Les Paul (Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, five-time Grammy Award winner, pioneer of the electric guitar and inventor of numerous recording techniques, such as reverb and multi-track recording innovator (creator of the Les Paul model Gibson)) has passed away from complications from pneumonia at the age of 94.

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He had a great effect on music throughout the years.

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Some famous guitar players who use Les Paul guitars are:

Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck , Slash (Guns’ n Roses), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Ace Frehly (Kiss), Paul MacCartney (The Beatles), Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne and founder of Black Label Society), Martin Barre (Jethro Tull), David “The Edge” Evans (U2) , Don Felder (Eagles) , Robert Fripp (King Crimson) , John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Jerry Garcia (The Grateful Dead) , Billy Gibbons (Z.Z. Top) , David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) , Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Jimi Hendrix , James Hetfield (Metallica) , Steve Hunter (Lou Reed, Alice Cooper) , Adam Jones (Tool), Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones) , Mick Jones (The Clash) , Steve Jones (Sex Pistols), Frank Lero (My Chemical Romance) , Alex Lifeson (Rush) , Randy Rhoads , Mick Ronson (David Bowie) , Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)…