Junior GAS

cm01

I P/X'd one of my Greco LP's with zenzephyr against this beauty, it turned up yesterday and I took it straight to practise and let rip!  It's a corker of a guitar, the beefy neck is fantastic and it sounds amazing.  The crappy pics were taken on my phone and don't really do the finish justice, it's a great relic job, the crazing is lovely... It was all I used last night, made me realise how versatile a good one pickup guitar can be.

JookyChap

That is a proper beauty - can't beat a good LP Jr

jd0272

Welcome to the club fella  

suspiciousminds

Bloody lovely!!

cm01

I really didn't expect it to be as good as it is, I was blown away by how good it sounds

Niallmo

That does look fantastic.

mcsdan

Nice. Amazing how versatile they are. Fab colour and like the checking. Good GAS :-)

Dave_Mc

excellent

Philly_Q

Nice one, good to see that's found a home. 

fretfinder

Sweet. Almost becoming a forum regular this one.

sweepy

It sounded mighty through my Mesa Nomad and Marshall Rack, a very raucous guitar it is

DulcetJones

That's a beauty alright!  Are the relic lines scratches or hairline cracks?  I had a Les Paul goldtop do that as a result of it being stored in freezing temps for a couple of days(shipped in a crate aboard a train crossing the Canadian prairies in dead of winter).  It was removed from it's case while still frozen and it immediately became covered in frost and then within seconds the cracks formed.  Apparently I should not have removed it from it's case until it had been in a room temp environment for a few days.  I took it to a shop to see if their was a quick(cheap) fix and the guitar tech said nothing short of a full re finish would do it but he thought it looked cool and suggested I leave it alone, which I did.  This was back in the days when the word relic = old piece of junk but as time went by my guitar became "in". 

stimpsonslostson

Awesome acquisition! Love the colour.

I'm in the process of going from 8 guitars to two "keepers".
The only one left to sell is my Raygun SG Jr- one of the keepers is a LP Jr & I can't justify Jrs. It's gonna be hard to part with the SG.

Neil

I do love d/c Juniors (got a s/c myself) and that colour is lovely.

Pelham blue?

cm01

I'm think it's Pelham blue - the relicing and crazing is much more subtle than in the pics

Dies anyone know if the neck profile on these '58 Junior reissues is similar to an R8, because this is perfect for me and I'm tempted to look into an R8

jd0272

Yes they are.

Philly_Q

cm01 said:

Dies anyone know if the neck profile on these '58 Junior reissues is similar to an R8, because this is perfect for me and I'm tempted to look into an R8

I'd say the neck profile on my (C)R8 feels a bit more "refined" than my '58 Junior, it's a little rounder and not so sharp at the fretboard edges, but they're similar big, chunky shapes. 

I understand they vary a bit from year to year though, and Gibson are never totally consistent!

cm01

That's what I thought - I'm thinking of stripping right back to 2 guitars - the junior and a good R8 if I can find one - which would mean selling off 4 other guitars... Need to have a ponder and try out some R8's I think

jd0272

cm01;582290" said:

That's what I thought - I'm thinking of stripping right back to 2 guitars - the junior and a good R8 if I can find one - which would mean selling off 4 other guitars... Need to have a ponder and try out some R8's I think

Yeah they will vary to a degree. They're CNC'd then hand finished, do they should be in the same 'ballpark', but you'll feel the subtleties in side by side comparisons.

Just be careful to read the copy if you buy online and unseen (obv you would) as they have released runs of R7's and R8's with slim neck profiles of late.

zenzeypher

DulcetJones said:

That's a beauty alright!  Are the relic lines scratches or hairline cracks?  I had a Les Paul goldtop do that as a result of it being stored in freezing temps for a couple of days(shipped in a crate aboard a train crossing the Canadian prairies in dead of winter).  It was removed from it's case while still frozen and it immediately became covered in frost and then within seconds the cracks formed.  Apparently I should not have removed it from it's case until it had been in a room temp environment for a few days.  I took it to a shop to see if their was a quick(cheap) fix and the guitar tech said nothing short of a full re finish would do it but he thought it looked cool and suggested I leave it alone, which I did.  This was back in the days when the word relic = old piece of junk but as time went by my guitar became "in". 

Ooh I missed this thread.

I managed this through using upside down compressed air cans.. namely because once Nick dropped it off - It looked too new next to the hardware. I applied the cold 2 days after getting it back then allowed those lines to kinda cure back together (which near fresh nitro does) then I resprayed the compressed air about 2 months after which gave the more prominent ones... Then I just played the hell out of it.

It's a shade darker than Pelham because with nitro pelham the more you apply the darker it becomes.

Absolute beast of a guitar and I feel its made it's way into a good home.

I'm quite proud of the work I carried out on it - and of course Sweepy (great tech)