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The Innovations of Leo Fender and Les Paul in the Creation of the Electric Guitar
TLDR Leo Fender and Les Paul revolutionized the music industry with their innovations in the creation of the solid body electric guitar. Fender's inventions, such as the Stratocaster and the electric bass guitar, made music more accessible, while Les Paul's contributions, including the Gibson Les Paul model, changed the way the guitar was played.
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Leo Fender, Les Paul, and Paul Bigsby worked together to create the solid body electric guitar.
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Leo Fender reverse engineered the solid body electric guitar made by Paul Bigsby after Merle Travis let him borrow it, leading to the creation of the Stratocaster.
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Leo Fender's innovation of putting all the tuning pegs on one side of the headstock and creating the electric bass guitar made music more accessible and changed the industry.
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Leo Fender's innovation of factory production and the use of bolt-on necks made electric guitars more affordable, durable, and accessible, while Les Paul's car accident and subsequent arm injury led him to develop ways to play the guitar with one hand.
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Leo Fender creates a prototype of the Fender Esquire guitar, which is different from the later Telecaster in terms of the number of pickups.
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Leo Fender and his collaborator George Fullerton solved some problems with the Esquire guitar and created the Broadcaster, which later became the Telecaster, the first widely available solid body electric guitar.
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Les Paul went back to Gibson and convinced them to develop a solid body electric guitar, which led to the creation of the Gibson Les Paul model.
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The Stratocaster and the Les Paul were revolutionary guitars in the 1950s, with the Stratocaster's futuristic design and comfortable contours making it a hit, and the Les Paul introducing the double cut and the Flying V models.
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Dick Dale, known as the head of the surf guitar and surf music movement in the 1950s, was a major influence on many musicians during that time.
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Leo Fender accidentally blew out his own eardrum while working with Dick Dale to achieve high volume for rock bands, and later sold his company to CBS Records for $110 million.
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Les Paul's innovations with the electric guitar, along with Leo Fender, changed music and created the foundation for Rock and Roll, but Paul's own music fell out of favor and he faded into obscurity for a while before regaining recognition as a guitar god and being inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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