Les Paul's famous guitar, #001

Before every show, Les does a lenghtly and thorough sound check. I have seen them last more than an hour. Sometimes after a sound check he will lay his guitar on his stool and walk to the back of the room and listen to a playback. This is a shot of one of those instances. I couldn't believe that I was only inches away from Les's favorite axe while making this shot.

(Leica M6, 35 f/2 Summicron, Tri-X @800)

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