Then I braced up the two have so they could be attached to the sides, and two Sundays later the Log had its wings and looked a lot more like a lot normal guitar. I went back to the Epiphone factory took the sound box of an old Epiphone arch top and sawed it in half right down the middle. Then I added a bridge and a Vibrola tailpiece, strung it up and I had the log. Working on Sundays I took a length of 4 x 4 Pine, put an Epiphone neck on it, wound a couple of homemade pickups and mounted them on the wood. When I stripped the problem down to that simple understanding, I realized what I needed to do was to put the railroad rail into the guitar. From heavy metal enthusiasts to indie rock icons to reggae superstars, it seems like nearly every musical legend has strapped on a Les Paul at some point to take advantage of its signature sound. The facts were pointing the way and I was realizing more and more that for electric guitar the solidity of the neck and body and the way the strings attach were the critical factors I needed to pursue. The Gibson Les Paul is one of the most recognizable guitars of all-time and the artists who brandish it seem to transcend age, era, gender and genre. Something terribly important developed in 1941 as I continued my efforts to create and electrically amplified guitar who is acoustical properties didn’t cause feedback. THE CREATION OF THE LOG, THE FIRST SOLID BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR
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