[Mgs] No LBC, Les Paul

The Roxter rocknatural at gmail.com
Fri May 2 11:12:34 MDT 2008


David Breneman wrote:
> I hope they don't pass on the myth that Las Paul invented
> the multitrack tape deck.  He bought the first one, but
> Ampex engineers invented it (and I've met one of them).
> Funny he feels compelled to repeat that story.  It's not
> like he didn't have any real accomplishments of his own!
The story I have been hearing almost all my life was that he was involved in a serious auto accident and was in the hospital here in Tulsa when he invented multitrack in his head. I always heard he had the first one built by the guys at Ampex, but the idea was his.

-The Roxter
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