String Instruments Without End

Legendary guitarist and inventor Les Paul, who pioneered the design of solid body Gibson electric guitars that bore his name, died Thursday at a New York hospital of complications from pneumonia. He was 94.

The Rambam, compiler of Jewish Law 1000 years ago noted that in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem there was an orchestra and choir made up from the tribe of Levi. There are specified numbers of instruments that could be employed with the exception of string instruments which had no limit.

Les Paul invented a string instrument with only one side and passed away at 94 which is the gemartia of Ztad/Side.

In the Temple different string instruments portended various perspectives, for example the eight string instrument called Shemini/Eight focused on infinity–the eight placed sideways is the infinity symbol. The vibratory sound of the Creator’s voice fills all voids initiating movement, but before the voice there was the instrument as the Talmud-Book of Law relates how God created creation by sending two strings through a box until the Creator cried Di/Enough and thereby took on the name Shadi/Who Said Enough; the gematria of Shadi is 314 the first three numbers of pi. The purpose of pi is to make peace between the line and the circle producing spirals of sound forever going out into the universe.

Farewell, Les Paul.