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Title: Les Paul "Sleepwalk"
Post by: crobbins on September 03, 2011, 04:31:50 PM

Title: Les Paul "Sleepwalk"
Post by: pace on September 03, 2011, 08:32:21 PM

Why doesnt Gibson have the balls to issue a low-impedance model like what Les actually played, now that he's gone. It would be a fitting tribute.

Title: Les Paul "Sleepwalk"
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on September 04, 2011, 06:48:20 AM

The LP Recording from the '70s was low-impedence; one of my all-time favorites! I think the LP Triumph bass was a swell; I also liked them.  But, given the quality/accuaracy/price of their recent RI models, I'd rather wait for an original to come up.
 
Peter

Title: Les Paul "Sleepwalk"
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on September 04, 2011, 10:52:20 AM

That should, of course, read as well, not a swell - though both instruments are, indeed, swell - peachy keen, in fact.
 
Peter

Title: Les Paul "Sleepwalk"
Post by: hankster on September 04, 2011, 12:22:49 PM

I have a predecessor to the Triumph - a '69 or'70 low impedance Les Paul bass.  Love the sound, and it plays great, but my fifty something back can't hold it up all night for a gig - it is basically a two and a half inch thick slab of mahogany, weighs a ton.
 
I think a reissue of some of these instruments is a great idea.
 
Rick