Here is Dutch band Racoon with their bass player Stefan de Kroon using a Gibson Les Paul Bass.
There's a little story to him using this bass here.
Racoon recorded their latest album at ICP studios in Brussels. That studio has a huge collection of vintage instruments, amps, drumkits, etc
Stefan found a Gibson Les Paul Bass there and fell in love with it. He used it on the new album.
And when the album was done and the band left the studio he wanted one himself. But he didn't know where to start.
So he asked around on Facebook for help. Chris directed him to me. And we got in touch.
I did some searching for him and I found a couple of Gibson Les Paul Bass guitars for sale on Ebay and some other sites.
So Stefan bought a nice Les Paul Bass on Ebay for a good price.
When it arrived in The Netherlands, it turned out a previous owner had installed the (original) external impedance transformer plug in the control cavity.
Stefan had his tech take it out to get the bass back in its original state.
And today I saw him on this Dutch TV show with his new love!
I've been flying the Les Paul Bass flag for 17 years, and now finally one shows up on national television. Feel like a missionairy, haha!