Les Paul - Inventor, Innovator, Overdubber, Looper

I don't want to go all Michael Jackson on this, but the passing of Les Paul forced me to put down my acoustic and dig out my sunburst classic. For pure rock n roll raunch, there is nothing quite like it and unfortunatly for my beloved Stratocatser, it doesn't get much of a look now that I have the growl and snarl of the Paul's humbucker crunch.

But, Mr Paul was so much more than just a mere shaper of Mahogany. Check out this timeless clip from the days when multi-track recording was just a glint in ol Les' eye. He's not half bad on the guitar either, in fact he's smoking...