~1973 Gibson Les Paul Bass Walnut

Vintage original circa 1973 Gibson Les Paul Bass in original Walnut finish.A fantastic playing and sounding example. Super warm and thick fat bass tones.Bass is remarkably clean and completely original.In the early and mid 1970s, the Les Paul Triumph was Gibson's flagship bass guitar, both in terms of build and electronics. Design was a collaboration between Gibson and Les Paul himself. It was launched in late 1971 as a replacement to the older Les Paul bass which was available from 1969-1971, and like the former was produced at Gibson's Kalamazoo plant, in Michigan, USA. The only functional change was the addition of a Hi-Lo impedance selector switch. In an interview with Dave Pomeroy, Les explains..."With a balanced low-impedance output, you could use long cables without all the problems inherent in unbalanced high-impedance lines. Gibson was keen on having the low-impedance transformer close to the amp, so we made a special cable with a transformer on the other end, which you had to