Saturday April 5, 2025, 2:00 pm.

Master luthier Tom Doyle, who worked as Les Paul’s personal technician for 45 years, has recreated a meticulously crafted historical replica of the Klunker guitar, a precursor to the Les Paul model. Tom will be bringing the guitar and explaining its origins at the Mahwah Museum, Saturday, April 5 at 2:00pm.
Tom’s guitar arrives after years of dedicated research to offer new insight into the early development of Les Paul’s namesake and revolutionary electric guitar.

About Tom Doyle: Tom Doyle was Les Paul’s personal guitar tech, luthier, co-
inventor, soundman, confidant, and “fixer” for 45 years… right up until the time of Les’ passing. Suffice it to say that all that time at the side of “The Master” has given Tom the experience and know how that no one else on the entire planet can possibly have. For 50 years, Tom and Les Paul worked together refining and redefining what an electric guitar could and should sound like… a true labor of love that still lasts till this day.

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