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Les Paul Custom (serial no. 3749)
ca. 1961
Gibson
Legendary guitarist and gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe used a white Les Paul Custom like this one for her pioneering work in the 1960s. In 1961, Gibson redesigned the Les Paul model with a thinner, lighter body, a flat top, and beveled and pointed double cutaways. After Les Paul rejected the new design, Gibson rebranded it as the "SG" (Solid Guitar) Custom model, and it became the company's high-end solid body of the early 1960s, attracting other notable players like Jimi Hendrix. Later musicians who championed SG-style instruments include Pete Townshend, Duane Allman, Angus Young, and Tony Iommi. |