this is why i should stay outta GC

[edwardofhuncote]

I have always wanted to find one of those Les Paul Triumph basses. They just never show up in this corner of the world. That one looks pretty nice... good to see there are still a few in circulation. Wow that looks strange though... if we didn't know it was you posting Jimmy, it'd be easy to think that was an ai-gen deep-fake. Maybe that LP needed an Omega-cut. 


You could be right on the color, Tom. That's what it came into the store on a trade though. Could be they didn't know different or check, but that blue really popped on maple. I just didn't need it at the time.

[lbpesq]

The LP Triumph bass in the pic with Jimmy looks a lot like the Les Paul Recording Model guitar.  I’ve always found the LP Recording very interesting.  Like our Alembics, it sported low impedance pickups.   Was there anything unique about the Triumph electronics?

Bill, tgo

[BeenDown139]

i'll hafta check that out after hte morning workout:

corned beef hash and eggs
2 x vaporizers loaded with high-grade bud while in hot tub watching the snow
shower
shave

it's the workout of champions, i tell ya.  been doing it for a year now.  i feel great.  in the meantime, this kinda tickled me.  i'm into numberology, dontcha know, laddie:

[cozmik_cowboy]

The LP Triumph bass in the pic with Jimmy looks a lot like the Les Paul Recording Model guitar.  I’ve always found the LP Recording very interesting.  Like our Alembics, it sported low impedance pickups.   Was there anything unique about the Triumph electronics?

Bill, tgo

Closely related Lo-Z p-ups & a bunch of switches; I disremember what they all were now, the last time I held one being 1977.

Peter (who also loves the Recording Model)

[JimmyJ]

The LP Triumph bass in the pic with Jimmy looks a lot like the Les Paul Recording Model guitar.  I’ve always found the LP Recording very interesting.  Like our Alembics, it sported low impedance pickups.   Was there anything unique about the Triumph electronics?

Bill, tgo

Closely related Lo-Z p-ups & a bunch of switches; I disremember what they all were now, the last time I held one being 1977.

Peter (who also loves the Recording Model)

Here's a description of the knobs and switches that I just found online.  No powered circuitry so I have no idea how it did all that tone shaping.  It may have had a relatively low output level.  I have no memory (I could stop the sentence there) of how I set the controls but likely wide open and as flat as I could make it.  I clearly enjoyed the bass and really appreciate that it led me to Alembic.

Jimmy J

[gtrguy]

I had a 1974 Les Paul Recording guitar back in the 70's. I just never warmed up to it though and sold it. Of course, I didn't really know what it was designed for back then.

[lbpesq]

So the Triumph could switch between lo and hi impedance on the fly?  Cool!  Not sure how useful or practical, but definitely cool!   

Bill, tgo (who, though reluctant, feels compelled to ask:  if one is playing this bass while singing, and gets the feared blue spark between mic and mouth, would it be the “arc de Triumph? … rimshot).

[cozmik_cowboy]

IIRC, Bill, both the Triumph & the Recording came with a cord that had a tram\nsformer at the amp end to step up the impedance; if you had to use another cord, you switched to Hi-Z.
But don't bet the farm on that.....

Peter

[hieronymous]

I have a Les Paul Triumph bass - sorry to post so late!

This is from my "Glamour Shots" photo shoot:



And here with my '76 4001:



It's a strange little instrument but I love it! Mine is from early in the production, maybe even first year (1971) - this one has the built in transformer, the earlier model needed the special cable.

And here is a link to the best page I know of about the various Les Paul basses (and Gibson basses in general):

https://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/LesPaulBassGuitar.php

[BeenDown139]

well i was at practice and had a high-$ neutrik cord crap out on me, so it was off to GC for a maybe cheeper and more durable replacement.   since our singer can't seem to find her own way there, i said i'd pick up some maracas while i was there.  figggered i'd drift into the showroom and lo & behold that rick is still there. $3499.

thinkin of a stienie myself these days.  good enuf for bill wyman, good enuff for me.

found out the dog has an aversion to maracas.  who knew?

[hankster]

I still have a Gibson Less Paul bass - pre-Triumph, ‘69 or early ‘70. I was just using it the other day to record. It’s got a lot of game. But it is sooo heavy! Which I think is part of its sound mojo.

[hankster]

I meant Les Paul. Any disrespect was entirely accidental.