Solid Honduran mahogany body, set 3-piece mahogany neck with Brazillian rosewood fretboard. Two low-impedance humbucking pickups. 30 1/2 inch scale.

The Les Paul Bass is often termed the Les Paul Recording, or the Les Paul Professional however these were names of guitars; Gibson literature of the time only ever describes this model as a Les Paul Bass

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The 1969 Les Paul Bass owners manual describes the components and functions of the Les Paul Bass controls

The 1970 Gibson Les Paul catalogue features the Les Paul bass, and the special low-impedance amplifier that was made to accompany it.

As this is a low impedance instrument, it requires a low impedance amplifier, such as the LP12 that was launched at the same time. The LP12 was an LP1 preamp, with an LP2 cabinet. Another option was to use a Gibson AD1 low-to-high impedance trasformer cord. The Shure A95U is a modern day equivalent. This bass was eventually replaced by the Les Paul Triumph bass in the early 1970s, which was fundamentally the same, but with the addition of a low to high impedance switch.
Famous users include Suzie Quatro.