Junior style guitar, what to buy, Take 2

stimpsonslostson

Yes. Gibson seem to have aligned the Gibson USA and Epiphone ranges in the way that Fender and Squier have done for several years. 
I think it's a very clever business decision to allow folk who aspire to a Gibson to by something similar at a lower price point. 
Having investigated the range I REALLY like:

The Firebird
The SG special in worn Pelham blue
The LP jr

the change in headstock shape is a good step too- again following the Fender/Squier example. If the old headstock put off 1% of potential buyers that’s a LOT of extra guitars they could sell now. 

LPManic

Does anyone think or know if there will be new editions of dc tributes later this year? CME are doing a limited run of tv yellow in the DC tribute, but the shipping and tax costs are pretty high. 

Might just plump for a worn cherry or an ebony, but just wondering if there might be more finish options coming later this year.

SlopeSoarer

TTony said:

This one is definitely special

I like that open pore, brutally basic! 

Is it simply nitro sprayed on without primer/filler/undercoat?

I'm guessing it will wear quickly!?

57Deluxe

don't forget the Vintage VR130 Double Cut (Satin Cherry)

TTony

SlopeSoarer said:

I like that open pore, brutally basic! 

Is it simply nitro sprayed on without primer/filler/undercoat?

I'm guessing it will wear quickly!?

Yes @SlopeSoarer ;

I asked the brilliant @rexter to finish it with the thinnest finish possible.  No grain filler (etc) and leave it all as open as he could.  And it’ll wear naturally - not something you see much of nowadays!  But there’s enough colour over the neck tenon to avoid the need for a scratchplate, which all helps keep it “brutally basic”!

NelsonP

LPManic said:

Does anyone think or know if there will be new editions of dc tributes later this year? CME are doing a limited run of tv yellow in the DC tribute, but the shipping and tax costs are pretty high. 

Might just plump for a worn cherry or an ebony, but just wondering if there might be more finish options coming later this year.

They've done a white one too...
https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/listing/gibson-usa-les-paul-junior-tribute-dc-worn-white-wtortoise-pickguard-cme-exclusive-pre-order/29536500

HAL9000

stimpsonslostson said:

Creed_Clicks said

Last option, and one I might try and avoid is to find some kind of a custom tele partscaster body with a P90 in the bridge, or P90 route and have a t style bolt on junior. Also would be appealing in a way

I'm sure @TTony has built a few like that. 
My main guitar is an Esquire partscaster with an OilCity Alligator 90 in the bridge. It scratches the itch quite nicely. It's on the right. 

https://i.imgur.com/vKVZJui.jpg

Though I still borrow my daughter's guitar when I REALLY want to make a statement. 

https://i.imgur.com/DP63APW.jpg

I've also got an Esquire'd Tele with an Alligator 90 in it. I can vouch for the Alligator pickup. Tele like until the volume pot is up around 7, then becomes a snarling rock monster. However if I was doing it again I'd probably get the Kayman 90 instead which is supposed to be a bit warmer.

Funkfingers

dogload said:

… 1994 Epi … headstock/ neck join looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

TBH, the scarfed on headstock is probably less likely to snap than a one-piece. 

timmypix

Just to add my voice to the noise and add another vote for the 2019 Les Paul Junior DC Tribute. Took me a while to find a good one but I adore mine.

Creed_Clicks

Modellista said:

Ahem.... https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/165513/four-characterful-t-styles-350-each-p-p-included#latest

I am tempted....

JayGee

+1 for the PRS SE One - I actually had (and still own and play) a PRS SE Single Cut Soapbar, which was pretty much the Special to the One’s Junior and it’s a gem.

For that matter also +1 on the Gordon Smith GS1 - well worth tracking one down (there seem to be a reasonably number of stockists now) to trying you’re not keen on the mail order option, although if you do want to order from GS there’s a Custome build configurator which gives enough of a choice of options (wood, body thickness, neck profile, fingerboard wood, etc, etc) that it should be possible to satisfy anyone...

kossofffan

Picked up a Vintage V120 last week and after swapping the ugly tailpiece for a 'Gibson' style one. Polishing the frets & wiring it to 50's spec with CTS pots & a PIO cap, It sounds pretty 'Authentic' Mr Agnesi

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

LPManic said:

I really want a LP Junior tribute DC. But then I saw the new 58 Custom Shops. And I want one of those as well. 

Is there a middle ground one P90 type guitar? Say for £1000-1500?

Left-field suggestion, but if I had that sort of budget for a single P90 DC I'd be sorely tempted by one of these...

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/170201306960008-2295595--le-pape-l-steel-paul-junior-red-18170

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/181108334671001-2295598--le-pape-l-steel-junior-black-18167

Creed_Clicks

One of these also showed up for sale near me. Weird place for the jack input though...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLvO0CRoi5s

LPManic

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

LPManic said:

I really want a LP Junior tribute DC. But then I saw the new 58 Custom Shops. And I want one of those as well. 

Is there a middle ground one P90 type guitar? Say for £1000-1500?

Left-field suggestion, but if I had that sort of budget for a single P90 DC I'd be sorely tempted by one of these...

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/170201306960008-2295595--le-pape-l-steel-paul-junior-red-18170

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/181108334671001-2295598--le-pape-l-steel-junior-black-18167

My goodness they are lovely

rlw

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/175089/2007-gibson-melody-maker-for-sale#latest

This ticks all the boxes ....

Nyquist

NelsonP said:

I have a 2019 Gibson DC tribute junior.

Paid just over £500 for it and it's a cool guitar. Proper rock machine. Basic but good. No-one worries about pickguard mounted pickups on a strat so no issue for me.

Only thing about it is that the G string won't stay in tune.  The nut needs sorting, but that's an easy fix. 

I've got the same guitar and the tuning same problem. Not sure what I need to do about it so any advice would be helpful.
thanks

timmypix

Nyquist said:

NelsonP said:

I have a 2019 Gibson DC tribute junior.

Paid just over £500 for it and it's a cool guitar. Proper rock machine. Basic but good. No-one worries about pickguard mounted pickups on a strat so no issue for me.

Only thing about it is that the G string won't stay in tune.  The nut needs sorting, but that's an easy fix. 

I've got the same guitar and the tuning same problem. Not sure what I need to do about it so any advice would be helpful.
thanks

Most of the ones I tried before getting the one I bought had awfully cut nuts, so I would bet on that. Take it to a tech and get them to see if they can improve the cut of the nut grooves, or more likely just stick a new nut on, either bone or TUSQ.

NelsonP

timmypix said:

Nyquist said:

NelsonP said:

I have a 2019 Gibson DC tribute junior.

Paid just over £500 for it and it's a cool guitar. Proper rock machine. Basic but good. No-one worries about pickguard mounted pickups on a strat so no issue for me.

Only thing about it is that the G string won't stay in tune.  The nut needs sorting, but that's an easy fix. 

I've got the same guitar and the tuning same problem. Not sure what I need to do about it so any advice would be helpful.
thanks

Most of the ones I tried before getting the one I bought had awfully cut nuts, so I would bet on that. Take it to a tech and get them to see if they can improve the cut of the nut grooves, or more likely just stick a new nut on, either bone or TUSQ.

This exactly. Just need to find time to take it to my tech to get the nut filed or replaced if necessary. Its not that bad really, more of a minor irritation than anything. But it should have been right from the factory.

FWIW mine is the early version, with the jack on the front. I think they moved to a different nut material on the v2 (Tektoid > GraphTech), probably for exactly this reason.

Creed_Clicks

If $541 pre checkout wasn't an issue, I'd be going for this!