Salmon wrote:There is a petition to create a Les Paul postage stamp. There ought to be a Leo Fender postage stamp and actually there is arguably a stronger basis for featuring Leo Fender.
I guess I could see Les Paul having a stamp for his own musicianship, but I'd hate for it to be because of an endorsement deal and trademark on his name. Same for Leo: honor him for his contributions to music, but not for his name being the registered trademark of FMIC.
I'd be all for honoring jazz guitarists, but IMO Les Paul wouldn't be the one to start with. Eddie Lang, Freddy Green, and Charlie Christian should be ahead of him.
Ken