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INFO NEEDED ON GIBSON LES PAUL RECORDER BASS

#2
Originally posted by ZOPHAR
Can anyone help me with information on
the Gibson Les Paul "Recorder" bass?
Circa 1970's
Any info on quality, value etc. will be welcome.
Thanks!!!!
Dick
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IIRC (and I could be wrong), the bass model wasn't called the Recorder, it was called the Triumph. I believe the earlier version of the guitar model was called the Personal, and the successor was called the Recording. I used to have a Les Paul Recording guitar, but I never played one of the basses. I did see someone playing one once, at a high school dance 30 years ago, but I don't remember anything about how it sounded. It was a short- or medium-scale instrument (30" or 32") rather than a long-scale one (34"), and if it was anything like the guitar version, it was probably fairly low-output.

No idea what the value might be. I have recently seen Recordings (i.e., the guitars, not the basses) being sold for prices in the mid-teens (e.g., around $1500), but I can't remember the last time I even saw a Triumph.

Sorry, that's all I've got.
 
#5
Originally posted by Richard Lindsey
IIRC (and I could be wrong), the bass model wasn't called the Recorder, it was called the Triumph. I believe the earlier version of the guitar model was called the Personal, and the successor was called the Recording. I used to have a Les Paul Recording guitar, but I never played one of the basses. I did see someone playing one once, at a high school dance 30 years ago, but I don't remember anything about how it sounded. It was a short- or medium-scale instrument (30" or 32") rather than a long-scale one (34"), and if it was anything like the guitar version, it was probably fairly low-output.

No idea what the value might be. I have recently seen Recordings (i.e., the guitars, not the basses) being sold for prices in the mid-teens (e.g., around $1500), but I can't remember the last time I even saw a Triumph.

Sorry, that's all I've got.
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I believe Richard is correct on all counts. I couldn't find anything on the bass yet, but here's the guitar. Link Removed

I'm searching for the bass right now. I believe Treena Foster owns one. We'll find out soon.

Mike
 
#10
I played a "Recording" Lester Bass in the early 80s. The action sucked, but I'm sure a guitar tech could have helped.

The sound was muddy, the thing weighed a ton, and the electronics were not unlike the old EB-3, in other words overdone with pickup configs and only one setting really had any clarity...

...Of course I'm going from memory here, but when I was given the choice between going onstage with the Recording or a Fender Mustang, the Fender won out hands down...

..From a novelty point of view, now that I think of it, the guy who owned it at the time said it was just for "lookin' at"...:rolleyes:
 

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