{"id":2291,"date":"2009-08-13T13:53:52","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T17:53:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-02-16T10:49:24","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T10:49:24","slug":"rip-lester-polsfuss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rip-lester-polsfuss\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP, Lester Polsfuss"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Guitar wizard and elder statesman of guitar-driven pop music Les Paul twanged his way off this mortal coil today at the age of 94. He led a good life, as far as I know, and certainly enjoyed more than his share of Mad Props from the rock and roll community.<\/p>\n

One interesting thing about Lester is that he always understood the impact his *technical* creation had on the world of music — but I’m not sure he really cared about how *cool* it made people look. Like Leo Fender, he was a complete gearhead, and as he aged, he designed increasingly UN-cool guitars that sounded and looked less and less interesting as they became more and more “perfect.” <\/p>\n

Anyhow, I thought we might take a moment to honor Lester’s supreme gearhead geekery by acknowledging the fashion statement his guitars and others have made on the stages and screens of rock’s past and present. Feel free to take this half-baked thread in any direction you want, but at least answer the following challenge:<\/p>\n

Please rank the following guitars in order of coolness\/mach schau factor, with “1” being the coolest, and “10” being the visual\/sonic equivalent of a buttered saltine cracker. Note, I’ve added a few examples of famous players for said instruments, for those who are guitar model-challenged):<\/p>\n

Gibson Les Paul (Jimmy Page, Slash)
\nFender Stratocaster (Hendrix, Dick Dale)
\nGretsch Country Gentleman (Chet Atkins, George Harrison)
\nGibson SG (Angus Young)
\nVox “Teardrop” Phantom (Chesterfield Kings, Brian Jones)
\nFender Telecaster (Bruce Springsteen)
\nPaul Reed Smith (Present-day Santana, countless new rock bands)
\nGibson ES-335 (B.B. King, Alvin Lee)
\nGibson Flying V (Albert King, J. Geils)
\nGibson Firebird (Johnny Winter, Brian Jones, Bob Seger)<\/p>\n

I look forward to your responses.<\/p>\n

HVB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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