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1995 Gibson Les Paul Bass, Tobacco Burst SOLD
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[color=#ff0000]SOLD![/color]


Hi, I am selling my Gibson Les Paul Bass.

It was made at the Gibson Nashville Plant, TN, USA, on May 9th 1995.

Body and neck are mahogany, fingerboard is unbound ebony with mother of pearl block inlays. There is a cream binding around the top of the body which is finished in Tobacco sunburst which is a fade from deep black to tinted natural.

It is the pre 97 Les Paul with no 3-way pickup selector switch on the front. It is similar to the one played by Meshell Ndegeocello on the famous Arsenio Hall Show video where she plays Let's Work by Prince.

All original. It has a Warwick bridge. Pickups are Gibson humbuckers.

The bass is well used; it is covered in dings and scratches pretty much everywhere except the front of the body so it actually looks pretty clean when you're playing. Back of the neck is scratched through the finish in a few places but doesn't affect playing. No neck breaks or fixes, it's a great neck, very fast and easy to get around. It's narrow like a Jazz bass but has that round baseball bat feel like a 75 P-bass.

This is not a light bass, around 10/10.5 lbs. Not the heaviest Gibson I have felt though, still manageable and well balanced. It's solid mahogany and feels like it, not for the slipped disc people this one.

Case is a bit battered but does the job. Proper Les Paul case with magenta silk lining like the guitar ones.

Strap buttons are from Schaller straplocks, I don't have the originals I'm afraid.

Here's a video of the bass in action so you can hear what it sounds like (unfortunately not available on mobile devices):
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLdjEEeJvxg"]https://www.youtube....h?v=dLdjEEeJvxg[/url]

This one is audio only but was also this bass:
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMTGZcc3jNw"]https://www.youtube....h?v=xMTGZcc3jNw[/url]

[color=#ff0000]NOW SOLD![/color]
Looking for £800. Trades I might be interested in would be a lined fretless Precision or a lined fretless Stingray.

The bass is pickup only, it's at a lockup in Staples Corner or I'm based in Finchley, North London.

Nice one, all the best
Ben


















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These 90s Les Paul basses had Bartolini pickups and electronics and a Warwick bridge and tuners fitted as standard at the factory. Check the wikipedia entry for more info on the history of these basses, some interesting stuff in there: [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul_bass."]https://en.wikipedia..._Les_Paul_bass.[/url] It doesn't mention the Warwick bridge in there but have a look at a picture of a 90s Warwick Streamer and you'll see it has identical hardware.

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Thanks to Cosmo Valdemar who helpfully pointed out the following:
"this bass does indeed have Gibson pickups - Thunderbird plus model to be precise. There was a different Les Paul model that had Bartolini pickups but they are easily identifiable as they are in black plastic covers. These Les Paul models had a slab body and overall looked a bit less fancy."

Good info, thanks for that.

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