Guitar
players broadly fall into two main groups - those who consider
themselves as "Strat" players and those who are "Les
Paul" type players. I have always loved Les Pauls. Ever
since I was about fourteen years old I wanted to play one. I
prefer the sheer power and kick of a Gibson Les Paul. I bought
mine as soon as I could afford one. It came from a shop called
Take Five in Shaftesbury Avenue in London and cost me 315 pounds
in 1974. It is a Custom model but over the years I have changed
bits and pieces and now it looks more like a Standard. I suppose
it is true to say that I built a career using only a Les Paul
and a Marshall fifty watt amplifier. I never plugged anything
between the guitar and the amp. If we wanted effects on the
sound, we used the studio effects. They are far better quality
and besides ... I couldn't afford that kind of equipment. This
guitar has been with me through everything from the early recordings
-Pilot, Parsons Project, Kate Bush etc right up to "Time
Machine". Check out Gibson's web sites!
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