SketchyEtchy Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Thanks. I wonder what date in June it was made? My birthday is in june be weird if it was made on the same day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Also the set necks have a beefier body: Hi Brian, How does your new TV Yellow Special SC compare to those two in body thickness? Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 'J' Indonesia (possible Jakarta) according to our thread on identifing your guitar.Sheila Heh. 36 seconds apart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Hi Brian' date=' How does your new TV Yellow Special SC compare to those two in body thickness? Alan [/quote'] Alan, Using a mechanical caliper, the TV Yellow and the '57 Jr. RI are both 1-7/8" thick. (a little thicker than a standard 1.75" Tele.) The bolt neck Jr. is 1-5/8" thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Heh. 36 seconds apart! Yup! I was posting while you were typing! Happens alot around here! Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Alan' date=' Using a mechanical caliper, the TV Yellow and the '57 Jr. RI are both 1-7/8" thick. (a little thicker than a standard 1.75" Tele.) The bolt neck Jr. is 1-5/8" thick.[/quote'] Out of curiosity, why do you keep calling your new one a Junior? It's a setneck Special, no? Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Gibson refers to Specials as Juniors (but not consistently): http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Les-Paul-Jr-Special-Japan-Exclusive.aspx http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Robot-Les-Paul-Jr-Special.aspx http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-Custom/1960-Les-Paul-Special-Single-VOS.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Gibson refers to Specials as Juniors (but not consistently): http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Les-Paul-Jr-Special-Japan-Exclusive.aspx http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Robot-Les-Paul-Jr-Special.aspx http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-Custom/1960-Les-Paul-Special-Single-VOS.aspx From Gibson: The aim now was to create an instrument for every market segment' date=' and the Les Paul Special single cutaway model—introduced by Gibson in late 1955—[b']was positioned as an intermediate model between the $99.50 Les Paul Junior and the $235 Les Paul goldtop model. [/b]Priced at $169.50, this first edition of the Les Paul Special was a single cutaway model fitted with two of Gibson’s P-90 singlecoil pickups, a wraparound bridge/tailpiece, upgraded bound fingerboard, and inlaid mother of pearl Gibson headstock logo. Like the Les Paul Junior, the Special sported the visually attractive limed mahogany, or TV Yellow, finish on a thick-bodied, single cutaway design. With few exceptions—namely the occasional maple body or natural and cherry red finishes—the Les Paul Special remained a single cutaway, TV Yellow model until its redesign in 1958. This is why I guess I get confused. Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 It seems whoever writes the marketing copy for Gibby is not sure whether Specials are Juniors, but if you look at them side-by-side, they're both flat top 1-7/8" thick slab bodies with the same overall dimensions and shape, they have the same necks and scale length, and they both have P90 pickups. The only differences are 2 pickups and 4 pots, a selector switch, and a 2-piece TOM bridge on the Special. I still think of it as a Junior, because even an LP Studio has an "arch top" body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 It seems whoever writes the marketing copy for Gibby is not sure whether Specials are Juniors' date=' but if you look at them side-by-side, they're both flat top 1-7/8" thick slab bodies with the same overall dimensions and shape, they have the same necks and scale length, and they both have P90 pickups. The only differences are 2 pickups and 4 pots, a selector switch, and a 2-piece TOM bridge on the Special. I still think of it as a Junior, because even an LP Studio has an "arch top" body.[/quote'] Maybe, the Special was supposed to be a two p'up version of the Junior, and the name 'Special' was just carried forward. I can live with that. But then again, the Juniors are Junior Special (?). Go figure. Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 3 more sleeps and shes here!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 ...if you look at them side-by-side' date=' they're both flat top 1-7/8" thick slab bodies with the same overall dimensions and shape, they have the same necks and scale length, and they both have P90 pickups. [/quote']I should add that the newer bolt-on Jrs. don't really qualify as Juniors until you replace that awful MIC humbucker with a P90. Some might argue that they all need Kluson-style tulip head tuners to qualify, or that only a US-made Gibson is really a Junior. I'd agree if I could afford to be that picky.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 would say mine would qualify? Lol comes with a P90 its 97 so not that new aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 need a scratch plate like that one, any suggestions? also what style knobs would you say they are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 is it these? they called bell ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Actually, they're called 'UGLY'! Sorry, just my opinion. Go for speed knobs, much cooler looking. Again, just my opinion! is it these? they called bell ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 yea it comes with that, but i wanna make mine look "floyd" billie joes guitar. Just love it, last year saw them live and was like a meter away from him and his lp jr, also i want the tv yellow but it will have to be the gibson if i get enough, because epi makes banana yellow lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungrycat Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 yea it comes with that' date=' but i wanna make mine look "floyd" billie joes guitar.[/quote'] So get some Gold speed knobs. They look the same from a foot away, and you can actually change the setting on the fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 yea but ive allready got a set of the ones i posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken361 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I almost bought a 57 reissue JR custom shop. Has a p90, set neck and grovers @ 360 with tax damm! money is kind of tight so i held off. I really like the special thats out now with the 2 p90's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 whats the special thats out now? i havnt seen it you got a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Epiphone-Limited-Edition-Les-Paul-Special-SC-Electric-Guitar?sku=584590 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 oh thats what you have brian, i thought it was a Junior? got bad news, wont be able to play guitar for 2weeks, poured a kettle on my hand and have really bad burns :( so playing this junior will have to wait on the + cant do any college work have to have a scribe to do it for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 yea but ive allready got a set of the ones i posted So? Saying you already have knobs is kinda like saying you already have strings! Some guys here buy guitars that have pick-ups in them, and then they go out and buy new ones to install! Then they change out the tuners, then the pots then the wires and capacitors . . . Go figure. Hang here long enough and you'll be looking for ways to spend your hard earned monies on something new for your guitar!!! Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 So? Saying you already have knobs is kinda like saying you already have strings! Some guys here buy guitars that have pick-ups in them' date=' and then they go out and buy new ones to install! Then they change out the tuners, then the pots then the wires and capacitors . . . Go figure. Hang here long enough and you'll be looking for ways to spend your hard earned monies on something new for your guitar!!! Sheila[/quote'] you make a good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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