Luthier Lost: Guitar legend Les Paul passes away at 94
It’s a dark day in the world of guitar players everywhere, as legendary guitar maker Les Paul has passed away at 94.
We’ve got a few in the office here ourselves, and like most anybody who’s ever dreamed of playing the electric guitar, we’re saddened by the passing of one of music’s greatest pioneers. For those who don’t know, Gibson’s Les Paul model guitar has long been considered among the instrument’s gold standards, and has remained exceptionally popular since its debut in the 1950s.
Not just preferred by greats like Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney, its popularity on eBay has helped Gibson electrics fetch consistently high prices, and on most days lead the eBay platform in total sales for electric guitars. You can track these stats with the Terapeak guitar index, or by clicking “Electric” on this embeddable companion widget:
As with any death of a public figure, it’s reasonable to expect interest in Paul-related products will escalate this week, and there’s a bevvy of items available with his name attached to them. A 90-day Terapeak All Sites search for “Les Paul”, for instance, turns up more than 56,000 results, with many of those items being cheaper products like stickers and apparel.
Gibson will, of course, continue to produce Les Paul guitars until the end of time, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t stop and play a final chord for the man who fathered them.
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