The Recording guitars and other low impedance instruments were Les Paul's improvements to Gibson's Les Paul guitars. When few of the low impedance instruments sold they were discontinued. The Recording guitar is a very interesting instrument and can effectively sound like almost any other electric guitar made, and can produce several authentic acoustic guitar sounds as well with proper use of the controls. The controls and how they interact with each other. Les played his Recording guitar till the end of his life, and he evidently felt this was a much better guitar than the various conventional Les Pauls still around. This Les Paul Recording model seems to be made between 1973 and 1977. It is based on the customizations Les Paul made to his personal Les Paul Custom, which had previously been adapted into the Les Paul Personal model. The only way to narrow down the year is to check Gibson's own records, which may or may not be helpful.

Weight: ~11 pounds