“It’s a symbol of creativity”: Les Paul’s experimental Klunker helped pave the way for his later innovations – now it’s been revived as a meticulous one-off replica by Les Paul's personal tech

Tom Doyle Klunker replica.

Esteemed luthier Tom Doyle – who once worked as Les Paul's personal tech – has unveiled a “meticulously crafted historical replica” of the Klunker guitar – an instrument entwined in the story of the Les Paul guitar.

Its arrival was foreshadowed over “years of dedicated research” to offer a new, tangible insight into the early development of Les Paul’s namesake and change-making electric guitar.