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Tom Doyle's Picture Gallery
over the years...
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History
is funny sometimes... Often there's
more legend, lore, hearsay, fiction,
and spin than actual truth to certain
stories as they get passed around
over time. That's certainly the
case with regard to the legacy of
Mr. Les Paul - one of the most creative,
ingenious, and important musicians
and inventors of this or any other
time. Even though Les is/was a recent
figure in music history over the
last millennium... the man, his
guitars, his contribution to music,
and his influence are covered in
myth... mired in misinformation
and laden with erroneous fable.
One man was there, through it all...
the ups and the downs, the good
times and the bad, the major discoveries
and the foibles - and that was Tom
Doyle. Tom was Les' close friend,
confidant, co-inventor, ear, sounding
board, and fixer for all those decades.
Its been said before, but never
was it so true - Tom Doyle was
"The
man behind the man".
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LES PAUL'S LUTHIER/GUITAR TECH/ENGINEER
FOR 45 YEARS
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While Les Paul was certainly more
than a genius in his quest for his
ultimate sound, tone, and
understanding of music and the instruments
that it took to get there, for over
four decades he relied constantly
on Tom Doyle to make his guitars
whole again after he chopped them
to pieces in has mad pursuit of
that sound in his head. Most people
automatically assume that because
there is a famous guitar with his
name on it, that Les was a guitar
builder, tech, bench man, etc.,
and knew how to build, repair and
refurbish guitars. That just simply
was not the case... he relied on
Tom for that. Tom and Les worked
on countless projects over the 40+
years together and Tom is nothing
less than a walking/talking encyclopedia
about all things Les Paul, Gibson,
build specs, musical history, and
knows more about guitars of all
kinds than anyone you will ever
encounter alive today.
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Les
Paul was working very diligently
in the last years of his life in
an attempt to clean up the
Humbucker pickup. He felt that
the bottom end of the frequency
response was muddy and unclear,
and he fervently wanted to fix
that. Les had an incredible
passion for making things “just
right”... and would tinker,
test, and experiment on things
he wanted to fix, tirelessly -
almost to the point of
obsession. His constant passion
towards the end of his life was
for getting the high-impedance
Humbucker to come alive, and
deliver that clarity that he so
desired. As an homage to his
longtime friend and mentor, Tom
Doyle has brought Les Paul's
Dream of a clear, articulate,
harmonically lively Humbucker
pickup to life...
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Doyle Coils
TRU-CLONES PAF |
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Tom Plays & Speaks on
The "Thank You Les" DVD
Featuring such Greats as Keith Richards,
Steve Miller, Billy Gibbons, Slash,
José Feliciano and many more!
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