Les Paul Log Solid body guitar – U.S.A. – 1941

Les Paul The Log Solid body guitar - 1941 - The Guitar Database

TYPE

Electric Solid Body Solid body guitar

FEATURES

Pine body, mahogany neck

Rosewood fretboard

Self-manufactured pickups

INFORMATION

The first electric guitars from the early 1930s were acoustic instruments with built-in pickups. A recurring problem for many guitarists was the annoying feedback caused by the high volume. Les Paul figured the solution was a solid body guitar that wouldn’t be sensitive to this problem. In 1941 he built an instrument in Epiphone’s workshop, in which a Gibson neck was attached to a piece of pine measuring more than 10 by 10 cm/4 by 4 inches, to which he again attached two self-made pickups. He attached two ‘wings’ of an acoustic Epiphone guitar to the body, making it look like an ordinary instrument and calling it ‘The Log’.

Last updated on 27 April 2020
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