A look back at the life and career of Les Paul, whose electric guitar and multi-track recording changed how music is played and recorded. He died Thursday at 94.

Before the legendary guitarist Jimmy Page was shredding licks on Led Zeppelin albums, he was lending his chops out in the recording studios ... and John Paul Jones — and together they became ...

Interestingly, Jimmy Page’s first proper guitar is believed to be a Gretsch Country Gentleman, which he used throughout the ‘60s, but it was cast aside by the time his recording career began.