Peeples Place: Les Paul Auction, Pt. 2a: Plank Guitar, Sound Wall

The Les Paul Estate and the Les Paul Foundation tied in with Julien's Auctions in downtown Beverly Hills for a two-day auction of guitars, amps, recording gear, memorabilia and lots more from the electric guitar and multi-tracking pioneer's personal collection on June 8-9, 2012. Paul died Aug. 12, 2009, and the auction coincided with and celebrated what would have been his 97th birthday on June 9.

When I visited Les at his home and studio in Mahwah, N.J., in May 1991, to interview him for the book I wrote to accompany his four-CD Capitol boxed set, "The Legend & The Legacy," he showed me rooms and rooms with with dozens of guitar cases stacked high. They were production models, prototypes sent to him to check out, gifts, his own experimental models, and more.

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Also posted on the Les Paul Foundation blog:
http://www.lespaulfoundation.org/blog...

Find out more about the Foundation at www.lespaulfoundation.org.


Peeples Place: Les Paul Auction, Pt. 1: The Scene, Tour
http://youtu.be/tctdAEc344w

Peeples Place: Les Paul Auction, Pt. 2: Touring Rig; Amps
http://youtu.be/wIng2knnFVk

Peeples Place: Les Paul Auction, Pt. 3: Martin J. Nolan, Julien's Exec Director
http://youtu.be/VUVgtvd1nUQ

Peeples Place Q&A: Russ Les Paul Jr. Pt. 1, Julien's Auction
http://youtu.be/R171R7tJogs

Peeples Place Q&A: Russ Les Paul Jr. Pt. 2, Julien's Auction
http://youtu.be/vY7OIrJZWMo


Video: (c) Stephen K. Peeples - www.stephenkpeeples.com.

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