounds sweet!

[@CyberKaz]

I had to sell my 73' sunbirst 😢

[@harseybaber]

Think of the ramifications of how the electric guitar changed the culture of the world! Then, think of how multi tracking changed music recording, which totally changed the culture of the world! We take it for granted now, but wow - when you think of just how much the planet was changed by the influence of these inventions, it's really profound. Les is as significant as Tomas Edison, Marconi, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright Brothers, etc. To top it all off, Les and Mary were truly among the best guitarists in history. Good God!!!!

[@duanepierson4375]

It was sad that a week after Michael Jackson passed, that Les Paul passed away too. It was ironic that Les’s passing was hardly covered, yet his inventions made Jackson’s music possible, heck the whole industry owes its tech to Les.

[@RedFlyRuledByTheRiff]

No Les Paul. No Rock N Roll. Period.

[@ACoustaDC]

That explains why Les Pauls are so dam heavy... they are all trying to be the "log"

[@mikedavis9891]

He was actually the “Father of the electric guitar” and always will be.

[@KC9UDX]

And multitracking.

[@rockinredneck57]

The electric guitar was used long before Les. He didn't even invent the solid body electric guitar. That was Paul Bigsby. Gibson mass produced the Les Paul, where Bigsby hand made his guitars and only made a few. There are many Bigsby components still being sold though.

[@bobayersquebec]

I own a Les Paul Epiphone Custom Plus its not a gibson but i have the Les Paul tone its the most important 4 me i love it so much,, tanks to Mr. Les Paul !

[@johnnyinturrisi6064]

this video is beautiful! really amazing

[@dynjarren7523]

The enjoy seeing some of his creative process here! He wanted a solid body guitar so that the sound would be stable from what I gather here. Brilliant! The Log led to the solid body Les Paul! Amazing! And then he invented Multi tracking which is the entire basis of the recording industry!

[@birdmanbl]

THis is an excellent job on this clip wonderful!!!!

[@petervad]

Wow, a wonderfully educational film - thanks for uploading!

[@lionheartroar3104]

Thank Les for all the electric rock and roll you ever loved

[@auntjenifer7774]

I just love Les Paul! if it wasn't for him and his inventions where would we be?

[@WileECoyotey]

Playing fenders

[@MickRayzee]

There wouldn't even be Fenders without Les Paul

[@gaysquirrels6915]

@@MickRayzee yes there would, fender have been going for like 200 years!

[@gaysquirrels6915]

@@MickRayzee wait sorry i got that wrong... you are quite right

[@hochhaul]

@@WileECoyotey*Shitty* Fenders at that.

[@277southtombob]

Les’ log also had stacked humbuckers in the early 40’s before Seth Lover’s PAF and long before anyone else made a stacked pickup. He also had the 54 LP Custom (the prototype Custom was his main guitar from 1954 until the late 60’s when the Les Paul Personal was introduced) routed between the P90s with dummy coils he made and wrapped in black electricians tape under a cover to eliminate 60 cycle hum many years before dummy coils or noiseless single coil pickups were a common thing. Not only guitarists but the entire recording industry owes a lot to Les Paul, he revolutionized the music industry in many ways and it still owes a lot to the innovations that came out of Les’ garage.

[@TruthSurge]

9:15 hilarious. My Generation - but Pete used a Rickenbacker on that!

[@DavidRavenMoon]

Also Communication Breakdown is a Tele. But we get the idea. 😃

[@lelonfurr4355]

and 80 years gone and still the greatest thank you les

[@JC-11111]

Huh? It's only been 12 or 13 years. Les passed in 2009.

[@mikeschwartz1764]

My Dad lived on Franklin Turnpike, I spent the weekends with him. I grew up in Oakland. Can't believe I grew up right next to this legend.

[@nathanblades3395]

Thanks Les I've enjoyed your guitars my entire life My favorite is the SG Marys white 3 pick up SG😍

[@jimmyjames2022]

Thanks to Mahwah Museum for posting this Les Paul video here, for historical reasons, despite any inaccuracies.

[@allymayful]

Wow! That was an education! I have heard many musicians refer to their Les Paul's, but l had no idea about the man, Les Paul.

[@braden2112]

I’ve always wanted a Gibson Les Paul, but I do have a Epiphone Les Paul and it sounds phenomenal.

[@musicfan6575]

Thank you Lord for Les Paul.

[@neilpiper9889]

I got to hold a log back in the 1980s. So heavy!

[@QuangThichDuc]

Love how they keep showing Hendrix. Everyone knows he was a strat man, although I know he did play a sg and flying v. Idk about a Les Paul though.

[@TruthSurge]

and they play My Generation at the end as they are all stroking the LP brand to death and that song wasn't created with a Les Paul!!!

[@TruthSurge]

​@burteriksson No, shit-for-brains, it's called noticing the hypocrisy of playing songs that were NOT created with a Les Paul guitar inside a video ALL ABOUT THE LES PAUL GUITAR. Either A) grow a brain or B) go buy one somewhere. Where's your "they didn't show Hendrix one time" comment? Did you actually WATCH the video and realize how stupid you looked and deleted your comment? I hate picking on people of lesser IQ because it's just not even fair. I've played a LOT of guitars and have nothing against Les Paul the man (I hold his playing and inventions in the highest esteem) nor the guitar that bears his name. I'd own one now if the company hadn't become shit and over priced their "high" quality guitars by 3X.

[@TruthSurge]

@burteriksson dumbass , eh? Judging from your shitty IQ. BYE!!!

[@Kedbuka]

Les Paul was a true genius, one of those generational talents who make a profound impact on society and art. Not only a genuine master guitarist but an inventor. Is there anyone like him? I don't think so.

[@susanboylefanable]

And the sustain is still unmatched today!

[@michaelchicolabarbera5071]

Loved this!

[@shkyrbty]

Awesome! Talkin bout Les Paul guitars!!!!

[@J.A.Hansen]

Phantastic👌👌👌👌🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝

[@shawfifty]

I have a Jazz At the Philharmonic 78 rpm album that I bought in 1947 called Blues with Les Paul playing. It shows what a great jazz guitarist he was. Its on KZbin- Jazz At The Philharmonic - Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, July 2, 1944. Its the third song on the album At 21:46. Les is near the end where he is having fun with Nat King Cole who played under the name of Shorty Nadine because of contract obligations with another recording company. I bought the album in 1947 when I was 17.

[@samuelfreeman5483]

Wow, thank you for sharing this story and the great music.

[@mardicole4202]

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant man....💕❤❤❤❤❤

[@doncordeira5208]

Love 💕 this

[@JRAFF145]

Just great -

[@sholland42]

I did not know Les also played a railroad track. What an absolute legend.

[@edinburghtumuran916]

Perfect Guitar Les Paul!

[@swagdaddy_4206]

The les paul a little piece of heaven

[@Direlake]

It's funny to me that people today are always looking for a guitar that vibrates the most, when you can clearly see here that Les knew from day 1 that the guitar should vibrate as little as possible...

[@elmud]

Exactly. Still obsessed with "tone wood" which doesn't exist in the electric guitar world.

[@Direlake]

Even if it does exist, they would still have to look for the wood the vibrates the least, while in reality they are doing the opposite.

[@bartoncohen5450]

a true genius all guitar players owe their life t o les paul

[@elmud]

I meant the very same thing

[@bartoncohen5450]

sheer visionary

[@merseybeat1963]

I wonder if the details of the house behind them in the beginning are still the same.Makes me think..woew it would be really nice to have a Black Les Paul Custom as well : )

[@johnsuggs6536]

Les sounds like Al Pacino doesn't he

[@lt.reubenrozeyt5716]

The fact that the Log was an Epiphone.

[@vinsaneinthemembrainnnn]

"Unpredictable, like a lady I know" haha. What a character.

[@blayzenbarbee-mclemore8090]

5:00 "It's... unpredictable, like a lady I know"

[@akidk1499]

Ye She had alcohol complications

[@adrianmoore8840]

We ow it all to les

[@Guitaroverkill]

Why is Hendrix in this video burning a Fender Strat?

[@jonjonmendoza9529]

Tnxs Les Paul...🤘🤘🤘

[@haraldpettersen3649]

Many can thank Les for everything they have achieved.

[@arloross]

That part with Steve Miller was funny as hell...LOL! Les Gives him The Bird🐦 LOL! 😄 EPICALLY AWESOME 👌 👏 👍

[@thisathema]

Wow, Gibson CEO is my family? Didn't knew that!!

[@visamap]

Thank you all very much

[@felineth56]

Another Genius, another "pearl" of our Humanity!

[@joeschmoe6720]

Whole new range of sounds... whole new arsenal of artillery you mean

[@davecheney8501]

Wisconsin born and raised ❤

[@tomahoks]

God I love Les Pauls. Gibson.

[@nathanpollard3368]

Somebody please explain to me the mechanics of the Kauffman vibrola

[@tackittracing4375]

I kinda thought they would've mentioned his name is actually Lester Polsfuss so people would really know who Les Paul was. He was truly a great man with a great mind

[@TruthSurge]

Why do they show Hendrix? I didn't see any Les Paul guitar in those clips.

[@2010georgian1]

hendrix used a lp

[@dukethotness]

@@2010georgian1 I've never seen him use a LP

[@2010georgian1]

@@dukethotness well he did

[@prettyboyfreud]

Les claims he tried to hire Hendrix but by the time he found him, he’d taken off to London.

[@JC-11111]

And today, it's one of the greatest guitars ever made.

[@haricotvert3904]

Now I know where electric guitars are coming from.

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

Les is such a classic 50's guy

[@ericportillo8277]

History class :)

[@ebensherpagloryinme2582]

This man was such a genius !!

[@TheJonathanNewton]

2:49 ”so I rang to my mother”… on WHAT?! (having just dismembered the tekephone for parts)

[@schwenke069]

Thinking he said railroad tracks tracks have some monster sustain!

[@mrbaiser4133]

Johan Segborn proved that...

[@gilbertdare5921]

The guitar Hendrix burned was a Fender strat

[@garyhenderson1717]

He's the man

[@url0calsp1der]

Lester's smile has me dying

[@robertdevino4109]

What does he have a band just sitting around his house waiting for him to start playing?

[@davidboucher6450]

Les Paul guitars have a great sound but they also have major problems: tuning stability, weight and price.

[@GothicXlightning]

infinite Respects/love sir Les paul love my Black SG Honest to THOR Metal Sound of Honor Drop A#

[@geraldillo]

Les is more!🙃

[@hoodedman07]

What a genius

[@kristopher6031]

O.W. Appleton, Hedley Jones.

[@MrErdner]

If I read this right, Les Paul personally invented the ES-335 semi-hollow. Then Gibson named their solid body after Les.

[@Stefan-]

No, Les Paul first made it without the sides and played it that way live even, this was in the early 1940´s. So it was a completely solidbody electric guitar, he later cut a cheap Epiphone in half and added the sides just for the looks. It took a very long time to convince Gibson that solidbody electrics was the future.

[@GiovanniDerteano]

Why Al Pacino make the voice dubbing of Les Paul?? ☻

[@MrHeyyo96]

And no ones done it better since

[@johnsuggs6536]

Genius like that comes along once in a green moon. Tesla, Einstein, and Les Paul

[@dixieboy5689]

I grew up in Waukesha.

[@bonnerscott5374]

You imagine having the same name as the same guitar you play what are the chances... It's kinda like Lou Garrett how did he not see that coming?

[@eronschrock]

But wait, was that Bo Diddley in there with a….Gretsch?!

[@RedArrow73]

Shredding 1950s style?

[@virgult]

His science is... not very solid. But he's THE man :D

[@t5o7m]

Better that he was an innovative musician FIRST, (and "necessity: the mother of invention", not being a scientist suffering the paralysis of analysis,) and he just believed he could find a way (invent a way) to meet his needs as they came up

[@claudiocruzat7667]

At loud volumes? values .

[@nichtimmer9134]

0:51

[@monmixer]

The Les Paul is an icon. Not guitar. What a genius.

[@briandietrich1373]

It took 8 years for Gibson to catch up to him!

[@superflysoulbrother]

update re-enactment if the first scene...Whatcha doin? Im still trying to tune after 30 minutes of restringing cause of this damn Floyd Rose! I thought I saw an allen wrench there in the kitchen While your looking make me a sandmich while I play G.O.A.T

[@OLLiGoldeaux]

...did he ever test a Strat ?

[@thepatriot4355]

Les Paul solid body guitar AKA the Log was invented in the Epiphone factory not Gibson Les Paul was also involved with Epiphone from 1940 until his death in August 2009 the Actual birth of the Les Paul guitar was in the Epiphone factory in Manhattan New York

[@rillloudmother]

kingsbridge diner.

[@67Jazzmaster]

Did Les flip him off at 3:25? lol.

[@TheTmny876able]

Les is the greatest as Bill hailey invented rock and roll !

[@simonsimon325]

Cherry burst Les Paul was the first guitar I lusted after almost as much as the hottest girl in school.

[@0000song0000]

5:00 am i the only psycho whi actually likes the log? i am mean it's so "i don't care how it looks, just that it works".