Les Paul - The Guitar Tone Legend

Les Paul (1915 - 2009) was a great guitarist and jazzman - not only a great guitar and recording gear inventor.

Les was a quite popular guitar player in jazz fanciers society. He also put something to the pop music industry. He was playing in radio shows and taking part in music projects with many famous musicians. You can read more about his life in this article: www.lespaulonline.com/bio.html

Here is a very cool interview with this gentleman: www.modernguitars.com/archives/000818.html

Jim Hall - The Guitar Tone Legend

Jim Hall is a living jazz legend. He's influencing a lot of jazz guitarists. His tone is well balanced, warm and reeeaaally smooth. It is that kind of tone, that everybody connecting with jazz music, but it's also an original tone, typical for Jim Hall.
If you are interesting in guitar design or tonewoods, you should check out Hall's guitars. His hollow-bodies are always beautiful and high-grade.

Links:

jimhallmusic.com
ejn.it/mus/hall.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hall_(musician)

to listen:

Jim Hall Trio - Umbria Jazz Winter

Charlie Christian - The Guitar Tone Legend

Charlie Christian was an awesome jazz guitarist. His music is still influencing a lot of jazz guitar players.

He has been playing in 30. but his tone is really timeless. It's really jazzy, with cool, dynamic, jumping notes. The rhythm is a big thing in his lines.

A famous thing, connected to Christian, is the Charlie Christian's guitar pickup. It's a really old school construction, with a big, ceramic magnet and a blade pole piece.

It's easy to find Charlie Christian's music on YouTube, Grooveshark and similar sites.

listen: Swing to Bop

Links:

classicjazzguitar.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Christian
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Christian_pickup (pickup)

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