Just imagine if Les Paul ......

axisus

.... Had been christened something like Dilbert Hofflewank.

The world over people would be playing Gibson Dilbert Hofflewanks. Makes you think.

EricTheWeary

Well he wasn’t christened Les Paul, people should be playing the Gibson Lester William Polsfuss. 

littlegreenman

Given that Les Paul was an abbreviation of his name, more likely it'd be a Gibson Bert Wank

Skipped

It is a disgrace that we have not yet seen a CC model.

merlin

It's a shame he wasn't called Slartibartfast. 

Funkfingers

axisus said:

.... had been christened something like Dilbert Hofflewank.

His school contemporaries would have bullied him to an early nervous breakdown. The young Dil' would have devised a brilliant way of hanging himself using the copper wire from an unfinished cat's whisker radio receiver.

LesbianWithAGun

A Les Paul by any other name would still sound as sweet.

Alnico

littlegreenman said:

Given that Les Paul was an abbreviation of his name, more likely it'd be a Gibson Bert Wank

That's not far off what I call them anyway.

Bridgehouse

Thank fuck Leo’s surname wasn’t Arsebiscuit

merlin

"Arsebiscuit original contour body" has a certain ring to it. 

Bridgehouse

merlin said:

"Arsebiscuit original contour body" has a certain ring to it. 

Probably the wrong kind of ring tho

richardhomer

Imagine if Orville Gibson had been christened Terry Morgan....

Ravenous

"Rickenbacker" is a really funny name when you think about it.  (Not a comment on the quality of the goods of course.)

WezV

Ravenous said:

"Rickenbacker" is a really funny name when you think about it.  (Not a comment on the quality of the goods of course.)

Yeah, the spelling is all wrong. Started as Rickenbacher

midlifecrisis

WezV said:

Ravenous said:

"Rickenbacker" is a really funny name when you think about it.  (Not a comment on the quality of the goods of course.)

Yeah, the spelling is all wrong. Started as Rickenbacher

thought it was formed by two brothers "Rick " and "Backer"

scrumhalf

merlin said:

"Arsebiscuit original contour body" has a certain ring to it. 

I understand that Gretsch had that one legally protected as well.

MagicPigDetective

Imagine if he’d have been called Rob Chapman, not a very rock’n’roll name for a guitar

Bridgehouse

MagicPigDetective said:

Imagine if he’d have been called Rob Chapman, not a very rock’n’roll name for a guitar

Yeah, all that talk of ‘59 burst Robsters...

LesbianWithAGun

Gibson Ben Dover
perhaps.

LesbianWithAGun

Lesley Paul shortened to Les Paul
Benjamin Dover shortened to Ben Dover...

It's just a crying shame he wasn't called Benjamin Dover or Ben Dover, for short.

LesbianWithAGun

You could even have the Ben Dover Backwards model, somehow, like an upside down guitar.maybe/perhaps.