Gibson Les Paul.

When i think about Gibson Les Paul guitars,
My mind goes back to the golden British Blues Era and the guitarists who defined it.

Eric Clapton was the first one to capture the sound of a Les Paul
through a Marshall combo on the first
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers album which was released in 1966
and it`s now best known among guitar afficionados as "Beano".

John Mayall had the talent and the ear to discover very talented young British
Blues guitar players, so after Eric left the band for to form Cream
he was replaced by Peter Green with whom he recorded
"A Hard Road" released in 1967.

Peter was also A Gibson Les Paul Man and his sound on this one is kind of similar to Eric`s.

After he too left the band to form Fleetwood Mac he was replaced by
a very young Mick Taylor with whom he recorded two albums,
"Bare Wires" and "Blues from Laurel Canyon" both released in 1968!

Mick then left to join the mighty Rolling Stones .

Meanwhile another British Guitar Prodigy also armed with a Gibson les Paul
recorded the first, in my opinion, Blues-Rock album called "Truth"
featuring a very young Rod Stewart on vocals
and Ron Wood on bass guitar and was also released in 1968.

And for to complete the Gibson Les Paul through a Marshall combo
or stack love affair of the late 60`s in England, the name of Jimi Page
who formed Led Zeppelin
and who switched from a Fender Tele
to a Les Paul Standard on their second album has to be mentioned!