Played and endorsed by legends like Pete Townshend, Duane Allman, Paul McCartney, and Keith Richards, the original guitar is estimated to be worth between $100,000 and $150,000 according to ChristieвЂ™s. вЂњIвЂ™d have to say, whatвЂ™s the Wright brotherвЂ™s first plane worth? WhatвЂ™s Thomas EdisonвЂ™s first light bulb worth? The Paul guitar, the Les Paul Number One, was his crowning achievement,вЂќ Gene shared in a statement, reported by Reuters. PaulвЂ™s son, Gene is working through ChristieвЂ™s to sell the heirloom. Paul joined forces with Gibson to produce a solid-body electric guitar that would change the landscape of modern music. This critical artifact of the earliest roots of rock and roll dates back to the early 1950s as acoustic guitars were fading from the scene.

The artistвЂ™s dexterity was recognized when he made history as the only person to have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Most notable of these contributions is вЂњNumber OneвЂќ which set the standard of electric guitar construction and spurred a rapid evolution from acoustic music. With the horrors of вЂroboticвЂ™ tuners, over-wide necks and zero frets now pretty much consigned to the past, the three aforementioned 2019 models zone in on the Les Paul in classic style (Traditional), sonically expanded (Standard) and affordable (Classic) shades.

Les Paul was a Grammy Award-winning musician and a pioneering inventor responsible for several milestone developments of the modern music industry including multitrack recording and solid-body electric guitar. The вЂњNumber OneвЂќ guitar-the earliest model of the iconic Gibson Les Paul electric guitar -will go up for auction on October 13 at ChristieвЂ™s in New York City.

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