There's no Pauls, We're Paul-less

Seems as I have covered one music icon, the Fender Stratocaster, I'm pretty much obliged to talk about its top rival, The Gibson Les Paul.


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This guitar has been notably played by artist such as:

Slash of Guns N' Roses

Billy F. Gibbons of ZZ Top

The iconic archtop cutaway design has become a staple for many guitar company designs and is often used in movies and tv.


The Les Paul was replaced by Gibson due to bad sales by the Gibson SG but was put back on the market to huge success.

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A Gibson SG

Gimme a riff, STRAT!

The next guitar I'm gonna look at is the iconic Fender Stratocaster.
This is the guitar notably used by world famous guitarists such as

Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits








and Eric Clapton of Cream



These guitars are produced by fender America at high costs for their craftsmanship and sound but cheaper versions are available from the Japanese and Mexican factories with "Squier by Fender."

The model features a double-cutaway design to aid guitarists reaching the higher frets on the fingerboard.

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