| Author |
Topic: Les Paul Bass?? |
Bob Knight
From:
Bowling Green KY
|
Posted 7 Sep 2008 8:30 pm |
|
What is this bass worth?
I don't know the year or any details, except it's a "Les Paul"
No, Im not trying to sell it, but maybe buy it at a public auction. Someone shoot me a good price range for it.
THANKS!
Bob 
 |
|
|
 |
Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
|
Posted 7 Sep 2008 10:10 pm
|
|
| Is that a recording model? i bought a recording model Les Paul guitar years ago and it ws not designed to play well through a guitar amplifier. i got rif of it. |
|
|
|
Bob Knight
From:
Bowling Green KY
|
Posted 7 Sep 2008 10:13 pm
|
|
Yes Billy,
From what I can find out, you must used a low/high impedance transformer, or a preamp with these.
Thanks for your reply.
Bob |
|
|
|
Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
|
|
|
|
Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
|
Posted 8 Sep 2008 4:21 am
|
|
| Billy Wilson wrote: |
| Is that a recording model? i bought a recording model Les Paul guitar years ago and it ws not designed to play well through a guitar amplifier. i got rif of it. |
Looks like those low-Z pickups that Les was touting. Probably need to go through some kind of transformer to an amp, if then. |
|
|
|
Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
|
Posted 8 Sep 2008 4:54 am Re: Les Paul Bass??
|
|
| Bob Knight wrote: |
| Someone shoot me.... |
I know how you feel; just what I need, another bass.
But for recording, I'd sure use it.
The signed one (too cool) went for $1600.
I think you would be able to beat that by several hundred. My '69 Precision wouldn't be worth $1600 even if it had the original sunburst finish. (Ah, the very young....)
_________________
Those that say don't know; those that know don't say.--Buddy Emmons |
|
|
|
Gordy Hall
From:
Fairfax, CA.
|
Posted 8 Sep 2008 8:12 am
|
|
| I played one of those once..it weighs about five tons, and is like having a redwood burl around your neck. |
|
|
|
Rick Johnson
From:
Wheelwright, Ky USA
|
Posted 8 Sep 2008 11:14 am
|
|
Bob,
I had a friend that sold one
without a case for 800.00. That was about
ten yrs ago.
I would guess 1200.00 would be fair if
it has good action/intonation and the neck
is ok.
Rick
www.rickjohnsoncabs.com |
|
|
|
Bob Blair
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
|
Posted 11 Sep 2008 8:14 pm
|
|
| My brother has had one of those basses for decades. I had it at my place for about half that time. Heavy does not begin to describe it. But it sounded good. My daughter learned to play on it. |
|
|
|
Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
|
Posted 19 Sep 2008 8:25 am
|
|
I worked with a guy (Bobby Ray) at a club in Huntington Beach, Ca. who played one of those basses exactly like that one. Also he did have to use a transformer to play it through a regular bass amp. This would have been around 1970 so that's probably about the vintage of that bass. It was a quality instrument to say the least. I think that they can be modded by a competant guitar technician to be played without the transformer by adding something to the circuitry. Someone on the Gibson Forum could probably tell you...........JH in Va.
_________________
Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!! |
|
|
|
John Cisco
From:
Alexandria Virginia, USA
|
Posted 21 Sep 2008 11:36 am I don't think it's worth very much at all
|
|
So if you ever want to sell it please let me know first.......... 
_________________
John P. Cusack a.k.a John Cisco
Carter D-10, Profex II, Fender Steel King
*Small change can often be found under seat cushions in taxicabs* |
|
|
|
