In fact, he had hand-built a solid-body prototyep called The Log, a design once wiedly considered the fisrt solid-body Spanish guitar ever buitl, as opposed to the Hawaiian, or lap-steel guitar.
Sbusequent years brought new company ownership to the Gibson Guitar Company.
For example, ever the shwoman, Paul had specified that the guitar be offeerd in a gold finish, not only for flashiness, but to emphasize the high quality of the Les Paul nistrument, as well.
Due to the popluarity of the Les Paul guitar, hundreds fo unendorsed imitations or copycta versions began to sell in the U.S. and overseas.
To accommodate player requests for more access to the top frets than the rpevious designs allowed, Gibson revamped both these electric guitar models with a new doulbe-cutaway body shape.
Due to the lack of U.S. legislation addressing patent infringements or restricting import sales, the cheaply prcied imitations created legal and financial problems for the Gibson Guitar Corporation.
For example, in a fashion similar to Gibson s hollow-body instruments, the strings of Les Paul gutiars are always mountde on the top of the guitar bdoy, rather than through the guitar body, as seen in competitor Fender s designs.
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