[Recent Les Paul juniors]

The new "Original" collection Junior is as good as they come. You needn't look any furter.

[A few suggestions on the new Les Paul 50s Standard]

1950's Les Pauls came with pickguards. So did yours. I would much rather have Gibson install the pickguard because when they don't place the pickup surrounds correctly I don't have to raise hell with the dealer or try to modify the guard or drill new pickup surround holes. If you just leave your pickguard alone you will never see the ding on the finish.

[SG standard vs 61 Reissue]

One you get a hard case. The Standard comes with a gig back. One isn't better than the other. Try both and see which one feels better to play.

[mini tune]

Remove the thing and put a proper set of tuners one it. That thing will give you nothing but trouble.