New Les Paul Jrs. by the custom shop

[sad57]

Anybody have any info on the new, (well, they have been out for about 10 years now) Les Paul Jrs.? How do they stack up to the originals? I had one back in '68 - '69 - a double pickup, blond guitar. It was the sweetest sounding guitar I ever owned.

Now I want to get another one. Not an original - too much money - but one of the custom models.

 

OR - buy an Epiphone Les Paul Jr., and custom modify it myself. Add new pickup, hardware, etc.

 

Any body out there have any experience with this?

[GuitarJunkie]

Technically, if it has two pickups it's a Special. Juniors only have one.

 

You're in luck either way. The Custom Shop currently makes several V.O.S. Juniors and Specials.

 

There's a '57 Junior single-cutaway in Sunburst

http://www.gibsoncustom.com/flash/products/lespauls/57Junior_SC/1957Junior.html

 

A '58 Junior single-cutaway in TV Yellow

http://www.gibsoncustom.com/flash/products/lespauls/58Junior_DC/1958Junior.html

 

A '60 Special single-cutaway in TV Yellow

http://www.gibsoncustom.com/flash/products/lespauls/60Special_SC/1960SpecialSC.html

 

And a '60 Special double-cutaway in TV Yellow

http://www.gibsoncustom.com/flash/products/lespauls/60Special_DC/1960SpecialDC.html

 

I've played the '60 single-cut and it was awesome. If I hadn't just recently picked up a couple other Gibsons, it would be hanging on my wall right now.

[Tim Plains]

I just happened to be on eBay and came across this.

 

http://cgi.ebay.ca/GIBSON-CUSTOM-SHOP-VOS-57-LES-PAUL-JUNIOR-SUNBURST_W0QQitemZ200197051384QQihZ010QQcategoryZ33040QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

It's $2,300 on MF.

[sad57]

Thanks for the input. Is there any difference between "custom shop" and production models of Les Paul Jrs. and Specials? I see a big price difference on Ebay for used pieces - excluding the "real" ones from the 50s and 60s - and I wondered about that.

[JohnnyCrash]

Technically' date=' if it has two pickups it's a Special. Juniors only have one.[/quote']

 

 

This is a common misnomer. I, in fact, have a Les Paul Junior Lite that has TWO P-90s. The original old models may follow the 1 pickup = Junuior, 2 = Special name schemes - but they haven't really followed that since the old days.

 

I'm not sure if Norlin era Gibsons was where the name fuzziness got started or what...

 

I dumped my Epiphone Junior a few months after I got it. It just never stacked up well against my Gibson Junior, any of my Gibsons, or other guitars for that matter. Felt like a toy, had an insanely hot ceramic pickup, miles of poly lacquer, etc.