Les Paul - 70 Years: The definitive history of rock's greatest guitar

Great book for guitar people

Great book, if you're into Les Paul guitars. Lots of history

A must-have for serious Les Paul collectors.

I was surprised at how in depth and informative this book was. A must for Gibson fans!

Great coffee table book! Beautiful hard cover. Printed on thick quality paper. Needed for the Les Paul lover...Purchased as a gift and was joyfully received!

This is a very detailed, informative book about the Les Paul guitar. I found it very worthwhile.

This is an okay book that summarizes — at a high level — LP history well enough, but if your going to call your book the “Definitive History” guide, you need to get your history right. For example, the author states Jimmy Page was the recording engineer for Clapton’s famous “Beano” session; he wasn’t, it was Mike Ross. The author also states Boston’s first album came out in ‘81; it actually came out in ‘76. Also, as I recall, there is only one picture and a single paragraph mention the the Melody Maker (precursor to 60 SG) and no mention of its long lasting popularity (Joan Jett, Leslie West, Billy Joe Armstrong).On the plus side there is some info in this book that I’ve never found anywhere else (other than the web), and many of the LP pictures are wonderful to look at (even if some of the book text is difficult to read due to the text/background color contrast). So my recommendation is, if you can find this book used for a decent price, go for it. If you buy it new and know a bit about LP history, you might be disappointed as this book (for me) definitely is not “The Definitive Guide of Rock’s Greatest Guitar.”

Like a hundred fawning groupies were writing about their favorite guitar heroes, with superficial coverage of the guitars. Reads like an advertising copywriter wrote this as an ad for the greatness of Gibson, with so many double entendre verbal wheelies you start to squirm.

Just always appreciate the History of Gibson Instruments

Wonderful book (photos included too) for a Gibson Les Paul fan like me. Reccomended, Amazon the best.

Detailed stories, excellent photos, ace book quality : without any doubt my best guitar/Les Paul’s book!

If you buy this book, you probably already own a les Paul or two and a few les Paul books too, the famous « beauty of the burst » , perhaps some of the burst believer series, « sunburst how the Gibson les Paul became a legendary guitar », or the les Paul book by Tony bacon.... The book has lots of interesting informations about this wonderful guitar but the real let down here is the poor quality of the book itself. The paper’s quality is just bad, there are hundreds of photos and most of them look terrible, this really makes it an unpleasant read. Gloss photos would have been so much better. Also the book itself is falling apart after a few reads, but it may only be my copy. For 18€, it’s fine, just not as good as the other ones mentioned before.

Un très bel ouvrage bien présenté qui rassemble pas mal de photos, d'illustrations et de textes débordants d'histoires, d'artistes (comme Carl Perkins et Franny Beecher si importants et injustement snobés de certains autres ouvrages) et d'anecdotes assez inhabituelles en comparaison aux tas d'autres (beaux) bouquins rencontrés sur le même sujet.Ca transpire littéralement la passion et l'engoument de ces subllimes guitares historiques et intemporelles.Le seul regret est qu'une version d'origine en Français ne soit pas également disponible.Peut-être un jour ? ;-)