I got to see the log at the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame...not much to look at but so cool to see something that's such a monumental piece of history as far as guitars go. Also ironic how the sides came from an Epiphone (one of Gibson's competitors at the time, long before being bought by Gibson). Great article too, but there's one other interesting piece to the story: Gibson initially dropped the ball when it came to solid-body guitars. When Les approached Gibson with his ideas, he was practically laughed out of the building. They said "no thanks" and decided they'd just stick with their hollowbodies. Before long though, they did a quick 180 when they saw how the Fender Esquire/Broadcaster/Telecaster came out of nowhere and started selling like hotcakes. Then they were scrambling and going "Hey where's that Les guy?" :)