--------------there are more history stories at the website https://www.homemade-guitars.com/Les Paul was in New York in 1941 when he took a 4 x 4 piece of pine and added his homemade pickups, a bridge, a Virola tailpiece, strings and the neck of an Epiphone Broadway to create his homemade electric guitar. He got the sound he wanted and called it “the Log.”When he took the “Log” to a nightclub to play, the audience was unimpressed. Les was determined to be taken seriously so he then took an old Epiphone guitar, sawed it in half and gave his Log the Epiphone “wings” so it would look more like a guitar. He then took the Log with wings to the same nightclub, played a few tunes and the audience couldn’t stop talking about the “new sound.”Les concluded, “People hear with their eyes!”To learn more about homemade guitars visit the website https://www.homemade-guitars.com/There is more stories of homemade guitars and the history of the Blues.--------------------
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