Oh, dear. Les Paul just died.

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No link yet, just a Tweet.

Sad.

Edit to add another link: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8319833

[Beer on a stick]

1. Great player, great teacher.

But I'm a Strat man til the day I day.

Sorry to see you go, Les.

[HopeHoops]

2. Shit, I thought I heard my guitar scream.

That would be sad.

[Beer on a stick]

3. Here's the link.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jBD78k8tewQ7FPeiKtJbK8QPmtzAD9A23LL00

[Shell Beau]

4. He sure left a legacy!

RIP

[bluesbassman]

5. A long and storied life and carreer. Safe Passage Les.

:cry: :loveya:

[guitar man]

6. RIP Les

I am proud to share a first name with him. Every electric guitar player and anybody who has ever used a multitrack recorder owes him a great debt of gratitude

he shall be missed :(

[DevonRex]

7. Oh no. Where would we have been without the 1958 and 1959 Les Paul Classic?

RIP Les. You were a true master.

[bif]

8. I loved seeing his name in the New Yorker

every week since I was in high school. Every time I saw his name in there, all I could think was, "Wow, he's still alive. I really should go to New York and see him play."

[jus_the_facts]

9. Two part youtube videos where he talks about meetin' Jimi Hendrix...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM1bdTewxAM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9xpZU0kZRs

RIP Mr. Paul. :cry:

[Nyquil Man]

10. The guy basically invented overdubbing as a recording technique.

And he did it at a time when multitrack tape didn't exist.

On some of those early recordings, you'd swear there are drums but no - it's just Les chugging away on rhythm guitar.

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. I remember seeing Les Paul and Mary Ford years ago

they were really fantastic musicians.

Safe passage , Les . You were one of the great ones.