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Juniors and Esquires are great for developing dynamics in your playing. Stuff where I might normally rely on gear or settings, having a Jr. or an Esquire will force you to make decisions and to be deliberate in how you get the tone. I love single pickup guitars!
Yes I've heard that before
Play a Mountain song. That's the guitar that Leslie West used
I've always been a Les Paul fan. My dad and uncles were big into bands like Kiss, so having my first "guitar hero" being Ace Frehley with his Les Paul is probably a big reason why. As I got older, I got more into the punk/emo scene of my generation, and noticed a lot of Les Paul juniors being played, as well as SGs and Telecasters. The only one I haven't tried yet out of these guitars that have become iconic, in my mind, for the era of music I love, is the Les Paul Junior. After watching your video on it, I'm more curious than ever.
Les Paul Juniors and Specials are great players. It’s amazing what you can do with just one pickup and a volume and tone knob. Some players have intonation issues with the straight stop bar tailpiece wraparound. So many options to fix that kind of issue - I’ve used a few configurations and really like the Graph Tech ResoMax bridges.
Good to see Keith getting the recognition he deserves. Totally underrated player
I have a guitar modded to be similar to tom Delonge, and it really opens up your mind to how much a volume change affects the sound
Just starting out the video and thinking about how you always mention your musician friends. Wish I had more than just my dad
If you use a 500k resistor and no-load tone pot, a Les Paul Special sounds exactly like a Les Paul Junior, but you get the neck pickup too - which most use more often. The magnetic pull of the neck pickup has been proven to have no effect on the strings vibration (unless you have it too close).
Great video, Mike! One thing you will find is that you can vary the tone by where you play. Hit the strings close to the pickup and you will get a more aggressive tone, play up by the neck (or on the neck) and you'll get a rounder, warmer tone. This is in addition to the tonal changes from picking dynamics and the volume & tone knobs. You'll find that a LP Junior is really versatile if you work with it. Have fun!
Nice name lul
I bought a Jared James Nichols signature Epiphone ‘Old Glory’ for the same reasons you got your LP Jr. Other than a bit of fret edge cleaning up, it’s been kicking ass! Sick low action and a absurdly great neck profile… just a smidgeon thinner than my R8.
Juniors are awesome guitars. And now I'm going to buy one.
This is one trick that works really well on a Les Paul. There are quite a few famous guys out there when you watch them you can subtly see them use the side of their hand to adjust the volume as needed. I'm going to have to expiriment with it on a strat though.
This is all I play. I'm65, a nobody and I'm not very good. When I got started 30 years ago, went through same process as everyone and settled on the les Paul jr. I play a couple of modified billy joe's and the new Jr ( like yours). The bullet proof simplicity is reliable and I find all of the expressiveness that I need.
Much continued success with your channel l much love 💕’ it’s a great exercise and continuous improvement of the knobs and tones ‘ so true of the telecaster too’
Try it through the AC15 Mike. Talk about a challenge! The aggressiveness goes to a whole new level. I am always amazed at how versatile the LPJ is but you rarely see anyone use them anymore. I think it IS the intimidation of not having anywhere to hide with it.
A single P90 on a slab of mahogany through a nice amp is an absolute joy to behold. Lucky enough to own a stunningly resonant 2002 Gibson Art Historic 1957 Reissue LP Junior - it’s The Beauty and The Beast combined. Wish I could play better and properly justify owning it.
Don’t give this on up - you know you need it! Cheers, Mike - loving your whole vibe.
Great wordss
My Gibson Custom Shop 57' Reissue LPJ is by far my favorite Les Paul I own. I was drawn to it from Billie Joe Armstrong's constant usage of the instrument along with Leslie West. It inspires me to play in a way my other guitars don't. Also, having only one pickup substantially improves the tone to my ear, although I adore the tone of my Fender Custom Shop 1950 Broadcaster reissue. Time to sell my 2014 Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Custom (Black Beauty).
Single pickup guitars are just so interesting in the variance for tone and musicality. I’ve really enjoyed my Esquire and the nice switch between clean with slight twang to crunchy and sonic.
Wow that sounded great! I love simple guitars. It forces you to think outside the box in order to achieve the sounds you want. And in the process, you are going to become a much better player for sure. The video is spot on. It's all in the fingers!
I love Juniors!!I own one and it is a fun guitar.I'm mainly a Strat and Tele guy but I like to dabble with Gibsons too...I own Les Paul standards and SGs with Humbuckers.The P90 has the twang of a single coil but the output of a vintage style humbucker.That tone to me is like a Tele on steroids...like a Tele bridge pickup tone with a bit more output and that extra low midrange you get from a Gibson guitar.Of course a Junior witll never give you a Strat neck pickup tone but you can still adapt it to suit many styles of playing depending where you pick and if you use the tone knob to slightly roll off some treble.But for my uses,I like to use a Junior for a nice meaty bridge pickup sound with bite and snarl....think of George Thorogood for example with his nasty Blues/Rock n Roll tone.
Ayo! Junior enthusiast here. Mine is in the shop and this video gives me massive envy!! Enjoy the new guitar!
As for getting the most out of these, it absolutely is down to your hands. I host a Jam Night, and the Junior is one of the guitars I take out and play all night. I also give it to guests to play in their performances. It really trains you to listen to the band around you, what space you have to fill/work with- and how your hands/rig can get the most out of it.
I have a few videos on my channel discussing this, but one conversation with my friend Ash Tucker, he said, to start at both knobs at 7 so you have the headroom on both sides to brighten up or darken the signal.
Setting up the amp so it breaks up around 7 also makes 10 that big couragous rock tone you want out of your guitar/pedals.
Juniors are great guitars for these principles, and what you learn from them can really be transfered to every guitar.
My junior has been out of action for about a year and I have only just taken it in to get worked on, but the things I've mentioned above has really made every guitar I play "The One Guitar To Do It All".
Love the videos as always man! I dig the long form conent!
My first single pickup guitar was a Noventa Tele. I had also subscribed to the idea of more=better (I had plans to build a Jazzmaster with P-Rails and use the rhythm tone and volume controls as pickup selectors for each pickup), but I stopped into my local shop and decided to sit down with it. The Tele was one of those guitars that, as soon as you pick it up, you know it's your guitar. It took a bit of getting used to, but now I know how to get just about any sound that I want from it without adjusting EQ or pedals.
Juniors and Esquires are massively fun to play. Tremendous tonal options in a single pickup format. Tone is in your hands, and these guitars prove that point.
Apparently so
Listen to 'Mississippi Queen' by Mountain (Leslie West)
Watched this video, then went looking for Stupid Boy....had no idea Keith was so good !
I’ve been watching your videos for a while now and I really like the new, long form videos you’ve been making. Keep it up, your doing great!
Check out The Georgia Satellites, Rick Richards used a LP Jr and Dan Beard used a Tele with EMG’s. Some of the best classic rock tones! Just so damn good together!!
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Edit love Les Paul Jr. It's the ultimate punk guitar, it's strangely versitile guitar.
Edit 2 Joe Bonamassa (Bon-uh-mahssa) for pronunciation.
Great comments and video.
My Telcaster with a Strat neck and
A Humbucker in the neck PUP,
and my Les Paul Tobacco burst Junior
are basically all I ever need for any
Sound made with an electric guitar.
Ive even retro fitted with 1 Meg pots and fiddled with caps and resistors to accentuate Either guitar.
Its pretty amazing.
I have that very same guitar. Man it's more versitle than my LP standard. You can do litereally anything on that thing - super tactile. Hope you're enjoying it mate.
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LP jrs are rad and Keith sounded awesome. However, he was playing rock, those weren’t country licks he was hitting. He makes his voice nasally to sound like he has a strong southern accent and calls it country.
I love my 86 Gibson Les Paul Jr Double Cutaway. I bought it in 2020 and it has become my main guitar of how simple and versatile it is.
That's a sweet guitar. The double cutaways just feel right to play. Cheers.
You do realize that once you go 'Junior ' you can't go back!!
Welcome to the best guitar in the world.
My first Gibson was a junior. I was stuck between an sg and a junior and I went with the junior because something just drew me to it and I wanted to challenge myself it quickly became my favorite guitar to play especially live to the point where I had multiple dings and a couple of paint chips within months of owning the guitar. Cuz I played that thing hard and I treated it like it was a cheap pawn shop guitar. But it definitely fills sound, my rig being a Marshall combo with a boss sd-1 and a tube screamer. With my two guitars being a junior and an has strat. And I love the sound I get from such a simple set up.
You just described the "Les Paul Junior experience" better than anyone I've ever heard. Fantastic insight! I have 4 single pickup guitars, and I love them. Great video!
Nice guitar Mike! You dive into that Junior and go deep!
Just have a fun experience!
Great channel!
I love your videos. Im a 68 yo hacker and learn alot from you, thanks
I played a single-pickup Gibson Melody Maker for several years. Totally agree - I used to think it was really limiting but I could coax just about any tone I wanted to out of that guitar.
Played same but with hu buckers a couple decades,no complaints.
That junior will soon be your go to. I have just about gone to single pickup guitars. I still have my les Paul custom, '67 SG special and my strat. But everything else is single pickups. Different variation and tone profiles but still. Oh, i do had my dad's ES 339 in which i am never going to mod. I absolutely love playing single pickups, it will definitely teach you that 10 isnt always what you want. Use of your controls will bring out so much more than your everyday punk lead guitar. But whatever you do, do not.... DO NOT add a treble bleed. That takes away from the versatility.
5:52 whenever I focus on guitar I get break upped
Great episode Mike!👍The LesPaul Jr is one of my very favorite guitars! I was lucky enough to own a 1957 Tobacco burst JR had it for about 7years then was injured at work and had to sell it! I bought it in a small shop In SanFrancisco that was in an alley around 1986. The place was called Real Guitars and I bought it in excellent condition for $750.00! With what they sell for now I doubt I’ll be able to afford another😢But I do have a lot of excellent memories of playing and enjoying it beyond my wildest dreams! Oh well maybe I can afford a current or slightly used Epiphone version? I’ll have to start the hunt soon as you’ve managed to rekindle my memories of that mighty 1957 Gibson LesPaul Junior!👍🙏🤗❤️💕🎸✌️👋
Single pickup guitars are FINALLY getting the recognition they deserve!!!!!!!!!
I've always been fan of guitars that have pickups that sound really good in high gain scenarios. For example my main guitar right now is '68 Reissue Fender Thinline Telecaster. My best friend recently got me a Gibson Les Paul Junior Double Cut, and I was worried how the one P-90 in the bridge might do, but now its my go to for any high gain blues songs.
I had recently gotten a Les Paul Special with P90s and holy yeah, it’s definitely the tone that I absolutely wanted. Between my Trad Pro V les paul and Jazzmaster, it’s the sound I wanted in between for an overall warm sound
I got the black. It's sooooo comfy to play
Wait until you find out about the esquire…
Nice! You got the black one. I couldn't find one so got a vintage sunburst instead. Definitely an inspiring guitar. It really sings even before you plug it in.
Congratulations six minutes and 15 seconds and then you finally played a note. Stopped and said your into funk.
Make up your mind Funk is Nasty Dirty, FUNKY not a clean tone. Talk less practice more.
I learned about the volume and tone knobs from CS Guitars and different guitar players like Toni Iommi and Brian May. Single coils are super responsive to the volume knob. If you aren’t playing with incredibly high gain then you can really get a lot of different sounds with your knobs.
It's so fun watching you learning from your gear! You're like a young wizard with a new crystal lol. I admire the minimalism of the Jr.. the opposite would be a triple pickup Gretsch(2627gt). That would be a fun review. FOUR volumes on one axe!
One pickup guitars make good sense to me. Get a decent amp with some break up and you can control everything with your right hand.
It’s not a Les Paul but it’s a damn cool guitar!
So many of my favourite guitarists from the late 70's and early 80's punk and new wave scene used LP Juniors. Marco Pironi from Adam and the Ants, DEVO, MIck Jones from The Clash are just a few. An iconic instrument for sure. The P90 is a beast of a pickup!
Johnny Thunders!
I have not ever had a Junior but I want one. Just biding my time....plotting...muahhahahahaha
Best guitar for punk
Mike, I have this guitar, I like it’s versatility but it came after a Gibson Gold Top Les Paul FAILURE 2 years ago. Being a Gibson Les Paul Custom owner from back in the 70’s, I thought after all these years I’d get a Gold Top this time, what a mistake. This guitar was built by an absolute idiot. In addition to several cosmetic issues, the bridge was bottomed out on the high E string side of the bridge leaving the bridge unable to lower. Sent it back and ordered the Junior that I have now. I thought it’s a simple enough guitar that the mamalukes working there won’t screw it up. Just one cosmetic blemish that I am ok with. This guitar plays and sounds well but I guess I just miss my Les Paul Customs from decades ago. Rock on. 🎼
The P90 is just an amazing pickup since it has the impedance of a humbucker. It blends beautifully with humbuckers and the volume knob should be treated more like a gain knob. It started out as a Jazz pickup. The fact that it breaks up and compresses from 6-10 on its own makes it even more versatile in front of tube amps so long as you keep their gain on a razer's edge between clean and breakup. o
This incredible Gibson guitar is way more versatile than you would think with one pickup, a volume and a tone knob.
Check out Emmylou Harris’ live video version of “Luxury Liner” with Frank Reckard on Lead. He’s playing a TV Yellow Les Paul Jr. Perfect example that a Special or a Junior are perfect for country music.
Juniors are friggin awesome guitars. So many tones, one pup and a regular USA is cheap compared to a lot. Just bought one to go with all my high end shit and love it. Great video. Thx.
Have fun with it. :D
I can't remember which RUclipsr recommended this (probably either Rhett Shull, Phillip McKnight, Rick Beato, or DylanTalksTone) whoever it was recommended every guitar player should own a one pickup guitar at some point in their life.
Here’s a Junior with a Marshall 1968 ruclips.net/video/qEnF6EB-yMs/видео.html Leslie West plays with Mountain.
I’m not at the level where I can justify buying a Gibson. What do we think of the Epiphone LP junior Billy Joe Armstrong signature model?
I just wish Epiphone would make a Les Paul Jr in a finish other than sunburst besides the Green Day model in white...why not black with a tortoise pickguard (like featured in the video) or TV Yellow, and why not a slim tapered neck !?
Man o man, never seen your channel before …. Where you been? 👍 I recently put together a kit guitar, which looks something like a LP junior crossed with a melody maker and a Flying V but nevertheless, I am now a convert to the single P90 config. It is the one I now pick up the most with great amounts of dust accumulating on the rest of the herd. I look forward to seeing more of your content, 😎🤟🏻
P90 pickups, they just sound amazing and raw. Very dynamic and sensitive to picking styles and placement.
Funny you mention that vid from Joe, it opened my eyes like nothing before. So simple yet, I wasn't really exploring it. I mean, so that's why there are 10 level/settings on the Volume and Tone nobs. Right? Felt like an idiot. LoL I always wanted a single pick-up guitar but with it more towards center.
Leslie West created Mississippi Queen and all of the other Mountain songs using a Les Paul Jr. with light gauge strings. In fact he played Jrs. with P90's mostly for his entire career up until Dean did his signature model that had a single gun bucket. P90's are my favorite pickup and a Jr is on my wish list.
Musical tastes evolved to fit the LP jr. It is a perfect guitar. I happily own a Special, otherwise I would buy a Junior in a minute
@Mike Cole Just for fun, i want to see you play some metal! The REASON is because players from other genres trying to play metal bring a different and unique sound, tone & style. Just a little challenge for ya just for grins.
I should not have watched this ! been jonesing for a B J Armstrong LP jr. ( from Sweatwater ) Now I know my microwave is watching me. I feel powerless!
Yeah, everybody should have an LPJ. It’s the one guitar to rule them all. Or…at least it feels that way when you play one. Great video, as always Mike. Thanks!
I have a Gibson LP Junior Double Cut. Compared to my Tele the fat neck is a bit of a work around. I like the P90 and experimenting with it is fun. All and all It is a pleasure to play.
I think there's a misconception that a humbucker is hotter than a P90. That's not exactly true. The P90 is a growly snarally pick up. They are awesome.
I love my LPJ.. it’s an 05 and I ordered a backup for it and it had a way chunkier neck (normal) than mine. I sent it back and went on a mission to find another LPJ with the super thin neck my 05 tobacco burst has and I can’t find one?? If u have a guitar you love cherish it
The les Paul junior is the great revealer of what the term “versatility” really means. You realize that the instrument is just a medium of expression..and the versatility of that medium is only limited by the player holding the instrument.
I just bought an inexpensive Telecaster which I am converting to an Esquire for the simple reason that converting is much less expensive than buying one, and I want a one pickup guitar precisely for the reasons you mention.
My only electric is a Les Paul jr. Feels like it’s all I need. I mostly play clean on it with a little bit of overdrive. fingerinpicking chords w the capo on there to sweeten the sound a little. Throw the univibe on w it and you enter heaven.
If you are looking for versatility, charvel dk24 hsh and Ibanez az series does the best job. I own the former and it does literally everything
I stopped watching when you said Pop Country
Your hands are your best device for control over the sound you get , if you want less dynamics use your fingers . On 10 all way up play soft turn down play hard muscle memory my friend . I'm not the best player but I have played for 36 years now and I play every day learn every day
one thing the new jrs got wrong was slamming the p90 right against the bridge. the old ones were pulled away my a measurable margin, and it matters. it softens or rounds off the sound a little. not sure why gibson can reproduce their own stuff
My SG jr forces me to do the same. I will say that a p90 cleans up on a volume knob in a much more usable way than any guitar I have ever used
I had a faded one Gibson put out years ago. Keith was my reason for getting one then. I’m wanting the Epi version now with this side gig I have and plus the price is ideal
The biggest question and possible gripe I've always had (despite rather liking the idea of the LPJ) is the lack of any kind of intonation on the bridge. How good/bad is the intonation on it? Because it looks like there is nothing on that bridge to make sure you're going to sound in tune higher up on the neck
If it doesn’t work for you, there are multiple options for wrap-around bridges with intonatable saddles, like Wilkinson or Graph Tech.
Charlie Star of Blackberry Smoke gets incredible Tone out of his
P90 guy here. I built guitars for a number of years. There’s a little known secret pickup that gets categorized as “not a rock pickup”. It bridges that gap between a p90 & a standard humbucker. While I’ll always be a P90 guy, the Super’tron has become my pickup of choice, due to its humbucking nature & it’s crystally smooth sound. Run it into that Princeton of yours or pickup an early 80’s MXR Distortion+(not the new version) & you will find something that is wildly versatile, in any type of guitar. I’ve used mine in punk bands through a 5e3 clone. At home through my Tone Master Twin. It’s simply the best all around pickup I’ve ever used. It can kick & it can clean up amazingly. It’s like a smoothed over Filtertron. Both my Super’tron guitars have pickups from TV Jones. A good P90 is tough to beat but, they can be noisy in the wrong situations. Super’trons can go anywhere/do anything
I know Jim Moginie from the Oils got some great and varied tones with a Supertron equipped roc jet.
Congrats dude that’s a cool guitar. I want to hear you shredding some Keith Urban now!
Billy Jo Armstrong!
Right now my main guitar is an Esquire GT. :)
So, one year later. How do you like it? Do you still own it? Does it get any use? Maybe an idea for a new video?
Please Mike, listen to Bridge for Animals: Never in September
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Now go find a JCM800 to plug that Jr into, that will open your eyes.
Nobody ever talks about it (nobody but me, anyway) but if it's a versatile Gibson that you're after...you NEED to try an L6S. They were never that popular but I think it's the best guitar Gibson produced in the 70's. They made a few different versions of it...the Midnight Special, The Custom and the Deluxe...you don't want ant of those. You want the original Standard model...L6S.
I love it when people break stereotypes and boundaries. Rock on brother
Listen to Charlie Starr of Blackberry smoke.
The Les Paul Jr is the greatest guitar ever!!! And yes it’s a Les Paul
my main guitar is a single humbucker and lone volume knob strat and i swear by it,
When using guitars like this it helps to have a very touch sensitive tube amp to pair with it.
I turned my sg special into an sg junior by just removing the neck pickup. For some reason. 2 pickup guitars are like 2 guitars in 1 for me. I mostly use bridge pickup anyway 90% of the time. Even if the neck pickup is installed. I use the volume and tone knob more than I use the toggle switch.