Shredding monster, who also sang his ass off!
It’s a (briefly made) Gibson Les Paul Professional, with Les’s preferred low impedance pickups.
I guess we should also throw in great songwriter as well!! Didn't do badly for himself as a non-formally-trained musician like the rest of the band. Some people got it, most of us don't. Imagine his lifetime output if he were still with us!!
Thanks! Not to familiar with those. What was the plate above the knobs?
There were phase reversal switches and a “decade” switch.
Thanks again! Familiar with Akkerman, but minimally.
I "heard" them first in 71 at a sold-out concert at Edinboro State College close to where I lived. We sat outside freezing our butts off by the stage doors. Our friend managed to grab a ticket. He was a keyboard player, but when he emerged, he was most impressed with Kath. He said, "You couldn't even see his fingers because they moved so fast!!". Great praise from a piano plunker!
From what I'm seeing in 'The Gibson Les Paul Book' by Bacon/Day, it's either a Personal or Professional, both released in '69; both of which then gave way to the Recording in '71. I seem to remember one of these 3 present in a picture of Steve Howe's guitars, maybe in his first solo album; and a pic of him playing one with an orchestra. And, that they were quite heavy. There were a few bass versions also, the Les Paul Bass and the Triumph Bass.
