Les Paul, 1915 - 2009

[CGM]

Anyone who is into electric guitar owes him a debt of gratitude.

R.I.P.

[yvonne]

Anyone who is into electric guitar owes him a debt of gratitude.

R.I.P.

Did he invent it?

[CGM]

Anyone who is into electric guitar owes him a debt of gratitude.

R.I.P.

Did he invent it?

Well, I'm not sure if his was the very first electric, but it was close. But he was the first with a meaningful solid body electric, that relied on pickups as opposed to reverberation to create sound.