Lester

Lebarque

I know I'm a pedant, but it's a Les Paul, not a Lester. Grrr. That being said, I like Gearmandude's phrase: '''humbuggies'. So basically, I'm a total hypocrite.

richardhomer

Correct - calling one a ‘Lester’ means you’re a knob. Fact.

fftc

What was Les Pauls name?

fretfinder

Hear hear! 

And if you call it a Lester and say it plays like buttah, that’s twice as bad! 

Bridgehouse

Quad studios is quite nice. Which of course is in Lester. Innit.

Lebarque

fretfinder said:

Hear hear! 

And if you call it a Lester and say it plays like buttah, that’s twice as bad! 

Insert quote re. haunting mids here...

thermionic

I don’t have a Lester, but I have a couple of Leos and an Adolph.

Alvin

A Lester , that's a right load of  Polsfuss.

merlin

Lestershire sors. Delishus.

Plays like ghee. 

Lebarque

fftc said:

What was Les Pauls name?

What's the guitar's name?

fftc

Lebarque said:

fftc said:

What was Les Pauls name?

What's the guitar's name?

It's named after the 'inventor'.

What's his name again?

merlin

Does anyone call a Telecaster a "Leonidas"? 

fftc

merlin said:

Does anyone call a Telecaster a "Leonidas"  

I might start now!

thegummy

merlin said:

Does anyone call a Telecaster a "Leonidas"  

I call my Custom 24 a Paulyanna

chris45

Or a Gibbo / Gibby

darthed1981

Lebarque said:

I know I'm a pedant, but it's a Les Paul, not a Lester. Grrr. That being said, I like Gearmandude's phrase: '''humbuggies'. So basically, I'm a total hypocrite.

Not to be confused with "humbuggers" who are a gay barbershop quartet...

Dominic

I think , from all the interviews and excerpts that I have seen that he was a totally obnoxious and rude little man with a serious ego and attitude issue........can't bare his widdly annoying guitar playing either.
Total contrast to a consummate gentleman and far superior guitar player........Chet Atkins.
In some of the videos where they have been a duo on shows (although they did 2 albums together) he does his utmost to try and spoil Chet's solos with silly little quips and guitar tomfoolery......because he couldn't stand not being in the limelight for 2 seconds.......he also quips and snipes ........Chet just smiles and carries on playing ten times better.
Mary Ford had a gutfull of him and ran away.
He did design a great guitar tho'.

thegummy

Dominic said:

I think , from all the interviews and excerpts that I have seen that he was a totally obnoxious and rude little man with a serious ego and attitude issue........can't bare his widdly annoying guitar playing either.
Total contrast to a consummate gentleman and far superior guitar player........Chet Atkins.
In some of the videos where they have been a duo on shows (although they did 2 albums together) he does his utmost to try and spoil Chet's solos with silly little quips and guitar tomfoolery......because he couldn't stand not being in the limelight for 2 seconds.......he also quips and snipes ........Chet just smiles and carries on playing ten times better.
Mary Ford had a fitful of him and ran away.
He did design a great guitar tho'.

I think it's Warren Haynes whose main 2 guitars are called Lester and Chester (with associated custom truss rod covers) named after the 2 people you mention

thegummy

darthed1981 said:

Lebarque said:

I know I'm a pedant, but it's a Les Paul, not a Lester. Grrr. That being said, I like Gearmandude's phrase: '''humbuggies'. So basically, I'm a total hypocrite.

Not to be confused with "humbuggers" who are a gay barbershop quartet...

hahaha nice

terada

Dominic said:

I think , from all the interviews and excerpts that I have seen that he was a totally obnoxious and rude little man with a serious ego and attitude issue........can't bare his widdly annoying guitar playing either.
Total contrast to a consummate gentleman and far superior guitar player........Chet Atkins.
In some of the videos where they have been a duo on shows (although they did 2 albums together) he does his utmost to try and spoil Chet's solos with silly little quips and guitar tomfoolery......because he couldn't stand not being in the limelight for 2 seconds.......he also quips and snipes ........Chet just smiles and carries on playing ten times better.
Mary Ford had a fitful of him and ran away.
He did design a great guitar tho'.

Just watched a video of the two of them. What a knob

Bigsby

fftc said:

Lebarque said:

fftc said:

What was Les Pauls name?

What's the guitar's name?

It's named after the 'inventor'.

What's his name again?

The Les Paul was designed by Gibson, the prototype built by Gibson, and taken to show to Les, who then agreed to endorse it, in return for a fee. The endorsement was under his stage name, Les Paul, not Lester, nor Rhubarb Red. (Shame, that would've been funnier - 'lovely burst on that rhubarb!'). 

Les didn't 'invent' the solid body electric, nor, ironically, the Les Paul, just his 'log' - the person who usually gets the credit for designing the Les Paul is Ted McCarty - so perhaps people should nickname them 'Teds' rather than 'Lesters'?