Originally posted by PonyOne
... I think those old Recording Les Pauls from around '72 look pretty cool.

I had one (briefly) in '71. They had different pickups in them, which had lower output, and were meant to be super clean. At the time I was busy imitating Jimi, Jimmy, Jeff 'n Tony (Hendrix, Page, Beck & Iommi), so I unloaded it quickly.