69tele Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Bought of of these just a cheap guitar to keep around the house on a stand or take to friends etc.. and well impressed, built well, holds tune, intonates and doesnt sound half bad either, obviously nothing like the Gibson SG61 RI I have as well but for the price paid a great little guitar ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 The SG Jr and LP Jr are both pretty decent guitars for the money, in my opinion. The hardware isn't the best, but for what you can pick up a used one for it leaves room to invest in tuners etc. I have 2 LP Jr's, one is an alder/maple plywood body and the other is a solid mahogany body. They sound slightly different, I think the plywood unit is slightly brighter sounding. The plywood Jr I gave $50 for and the mahogany one I bought new at GC for $118. BUT I had to change out the stop bar for a Bad-*** tailpiece because of intonation problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69tele Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 indeed mine plays fine and intonates well, allthough as yous say the tuners look quite cheap. then again if it works ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69tele Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 indeed mine plays fine and intonates well, allthough as yous say the tuners look quite cheap. what i do find strange though is not having a pickup selector switch keep looking for one when solos come up etc ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam411booking Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 indeed mine plays fine and intonates well, allthough as yous say the tuners look quite cheap. what i do find strange though is not having a pickup selector switch keep looking for one when solos come up etc ! I've got an Epiphone Les Paul Jr (Single cut in Alpine White) and a Gibson Les Paul Jr (Billie Joe Armstrong Double Cutaway in TV Yellow). In my opinion, the Epiphone's actually a little easier to play. Sure it's made a lot cheaper (I bought it for 1/12 what I paid for my other Junior), but it's a really good guitar. Especially for only costing $100. The tuner's are cheap, but that's any easy fix. It does hold tune pretty well though and the neck is smooth and pretty fast. I really enjoy it. The reason I brought that up is because I've also played the SG Junior (though I don't own one) and it's a lot like my Les Paul. Hold's tune amazingly well for such a "cheap" guitar, plays fast and smooth, incredibly light weight (even though SG's are genuinely lighter guitars anyways, I noticed the one I used was a lighter than any other SG I've played). You're getting a lot more bang for your buck with it. Very impressive little beast! I'm considering picking one up after I purchase an Epiphone Dot. I think they days of extremely cheap guitars being "low quality" are coming to a close. There's so much competition out there they have to step up their game and build better quality instruments (even if it's designed for a beginner). But then again the guitar doesn't make the guitarist, the guitarist makes the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69tele Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 the other one LOL ! just saying never had a one pickup guitar before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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