LP-1 Amplifier

This piece is from about '69-'70, it's hard to tell with amp serial numbers. It is the only solid state amp to carry the Les Paul name and is from a period when multiple, complicated effects were common, which continued throughout the 70's. It has real transistors, in the places where tubes would normally go, not integrated circuits like later solid state products. It has low and high impedance inputs, and built-in Vibrato, Tremolo, Reverb, and Vibrola, as well as an effects "presence" control. All of the effects sound very "canned" and very 60's. It also has a cool backlit, color-coded front panel that I haven't seen on any other amps. It is technically a pre-amp, not an amp, and was usually used with the corresponding heavy and impractical LP-2 powered cabinet. However, it works fairly well with any cabinet of proper impedance.