On May 23, 1954, the artist who "always loved colors" was born in Denver, Colorado. George St. Pierre traveled the country compliments of the U.S. Army. His father was stationed at various times in Oakland, San Francisco, Okinawa, Clovis, Phoenix, Atlanta and Tampa, among other culturally diverse locations. George loved to work with his hands and drifted toward woodworking, furniture building, carpentry and construction.

College days, spent in part at Auburn University, offered George a chance to expand his creative inclinations. The pre-veterinarian medicine student tried acting for a time, and wound up in radio as a DJ, doing voice-overs and commercials. He also promoted concerts, a talent that led him to a position as manager of the largest dinner theater in America at the time, in Montgomery, Alabama.

George St. Pierre arrived at Gibson USA in the early 90's. He continued his tie-dyed shirt-making hobby and expanded it into a custom order business with help from his wife, Dorothy. Meanwhile, George was experimenting with a unique tie-dye process with a scrapped guitar body during break periods at Gibson. George finished his prototype and presented it to Gibson USA CEO Henry Juszkiewicz in October 1995. In February of the following year, Henry gave George a project - design and build 103 tie-dyed Les Paul's for the summer NAMM show. The results are in. The Tie-Dye Les Paul Series is a collection of individually numbered and signed works of art - a fascinating testament to the vision and creative spark of George St. Pierre and Gibson USA

Copyright 1996 Gibson Guitar Corp.

FOOTNOTE - While the above was released as a Press Release by Gibson USA, There are Tie Dye Les Paul's in circulation dated 1995 - Tony McKenzie owns one - check out #14 on this web site. This may be due to the neck being dated BEFORE the finishing process by George St Piere, or Gibson's dates are a little off.