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 👍 

[neepheid]

I'm guessing this belongs in here then... Greco LGB-700

 

 

Still got the Epi LP, but it's had a black and gold makeover (and a return to passive world with a pair of DiMarzio X2N-B pickups with series/parallel push/push pots on the passive tones)...

 

[mikebass456]

14 minutes ago, neepheid said:

I'm guessing this belongs in here then... Greco LGB-700

 

 

Still got the Epi LP, but it's had a black and gold makeover (and a return to passive world with a pair of DiMarzio X2N-B pickups with series/parallel push/push pots on the passive tones)...

 

Nice job! Looks great now.....🤓🤘🤘

[Skybone]

That Epi is cool

[shoulderpet]

Newest member of the family.  Ibanez AGB200

 

[Beedster]

On 07/02/2025 at 13:45, Basvarken said:

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:

Still blown away by how beautiful those two are 👍

[AndyTravis]

 

1994 LPB-2 Deluxe in Heritage Cherry

 

Got some Gibson Speed Knobs on it…sounds very un-Gibson with Bartolini Humbuckers and TCT preamp.

 

Like a very angry stingray…but can do a nice modern clean hi-fi set of sounds too.

 

Lives on a low slung strap now.

 

Ace.

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, AndyTravis said:

Got some Gibson Speed Knobs on it

That looks right, now.

[AndyTravis]

10 minutes ago, ezbass said:

That looks right, now.

Yeah, catalogue pics show the speed knobs, was worth the £21 for proper Gibson jobbies 

[Basvarken]

I got these. They're one louder...

 

[howdenspur]

On 18/03/2025 at 14:59, neepheid said:

I'm guessing this belongs in here then... Greco LGB-700

 

 

Still got the Epi LP, but it's had a black and gold makeover (and a return to passive world with a pair of DiMarzio X2N-B pickups with series/parallel push/push pots on the passive tones)...

 

That Greco looks mighty fine, but I have to say, your Epi definitely does things for me (pre and post makeover!).