FGJ Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Can anyone tell me what kind of pickups are on Les' LP and what that box is below the bridge? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UKG_SCzrEE https://youtu.be/0UKG_SCzrEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerhead Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 It's where he stores the butter and mojo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 That's the Magic Dingus Box™. Don't know about the pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm1966 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 yes , those are low impedance pick ups , thats a les paul recording guitar , i own one and the bass as well , the pick ups are very clean sounding , its actually a very cool guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Yup. Les used a "Les Paul" model, but not the one of the versions that most people bought. He preferred different pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugartune Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 echo, low impedance.. "The guitar came with two slanted low impedance pickups with Gibson logo molded on covers. The guitar was equipped with integral transformers to make the output impedance compatible with normal high impedance amps or low impedance. In other words, with the transformer off for recording in a studio plugged directly into the board, the low-impedance mode gave much cleaner tracks and broader frequency bandwidth that could be tweaked in the mix." https://uniqueguitar.blogspot.com/2009/10/the-les-paul-recording-guitar.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 I think they were guitars designed mostly to record direct to the board. A very different type of setup/sound from standard "high impedance" pickups used by pretty much every other guitar out there. Part of this is also that they were originally designed with Les Paul to give a very clear distortion free sound. Not really the type of sound that many guitar slingers are looking for . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubbaVO Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Who says you can't play jazz with a Les Paul? 😏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Les Paul Recording Model (and its low impedance Recording Pickups) were designed to plug directly into a recording console. For plugging into a guitar amp, you needed to activate the guitar's onboard impedance transformer. The full story. I wonder how many short-time owners of the Les Paul Recording model plugged it into an amp, didn't like the tone, and got rid of the guitar without ever activating the onboard impedance transformer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Magic Dingus Box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMERMAN Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 16 minutes ago, kizanski said: Magic Dingus Box Thanks for posting that - never heard of Danny Gatton using that until today. Hard to imagine anybody thinking Danny's playing was "all about effects"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 1 minute ago, HAMERMAN said: Thanks for posting that - never heard of Danny Gatton using that until today. Hard to imagine anybody thinking Danny's playing was "all about effects"! He not only used it, IIRC, he made it himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Gatton's was the "Magic Dingus Box", Les' was the "Les Paulverizer". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 1 minute ago, cmatthes said: Gatton's was the "Magic Dingus Box", Les' was the "Les Paulverizer". That is correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim777 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Lester and Chester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Random Album Title! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 I was fortunate to see Les and Chet together from the second row of a theater, and to see Danny a half dozen times, mostly in a nearly empty bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 8 hours ago, jim777 said: Lester and Chester I have that LP: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 7 hours ago, kizanski said: Random Album Title! Chet Atkins' birth name was Chester Burton Atkins. Les Paul's was Lester William Polslfuss. Maybe not so random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 4 hours ago, JohnnyB said: Chet Atkins' birth name was Chester Burton Atkins. Les Paul's was Lester William Polslfuss. Maybe not so random. Yeah, I have heard of them. Thanks. Chet has nothing to do with the fucking thread, so it's random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 8 hours ago, JohnnyB said: I have that LP: There's a lot going on in that photo, despite it's deceptively simple composition: The hippie guitar straps The Fantasy Island white suits The gargantuan bowties The tuxedo shirts, particularly Chet's The NORAD control panel on Chet's guitar (Is that a Gretsch?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasteddie Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 I can't believe no one on this thread has picked up, no pun intended, that Les Paul is "sweep picking". Is he the original godfather of shred? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim777 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 4 hours ago, kizanski said: Yeah, I have heard of them. Thanks. Chet has nothing to do with the fucking thread, so it's random. He's sitting right next to Les in the video noted in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, jim777 said: He's sitting right next to Les in the video noted in the OP. Yeah, so is Gene Fucking Shalit. What's your point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim777 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Maybe you should switch to decaf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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