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I can't wait to get my Copper Sparkle Pickguard. It is either going to look great against the Orange, or terrible. I am hoping that it makes me a pickguard guy. If it looks not so good, You can buy an Orange pickguard, which COULD Look pretty nice. (update) in my opinion, the Zcopper Pickguard, although it'd a beutiful piece in hand, on the Lester, it does nothing for me. I think it looks best with no Pickguard.

The top on this Lester reminds me of a bowling ball. I'm naming it "Fred" after Fred Flintstone, who was always bowling with Barney.

Thank You. Unfortunately the first owner put the pickguard on using screws, but it was such a good deal, I can afford to have the top refinished by Gibson someday. (if it bothers me enough). The hand wiring gives this thing a tone much different from my 2014 LPJ with the same '61 Pickups. I figure that I'll just make it my own. I ordered a Copper Sparkle pickguard, which I hope makes it look cool enough that I actually LIKE the pickguard. I'm sure that it will grow on me, and I'll leave it original. I am very anxious to see the Copper pickguard against the Orange top. I wish that I could figure out how to get my Nikon DSLR pictures online. The pictures that I post all just come from my iPad's camera. They do not do justice to the fire on this top. The action was way too low for me. I didn't have a truss Rod tool, so I took it to a great music store near here. I had taken the truss Rod cover off, and there was like clear silicone caulk in there. Deep inside I had nightmarish visions of a fake truss Rod being glued in by some Chinese guy. The guy from the music store sighted down the neck, and took the cover off. After he looked at it sideways for about a minute. He said "Just a minute", and He headed for the back. I said, "Does it look OK?" And He said "No." And he headed to the back room with it. For five long minutes, I thought that even with the 120th Anniversary inlay and very Gibson-like details, it was a fake. He came back out, and set a stool in front of me, and said, "Sit down." And I thought, "Oh, Brother. I'm screwed now." I thought that I was going to have to commit a major crime to even the score with the thief that screwed me over! Then He said, "See if the action is better now." I said, "Is it a real Gibson?" And He said "Yes. you're fine. It's a REALLY NICE Gibson too!" I played it, and in five minutes He had set the action at the perfect height for me. He didn't charge me a nickel, and five minutes later my heartbeat was back to normal. Now I'm starting to like this guitar A LOT.Now I have changed the knobs, and I like it even more.

I'd like to join the Standards if I can through ownership of this Les Paul Standard PEACE guitar that has been hand-wired and thoroughly de-Hippyfied.

My 2014 has a mahogany body and a contoured Maple cap just like a real Les Paul. I wish that it weighed what Your Juniors do. It is a fun guitar to play. I traded an Epihone Les Paul Junior Special on it. That little guitar was a lot of fun for a bolt on neck and one Pup. An amazing guitar for 100 bucks. I can only imagine how nice the Gibson Juniors are!

I would really like to join the club. I just bought this 2014 Junior two days ago, and even though I had some good callouses, my fingers are sore and so are my forearm muscles. This little JR will never be sold. I love it. By the way, how and where do we sign up for The Junior Club?

The James Gang. I still love me some drunk Joe, but I'm glad that He made a soft landing for his sake. Now We get to enjoy him for a while longer. His guitar work now is so clean, it's plain to see how badly alcohol screws with Your hands. He's pure genius nowadays.

They are both famous builders. A google search of "greven" or "klepper" will bring up their websites. I would check out Paul's advice first, because my suggestions may be a little pricey, and Paul truly knows his stuff.

I think Jim Greven makes pickguards. I think Mr Klepper does too.