Gibson Les Paul Junior Solid Body Electric Guitar (1959)
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Gibson Les Paul Junior Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1959), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 935049, cherry lacquer finish, mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, original brown hard shell case.
This is a nice example of an original late-1959 double-cutaway Les Paul Junior, showing some general wear but structurally excellent and well preserved for just hitting 65 years old. 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 cherry Junior was made around the end of 1959; the 6-digit serial number indicates all 5-digit possibilities had already been used up! The body is the thick slab-o-mahogany 1950's construction with rounded edges, dressed in a beautiful unfaded deep cherry color. 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 the 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 the typical '59 round-backed neck profile, slimmer than some with a bit more dressed away on the sides compared to some from earlier in the year. 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 1959.
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 has seen some use over the past 65 years but survived unbroken and unbowed, still rocking along!
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 not an exceptionally clean guitar but a nice survivor with no alterations, cracks or breaks just honest wear from use over the last 65 years. The deep cherry finish has some fade on the top and more on the upper side (maybe it sat in a window where that faced the sun). There are dings, dents, scuffs and scratches over the entire instrument but no really heavy wear. The back of the neck has some shallow dings and dents, with the finish worn down a bit on the spine.
This Junior made it through the decades with NO cracks, breaks or any other repairs; neck heel and headstock damage are very common on these. All hardware is original and complete (even the tuners and buttons) while the pickup and wiring are untouched original. The original frets and fingerboard show some general wear but thanks to the larger wire adopted around this time playability remains excellent.
This is just a nice double cutaway Junior; still giggable, well-loved and riding in a special bonus. It comes in the original brown pink-lined Gibson hard case, almost never purchased with this model as it added $42.50 to the $132.50 price in late 1959. This is of course the "5-latch Burst case" that is the correct housing for a '59 sunburst Standard; This one is VERY well worn but still solid, and as they say "It is what it is". Overall Excellent - Condition.
This is a nice example of an original late-1959 double-cutaway Les Paul Junior, showing some general wear but structurally excellent and well preserved for just hitting 65 years old. 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 cherry Junior was made around the end of 1959; the 6-digit serial number indicates all 5-digit possibilities had already been used up! The body is the thick slab-o-mahogany 1950's construction with rounded edges, dressed in a beautiful unfaded deep cherry color. 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 the 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 the typical '59 round-backed neck profile, slimmer than some with a bit more dressed away on the sides compared to some from earlier in the year. 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 1959.
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 has seen some use over the past 65 years but survived unbroken and unbowed, still rocking along!
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 not an exceptionally clean guitar but a nice survivor with no alterations, cracks or breaks just honest wear from use over the last 65 years. The deep cherry finish has some fade on the top and more on the upper side (maybe it sat in a window where that faced the sun). There are dings, dents, scuffs and scratches over the entire instrument but no really heavy wear. The back of the neck has some shallow dings and dents, with the finish worn down a bit on the spine.
This Junior made it through the decades with NO cracks, breaks or any other repairs; neck heel and headstock damage are very common on these. All hardware is original and complete (even the tuners and buttons) while the pickup and wiring are untouched original. The original frets and fingerboard show some general wear but thanks to the larger wire adopted around this time playability remains excellent.
This is just a nice double cutaway Junior; still giggable, well-loved and riding in a special bonus. It comes in the original brown pink-lined Gibson hard case, almost never purchased with this model as it added $42.50 to the $132.50 price in late 1959. This is of course the "5-latch Burst case" that is the correct housing for a '59 sunburst Standard; This one is VERY well worn but still solid, and as they say "It is what it is". Overall Excellent - Condition.