Academy Of Tone 264: Happy 110th Birthday, Les Paul!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:57 - Thomas plays Parisienne Walkways from Gary Moore
00:08:24 - Welcome to AOT 264
00:08:47 - Happy 110th birthday Les Paul
00:09:40 - This week's guitars
00:10:39 - The sound of a Les Paul and it's artists
00:13:49 - 50's wiring and the different tones you can get from your guitar
00:20:55 - Switching to another cab on the Blubox
00:22:42 - Learning how to work the volume knob for your gain
00:23:57 - Comparing to Thomas's guitar
00:29:41 - Clip of Les Paul in a beer commercial
00:30:16 - Les Paul as an innovator
00:33:45 - Clip of Les Paul's first invention,"The log"
00:35:11 - Clip of "The log" part 2, the invention of the sold body guitar
00:39:06 - And that's how you end up with your name on a guitar
00:41:12 - Clip of Les Paul shredding
00:41:55 - Clip of Les Paul as a live performer
00:42:52 - There is nothing like playing music
00:44:30 - Clip of Les Paul's "confession as a musician"
00:46:27 - Les Paul's technical innovations
00:49:00 - Clip of Les Paul's sound on sound recording
00:52:35 - Marker 22
00:53:11 - Clip of Les Paul about studio recording
00:54:55 - Bursts and Goldtops
00:59:04 - Clip of Nr1 Guitar Hamburg, where Thomas plays a real 59 Les Paul
01:09:49 - More than traditional single cut guitars
01:32:19 - Wood does matter
01:35:00 - Thomas reacts to chat, and his philosophy about finding your sound
01:41:41 - This weekends Crossroads festival in Hamburg
01:43:08 - To sum it up
01:44:38 - Thank you all for watching, see you next week
01:44:48 - Outro