The Last Bass Outpost

When I bought a NOS control plate to replace the broken one, I wanted to try to make it less likely to crack again. These are getting hard to come by & are quite expensive. Very few of these basses have survived without a nasty crack by the guitar jack. I made a .015 thick spring steel plate that is hardly visable when installed under the plate & stiffens it considerably. I have about a dozen extra ones & would be willing to send one to a few fellow Les Paul Triumph Bass owners who want to avoid cracking their contol plates. Any interest?

That's how I found this sight in the first place, Googling Gibson 20/20........... It took me a year to convince myself to buy it! It makes some of my other stuff look normal......

Good question............I think it was just for looks. The earliest Les Paul Signatures had the same pickups, only in cream color. They were straight on that model. Also the Les Paul Jumbo pickup was mounted straight.

Thanks for the welcome! One of the things I regret putting off until it was too late was meeting Les Paul before he passed away. I would have enjoyed talking to him about Low Impedance Guitars & Basses. I have been collecting Gibson Basses & matching guitars for about 20 years. It took about five years to collect the three sets in the picture, I've had them for close to ten years. I submitted this picture to the VG Readers Gallery shortly after I acquired the LP-12 amp two years ago. It was published 3 weeks after I sent it, Aug 07.