Les Paul Shaped Basses

[Basvarken]

The bass on the left was built by me 10 years ago. I used Gibson lo-z guitar pickups plus the original wiring loom.
The bass on the right is my favorite bass; the 1969 Gibson Les Paul Bass.

Here's a few more pics:

[msb]

Beautiful , Rob.

[Maude]

Right then, enough of these lovely basses, let's have something pretty much universally hated. The kind of bass a lot of folks had as their first bass, and ceremoniously destroyed when they got their first 'proper' bass. 

A Kay KJB-1B. 

I was bored so bought this little survivor and treated it to a refinish inspired by those terrible plastic fan operated organs of the 70's. A lesson in just because you can, doesn't mean you should. 

All the above is in jest, this Kay is now a funky little bass that plays well (after some intense adjustments) and sounds surprisingly good. 

 

 

 

 

[ezbass]

2 minutes ago, Maude said:

Right then, enough of these lovely basses, let's have something pretty much universally hated. The kind of bass a lot of folks had as their first bass, and ceremoniously destroyed when they got their first 'proper' bass. 

A Kay KJB-1B. 

I was bored so bought this little survivor and treated it to a refinish inspired by those terrible plastic fan operated organs of the 70's. A lesson in just because you can, doesn't mean you should. 

All the above is in jest, this Kay is now a funky little bass that plays well (after some intense adjustments) and sounds surprisingly good. 

 

 

 

 

That’s looks fab.

[Pea Turgh]

2 minutes ago, Maude said:

 

Absolutely love that, @Maude 👏👏👏

[AlexDelores]

6 minutes ago, Maude said:

Right then, enough of these lovely basses, let's have something pretty much universally hated. The kind of bass a lot of folks had as their first bass, and ceremoniously destroyed when they got their first 'proper' bass. 

A Kay KJB-1B. 

I was bored so bought this little survivor and treated it to a refinish inspired by those terrible plastic fan operated organs of the 70's. A lesson in just because you can, doesn't mean you should. 

All the above is in jest, this Kay is now a funky little bass that plays well (after some intense adjustments) and sounds surprisingly good. 

 

 

 

 

Very nice that! 

[Maude]

48 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said:

Absolutely love that, @Maude 👏👏👏

I know you took a weird little shine to it 😁.

If/when I decide to move it along you'll be the first to know 😉

[Shaggy]

A not great pic of my old 1980's Gordon Smith Galaxy semi-acoustic bass; maple flat-topped body, ultra-slim maple neck, and twin narrow soapbar Jazz-type pickups (Kent Armstrongs, I think).  A very simple but beautifully crafted bass; the action could be set next to nothing without buzzing.   My main gigging bass for many years, wish I still had it......

[mikebass456]

Here's my Hayden Les Paul style bass. Got it from a place in Beverley in East Yorkshire before lockdown.

Only cost about £230 brand new if I remember.  Sounds great, and dont mind leaving it unattended at half time.......😉👍

[shoulderpet]

2 hours ago, mikebass456 said:

Here's my Hayden Les Paul style bass. Got it from a place in Beverley in East Yorkshire before lockdown.

Only cost about £230 brand new if I remember.  Sounds great, and dont mind leaving it unattended at half time.......😉👍

Wow that is beautiful, what a fantastic looking bass, let me know if you ever decide to move it on.

[mikebass456]

12 minutes ago, shoulderpet said:

Wow that is beautiful, what a fantastic looking bass, let me know if you ever decide to move it on.

Will do! 👍

[AlexDelores]

 

[mikebass456]

24 minutes ago, AlexDelores said:

 

Short scale? 

[AlexDelores]

13 hours ago, mikebass456 said:

Short scale? 

Yeah 👍