What Happened to Gibson Guitars?

ivan H said:
Yes, it's a very common misconception that Les Paul was (one of) the designers of the Les Paul guitar, & one that he really didn't try to dispel. In reality they merely got him to endorse it. If anything it should have been called the Ted McCarty (& co). Cheers
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Right, and that absurd trapeze tailpiece that he wanted was the worst feature on an otherwise timeless design, one that mercifully only lasted one production year
 
smitty_p said:
Here's an interesting pic from the article.

The guitar is a little different from most Les Pauls in that it appears to have only two rotary knobs (one smaller than the other. I can't quite tell what that smaller control is), and one chicken head knob (Vari-tone maybe?).

Aaaand, check out that vibrato.

That's looks interesting, too. The photo is too soft to see much detail. It appears to be some sort of Maestro-ish thing.

But, the bar, itself, looks like something you'd see on a....

....FLOYD!


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Smitty's post had me go on a little search:

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In this following video I'm not sure if Les is playing the same P90 Goldtop:
 
However THIS--------------------------is uhm.....................whats the word.......
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