Brian May stands out even among that group (well maybe not w/ Les Paul there)
replyThe guy built his own guitar as a teenager and has played it for the rest of his career: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Special
The podcast "History of Rock in 500 Songs" (full disclosure: I am a devout, slavering fan) provides these on the regular. I was actually smiling when I heard a fairly new song that attempts a really flat, fuzzed out sound because it made me think, "Buddy Holly invented that by accident with a broken speaker". One of the episodes on The Who goes into the Marshall behind Marshall amps in similar detail.
replyI suppose if I were going to recommend a single episode to Hacker News though, it would be https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-146-good-vibrations-by-... which begins with at least a half hour on the amazing (if not happy) life of the guy who invented the Theremin, Lev Sergeyevich Termen.
Oh wow! This is incredible...thanks for sharing.
replyHa, you won’t be thanking me once it consumes your life. Join us. We all float down here.
reply"Muddy Waters invented electricity!" -- Willie Brown, Crossroads (movie), 1986
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