Gibson Les Paul Junior Solid Body Electric Guitar (1960)
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Gibson Les Paul Junior Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1960), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 0-4479, cherry lacquer finish, mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, black tolex hard shell case.
This is a truly superb example of an original double-cutaway Les Paul Junior, amazingly well preserved for being over 60 years old. It is one the cleaner of these we have seen in a while. This version of Gibson's perennial student solidbody is the very cool if fairly short lived stepping stone between the original slab-bodied single-cut 1950s design and the elegantly sculpted SGs of the 1960s. This new version was introduced in mid-1958 and phased out in early 1961.
This particular gleaming cherry Junior was made around early/mid 1960 still with the old date-coded 1950's style 5-digit inked serial number on the back of the headstock. The body is the thick slab-o-mahogany 1950's with more rounded edges than earlier versions; this was a gradual transition towards the sleeker SG's. It is dressed overall in a beautiful unfaded deep cherry lacquer. This Junior as always mounts a single "dogear" P-90 pickup by the bridge, a tone and volume knob, the classic Gibson stop tailpiece/bridge unit and not much else! A single-layer tortoise celluloid pickguard and silkscreen logos on the headstock complete the cosmetic trim.
The neck joins the body at the 22nd fret making the entire fingerboard accessible, Gibson's new concept at the time. It has a slimmer neck than the typical '59 chunky round-backed profile, but not as slim and flat as many 1960s Gibsons. The unbound, dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard carries the larger frets Gibson started using around this time, perfect for the heavy-bending rock guitar styles still in the future in 1960.
The Junior in any form is one of the all-time classic rock guitars, with a roaring tone when cranked that can be dialed back to a sweet midrangey bark at lower volume. An old "New Yawk" favorite (these were inevitable sightings plugged into Marshalls at CBGB's and Max's back in the '70s), these double cutaway Juniors are a true classic of the bare-bones genre. This great playing and sounding Junior appears to have not seen much use over the past 60+ years and is looking for a new loving home!
Overall length is 39 in. (99.1 cm.), 13 in. (33 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.).
This is a very clean guitar overall, showing just light signs of use for 60+ years on Earth. The finish has a superb cherry color with just the slightest hint of fade on the top (yes we peeked under the pickguard to verify that). There are some very small dings, dents scuffs and handling marks overall but really these rarely show up in this kind of condition anymore. There are no cracks, breaks or any other repairs. The only non-original parts are a very nice Faber "Aged Nickel" tailpiece and studs. Internally the guitar is untouched original with the fat grey Astron tone cap in place. The original frets and fingerboard show hardly any wear and playability is excellent. This is one of the nicest a cherry Juniors we have had, housed in a modern HSC. Excellent + Condition.
This is a truly superb example of an original double-cutaway Les Paul Junior, amazingly well preserved for being over 60 years old. It is one the cleaner of these we have seen in a while. This version of Gibson's perennial student solidbody is the very cool if fairly short lived stepping stone between the original slab-bodied single-cut 1950s design and the elegantly sculpted SGs of the 1960s. This new version was introduced in mid-1958 and phased out in early 1961.
This particular gleaming cherry Junior was made around early/mid 1960 still with the old date-coded 1950's style 5-digit inked serial number on the back of the headstock. The body is the thick slab-o-mahogany 1950's with more rounded edges than earlier versions; this was a gradual transition towards the sleeker SG's. It is dressed overall in a beautiful unfaded deep cherry lacquer. This Junior as always mounts a single "dogear" P-90 pickup by the bridge, a tone and volume knob, the classic Gibson stop tailpiece/bridge unit and not much else! A single-layer tortoise celluloid pickguard and silkscreen logos on the headstock complete the cosmetic trim.
The neck joins the body at the 22nd fret making the entire fingerboard accessible, Gibson's new concept at the time. It has a slimmer neck than the typical '59 chunky round-backed profile, but not as slim and flat as many 1960s Gibsons. The unbound, dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard carries the larger frets Gibson started using around this time, perfect for the heavy-bending rock guitar styles still in the future in 1960.
The Junior in any form is one of the all-time classic rock guitars, with a roaring tone when cranked that can be dialed back to a sweet midrangey bark at lower volume. An old "New Yawk" favorite (these were inevitable sightings plugged into Marshalls at CBGB's and Max's back in the '70s), these double cutaway Juniors are a true classic of the bare-bones genre. This great playing and sounding Junior appears to have not seen much use over the past 60+ years and is looking for a new loving home!
Overall length is 39 in. (99.1 cm.), 13 in. (33 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.).
This is a very clean guitar overall, showing just light signs of use for 60+ years on Earth. The finish has a superb cherry color with just the slightest hint of fade on the top (yes we peeked under the pickguard to verify that). There are some very small dings, dents scuffs and handling marks overall but really these rarely show up in this kind of condition anymore. There are no cracks, breaks or any other repairs. The only non-original parts are a very nice Faber "Aged Nickel" tailpiece and studs. Internally the guitar is untouched original with the fat grey Astron tone cap in place. The original frets and fingerboard show hardly any wear and playability is excellent. This is one of the nicest a cherry Juniors we have had, housed in a modern HSC. Excellent + Condition.