Les Paul . . .

<>Another post another death. Yesterday it was Les Paul. I had a 1967 Les Paul Goldtop that I bought new at Banko's in Ansonia for $300 or so and was in a number of bands finally fronting my own which was the worst of them. My recollection is that it was called Raccoon. The Goldtop replaced a flesh-tone Danelectro pressboard "convertible" instrument with a single lipstick-case pickup wedged across the hole and a movable bridge that never stayed in tune; quite a step up. After some while I removed </>