A recently resurfaced interview has detailed how Leo Fender wanted to work with Les Paul long before Gibson was convinced of his electric guitar concept. The Les Paul may have gone on to become ...

Music is a personal thing to Sam Fender, and the singer-songwriter discussed why his Gibson Les Paul guitar is so important to him. Many musicians have a favorite instrument for one reason or another.

Leo Fender and Les Paul were pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar. Their innovations helped change the course of music — and put the guitar at the center of the rock 'n' roll revolution.

Before he was Ozzy’s right-hand man he was a guitar teacher, and when a student came in with the unassuming Fender, what he ...

Innovation is about more than the people who create a product, or the companies that back them. The history of the electric guitar shows that the musicians who worked the instrument were as much a ...

When Leo Fender and Les Paul met, they didn't have much in common — one was an introverted tinkerer, the other a rising star. But their electric guitars defined the sound of rock 'n' roll.

This in depth look at the history of Leo Fender and Les Paul sheds light on the humble beginnings for two of the most iconic guitars in the world today. CBS Local's Matt Weiss spoke to Port to ...

By Jon Pareles THE BIRTH OF LOUD Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock ’n’ Roll By Ian S. Port Illustrated. 340 pp. Scribner. $28. Like a lot of paradigm ...

To hear the impact of Leo Fender and Les Paul on rock n' roll, listen for the distinct sounds of their electric guitars. In the '40s, electric guitars on the market were just acoustic guitars you ...