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RE: "Jamman" up for a Grammy


>> He also describes Les Paul's first home-brew looping machine (late
>1940's) which was dubbed the "Les Paulverizer".
>
>Never heard of that before - did Chet tell you about the "Les 
>Paulverizer"?
>What kind of device was it? How did it work? I'd love to include this info
>in our "History of Looping" webpage.

A bit of trivia: When I was at Gibson, we periodically kicked around the
idea of a footpedal looper, and guess what the working title usually was?
Why, Les Paulverizer, of course......

I'm sure Les wouldn't have minded a few extra royalty dollars....

kim

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