Members fuzztone Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 Just curious.I'd like to try one but I never see any at the GC near me. They have a different neck joint than the old ones and the cutaway is different to. Just wondering how they compare to the version that Gibson made a few years ago(the regular production model). Do they sound like this? FInjFmM8qR0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CrackerD Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 Not when I am playing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 Can't check out the clip, but I played one a couple of weeks ago, and was pretty impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 I like LP Jr Specials better. But that might be too general a comment for your thread. But I can't help but blurt that out since I have played my LP Jr. Spc quite a bit more than my LP Jr, which happens to be from the previous generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tidal Rhythm Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 I would like them a lot more if they had a poly - rather than satin - finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flummox Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 I would like them a lot more if they had a poly - rather than satin - finish. Gibson has never made a Les Paul with a poly finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Minnie The Moocher Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 Do they sound like this? No. Other woods (no, all mahoganies and rosewood aren't borned equals), other pickup (a '55 P90 will make a modern Gibson P90 cry) - just a name on the headstock but that's all.Still, a new LP jr is quite an impressive axe, but nothing close to the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spike Li Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 Gibson has never made a Les Paul with a poly finish.I remeber not long ago someone posted a weird LP studio asking what it was, and someone said it had a thin poly finish.... man i wish the search worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spudro Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 I just can't get past the fact that the ORIGINAL Jrs were BUDGET guitars, built to be sold at a moderate cost before Japanese/Korean/Chinese/Indonesia etc started building electric guitars. '54 Les Paul Jrs were comparatively CHEAP electrics vs the Les Paul Model (Gold Top) and the Les Paul Deluxe (Black and soon known as the Les Paul Custom) Courtesy of A.R. Duchossoir: "the Gibson Price List of September 1. 1954 the Les Paul line was reading as follows: --- Les Paul Deluxe : $325.00 --- Les Paul Model : $225.00 --- Les Paul Junior : $99.50 " Keeping in mind that the 1954 Les Paul Deluxe is the black tuxedo guitar soon to be known as the Les Paul Custom, the Jr was about 30% of the total list price of a "Custom". TOPS, the VOS Jr should LIST for $1999.00, and sell for $1400 street. I mean it's not like the thing has become more complicated to build 55 years later. As much as I'd like to have a 'real' Les paul Jr, I will not be taken advantage of. I got a Dean Leslie West Standard and believe me, it is easily every bit as good a guitar. Sure, a VOS Les Paul Jr still beckons, but it is much easier to ignore now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oldskool Texas Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 Single P-90, wraparound bridge, mahogany body and neck -- what's not to love? Definitely on my short list of WANT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 If it doesn't have at least a 1959-style neck carve, I'm not interested. Let's face it: nobody's gonna shred on a LP Junior, and it just feels better with that big neck under your fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 I'm not sure I see how these are very different from a Melody Maker with a BG Pure 90 or another decent P90. Honestly, I'd save the money from a Jr. and go the MM route. But that's me and I'm basically cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oldskool Texas Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 I'm not sure I see how these are very different from a Melody Maker with a BG Pure 90 or another decent P90. Honestly, I'd save the money from a Jr. and go the MM route. But that's me and I'm basically cheap. Those LPMM bodies were very thin, and they had a T-O-M bridge with a stop tailpiece. The stock P-90s on them were ballers, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 Gibson has never made a Les Paul with a poly finish. Not even back in the Norlin era? I heard they did do poly back in the short rocker joint tenon pancake body period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soldierblue Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 I was gonna buy one but then I didn't. True story. And no, no particular reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted February 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 I'd like to get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 Gibson has never made a Les Paul with a poly finish. Not true. There was an inexpensive Gibson series of at least LPs with the letters "SL" after the model-- for "sans lacquer." Those were poly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members citizens_X Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 just got a les paul jr about a month ago, i love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 23, 2010 Moderators Share Posted February 23, 2010 Not even back in the Norlin era? I heard they did do poly back in the short rocker joint tenon pancake body period. Dunno bout that but my 81 Deluxe had a grotesquely thick finish on it, but reckin it was still nitro, in contrast to the very thin poly finish on my Burny LP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hshaitan Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 They're cool. I'd rock one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members godofmetalguita Posted February 23, 2010 Members Share Posted February 23, 2010 whoever is playing in that video is a douche, but that guitar sounds sweet. I'd play one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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