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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2009, 05:17:53 AM »
My 1986 Les Paul Jr. '57 reissue with incorrect separate stop tailpiece and Tune-o-Matic bridge.
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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2009, 02:45:22 PM »
Some beautiful stuff in here!  Starting to feel the LPS/JCS GAS coming on...  

I like that Sweet Mother of Pauly track too!  Great range of sounds you get out of that bass.


My only Les Paul is my '73 Gibson Triumph.  I bought this about a year ago from a gentleman that popped into Jules' forum wanting to sell it.  He purchased it new, used it in a Dallas-area (IIRC) bar band briefly, and then tucked it away for 30+ years after the band split up.  It was near mint when I got it, but I've been playing it enough to take care of that!  8)









When the bass showed up here, it still had the original strings on it - some ancient flatwounds.  They still had a little life left in 'em, and I thought they delivered a nice "plonky" sound that inspired this track:

  

The bass part is the Triumph (thanks, Les!) recorded thru an Alembic F-2B preamp.  The melody is my Alembic Distillate (sorry, Les) run thru a Maestro W2 and Sola Sound wah, and the guitar at the end is an SG Special (really sorry, Les  ;)).

Shortly after this I slapped on my usual set of DAddario EXL170Ss, and its been a favorite ever since.  
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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2009, 06:20:53 PM »
Feeling very sadly left out of this thread. I came close to buying one last year but had it sold out from under me :/   
I love the tone and the feel of the necks on LPB's and I promise you all I will make amends for this shortcoming in my collection.

Great pics and sounds too BTW!
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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #18 on: August 17, 2009, 08:06:16 AM »
Quote from: chromium on August 16, 2009, 02:45:22 PM
Some beautiful stuff in here!  Starting to feel the LPS/JCS GAS coming on...  

I like that Sweet Mother of Pauly track too!  Great range of sounds you get out of that bass.


My only Les Paul is my '73 Gibson Triumph.  I bought this about a year ago from a gentleman that popped into Jules' forum wanting to sell it.  He purchased it new, used it in a Dallas-area (IIRC) bar band briefly, and then tucked it away for 30+ years after the band split up.  It was near mint when I got it, but I've been playing it enough to take care of that!  8)









When the bass showed up here, it still had the original strings on it - some ancient flatwounds.  They still had a little life left in 'em, and I thought they delivered a nice "plonky" sound that inspired this track:

  

The bass part is the Triumph (thanks, Les!) recorded thru an Alembic F-2B preamp.  The melody is my Alembic Distillate (sorry, Les) run thru a Maestro W2 and Sola Sound wah, and the guitar at the end is an SG Special (really sorry, Les  ;)).

Shortly after this I slapped on my usual set of DAddario EXL170Ss, and its been a favorite ever since.  


Great pics and great bass playing as usual. Love the bubbley bass sound and nice keyboard work. Really works well together.

Love Rob's overdriven/ neck bending antics on his little Hobbits as well.

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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #19 on: August 17, 2009, 08:16:31 AM »

 Beautiful bass and nice playing Joe!
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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2009, 09:43:47 AM »
Some from Saturday....

I don't know what I'm playing here, but it must have been something awesome! LOL!


One with a pretty girl....


And one with a LP guitard...

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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #21 on: August 17, 2009, 10:28:52 AM »
Cool pics everyone!  And again, some nice bass playing there too!!!   8)
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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #22 on: August 17, 2009, 11:10:27 AM »


best pic ever!   8)
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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #23 on: August 17, 2009, 11:35:00 AM »
Quote from: TBird1958 on August 17, 2009, 08:16:31 AM
Beautiful bass and nice playing Joe!

+1! Cool, cool stuff, and the bass is a gem.
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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #24 on: August 17, 2009, 12:27:53 PM »
My two LP basses. One old, one new:




Phil Jones prototypes:


Other:





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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #25 on: August 17, 2009, 01:09:53 PM »
That Honey burst LP is amazing Daniel.
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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #26 on: August 17, 2009, 01:14:54 PM »

Nice pics Tom!

 And that's a pretty nice looking venue too, where's that?
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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #27 on: August 17, 2009, 03:13:44 PM »
Quote from: TBird1958 on August 17, 2009, 01:14:54 PM
Nice pics Tom!

 And that's a pretty nice looking venue too, where's that?

Festival in Bolingbrook, IL. Appeared to be a permanent structure behind the cop shop. They had two big video walls on each side of the stage and like 4 cameras. Big backdrop too with a bunch of moving light projections going when it got dark. And I figured out I was playing Helter Skelter in that top pic.  ;D
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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #28 on: August 17, 2009, 04:19:00 PM »
I thought you were only allowed to play Rics with her?  :-*
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Re: Les Paul Mega thread
« Reply #29 on: August 17, 2009, 07:36:03 PM »
Quote from: uwe on August 17, 2009, 04:19:00 PM
I thought you were only allowed to play Rics with her?  :-*

Um, for her I'd play anything she wanted me to play  ;)
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