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Im pretty sure Les is the R&R hall of fame. Never mind the guitars, his playing was a major influence on almost every guitartist from 1960s on. Les was THE MAN on electric guitar when most of the guitar gods we know where growing up. Listent to the solo on Alabamy bound on the link above, f-in nuts. All those tracks feature JUST LES and his wife, he created the bass, drums and multiple guitar tracks all by overdubbing his guitar! And the best part was that he was top 40! He had hits that everyone knew, not just guitar geeks.
never mind that he invented multitrack recording and numerous guitar effects which are common today. I saw him about 8 years ago at the Iridium in NYC, still a great player even in his late 80s. I've posted this before, but its incrediblly sad that 99% of most guitarists or guitar lovers dont own any Les recordings. they dont know what they're missing.
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