playable google doodle honors 96th birthday of musician les paul
the ‘guitar’ can be played either by hovering the mouse over the strings, or by clicking a button below the strings that enables users to hammer out riffs using the buttons on their keyboard.
on some versions of the site, the keyboard is replaced by a record button which saves a 30-second track and clicking it again will display a link to share a song with friends, allowing them to play over the top of it and create a duet.
paul lester william polsfuss ( june 9, 1915 - august 12, 2009):
at 9, he built his first crystal radio—and picked up his first guitar. 4 years later, paul was performing as a country-music guitarist and working on sound-related innovations, according to the rock and roll hall of fame, into which paul was inducted in 1988.
paul built his 1st electric guitar in 1941, but he is most well-known for the gibson les paul, which debuted in 1952.
+: google.com
