Prog Museum

TKC:
I certainly understand your skepticism. However, I was among Les' "inner circle" for a time, and probably know as much about his and his history (including personal stuff) as anyone. As I have noted, Les was simply not the kind of person who would lie about such a thing. He had no reason to, given how much he had contributed to the music industry re inventions, electronics, etc. And you will simply have to take me word, as someone who knew him well, that he was also almost ridiculously humble about all of it.

You would obviously not find anything on the Web, in any literature, etc. about this issue, since, to Les, it was simply a "moment in passing" that meant virtually nothing to him. (As was giving David Seville the idea for The Chipmunks...among MANY other "give-aways.")

BTW, Les also invented the underlying electronics for almost every single original guitar effect box, from fuzz to flange (though he was not involved in developing the wah-wah pedal).

Peace.

Gerinski wrote: Not very original but Squire's boots are a must in any Prog museum. Anyone wearing those today would most probably be perceived as a drag queen

The.Crimson.King wrote: Neo-Romantic wrote: Matthew Parmenter's epic costumes from the early Discipline days for sure. And the cymbal Bill Bruford played on Red had it not been destroyed.  I think I remember reading that he found it in the recording studio trash bin...an incredible sound!  Did he destroy it playing "One More Red Nightmare"?

Ha yeah, I heard that too, with one side folded like an Australian bush hat to fit in the bin.  And no, surprisingly, but I'm shocked it even held up through the entire recording process at all!

By brother and I tried recreating it with an old Zildjian crash he cracked. It actually worked! Then he broke it... 

The.Crimson.King wrote: BrufordFreak wrote: Nigel Tuffnel's armadillo Don't forget Derek Small's aluminum foil wrapped cucumber

The 18" high Stone Henge model would make a nice display stand for that cucumber. Though if we can have just one exhibit from the Tap I'd say it would have to be an amp that goes up to 11.

maani wrote: TKC: "Your statement implies Les Paul created the modern synthesizer and threw a bone to unknown Bob Moog to follow his design and put it together.  Can you site a source for this statement?" The source is Les himself, with whom I worked for over a decade.  (...) Peace.

Tom Ozric wrote: TheGreatSopko wrote: Rick Wakeman's custom made mellotron the Birotron. Only 1000 were made and only 6 are known to exist today and only 2 of them work. Rick Wakeman doesn't even have one. There is a Birotron credited on the latest La Maschera di Cera album, along with a truly amazing keyboard list (chamberlin, crumar organ, mellotron, minimoog etc.).  I wonder if they're all just sampled ??

maani wrote: -The original schematics for the first keyboard synthesizer, created by Les Paul and given to a little-known engineer-inventor named Robert Moog

Neo-Romantic wrote: Matthew Parmenter's epic costumes from the early Discipline days for sure. And the cymbal Bill Bruford played on Red had it not been destroyed.

Matthew Parmenter's epic costumes from the early Discipline days for sure. And the cymbal Bill Bruford played on Red had it not been destroyed. 

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