Les Paul, who pioneered the solid-body electric guitar later wielded by a legion of rock 'n' roll greats, died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 94.

The earliest approved model of the Gibson Les Paul — owned by Les Paul himself and known affectionately as “Number One” — is headed to auction. The lot will be part of the upcoming ...

Above, a 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar . B1 PHOTOGRAPHER: RICHARD DERK / Los Angeles Times 95-05-18(Valley) -- COLOR, This Gibson Les Paul is the kind of guitar collectors crave.

The crusade to find a home for an electric guitar is reverberating through the music world as Les Paul’s Black Beauty from the ’50s is going up for auction ...

The late Les Paul at a 2005 Carnegie Hall concert playing a Les Paul Recording model that he modified. Writer John Foyston bought his first Les Paul guitar 40 years ago.

Les Paul, the virtuoso guitarist, entertainer and relentless innovator whose drive to produce the sounds he wanted from his recordings and instruments helped pave the way for rock 'n' roll, died ...