Legendary guitarist and inventor Les Paul, who pioneered designs of electric guitars, has died of complications from pneumonia at a New York hospital, his lawyer said on Thursday. He was 94.

The legendary gibson sg (solid guitar) was originally a les paul model until getting the name change in 1961

Les Paul & Mary Ford

I had a Les Paul Custom, black and white with gold trim, pretty much the same guitar as above.

It was a beast of a guitar with active pickups… I bought it for 800 bucks and sold it for nearly 2k.

The only thing I didn't like was the mass… It was like a log hanging around your neck.

Definitely a pioneer in guitar construction lost.

Edit: The yr. model I sold is more sought after than a newer one… Just looked online and the average new LP Custom is 4k or more. Wonder if they will go up even more?

Probably the vintage ones…you always hear various guitar players commenting on the "starburst"models from the 50s being the best…usually the 1956-59 era. I remember reading an interview w/David Gilmour doing guitar talk. One of the subjects brought up was the poor quality of almost everything that isn't custom crafted to order. Gilmour was commenting on the state of Fender guitars and how he'd recently (at that time) been to a Fender warehouse and had to play/check out a couple dozen new Stratocasters until he found one that "sounded right".