The gritty tone & feel of the Junior is just amazing. I tune mine down to Eb Standard and it not only plays like butter, that rich warm tone is even richer and warmer.
I love my junior. I find myself able to play anything on it. Volume at 7 tone at 4 is a beautiful clean almost neck vibe. 8 and 8 is great for acoustic vibe chords. And then volume at 10 is just gritty madness great with tone or without it. I dont reach for any other guitars just my LP junior.
Good video. I'm totally on the LP jr train. Most basic new production I think Gibson makes. It's become my fav as there's so many tonal varieties with 2 knobs. And the growl. Now to get my hands on a vintage one💸💸💸
Single bridge PU guitars are great with flatwounds, too - rolling the tone off and playing closer (if not over) the neck with flatwounds makes for a nice alternative to a typical neck PU tone.
A couple weeks ago I picked up a 2004 Gibson Melody Maker. Very similar to the Jr but without a pick guard and for 2003-2004 Gibson decided to be overly nice (at the price range) and put in a tune-o-matic bridge. I'm sold on the Melody Makers and Les Paul Jrs. I've never felt more like "oh shit, this is MY guitar." Just a chunk of wood with a drilled in P90... That plus a responsive tube amp and maybe a few pedals. DONE. It's great.
I found a ( Baldwin ) Maestro Les Paul Jr. by Gibson ( with a Gibson headstock ) in a thrift shop $100 . Reamed the holes , installed Hip Shot locking tuners $ 85 , Tusq nut $12 , ToneRider Rebel 90 ( Humbucker sized P90 ) $50 , new volume/tone pots and caps $35 . Fender Pro Jr. IV tweed new amp $600 . Totaling $875ish And with the rest of the $ 5,400 left over , I payed 6 months principal on my mortgage 🤣 . Nice Murphy Lab TV Yellow indeed , but my Maestro rocks 👍.
That's how I like to do it as well. Get a cheap junior/special and upgrade and mod the hell out of it. It's more fun that way. Nice score and upgrades on the Maestro!
Just recently got that same maestro in that beautiful off white color for $20 on fb marketplace and I cleaned it up gave it a decent set up, but I think I need to replace the bridge perhaps, it doesn’t intonate very well, but feels comfortable and sounds way better than I expected. How’s the humbucker sized p90 sound
I have Tonerider Rebel 90’s in a Leo Jaymz SG style and in a brand new Eastman SB59. They are absolutely amazing sounding pickups! I have another guitar with Seymour Duncan Silencer Vintage Phat Cats, which also sound great, but I think the Toneriders sound even better.
Jaguar XK , early Land Rover, Muscle Car (not my specialty) in the back... ok, fine vintage. But the 456 and 355 in this backdrop and context then really make me feel old ;-) Worse even, I owned an early 308 at one time.
GREETINGS FROM GREAT BRITAIN...own a 2016 Gibson les Paul junior single cut a propiterary model made for the Japanese Market ...I bought it as I had a British (Gordon Smith a small Manchester company ) single pickup in the 80s I loved and px towards probably a "name " brand guitar and always regretted letting go...I paid £800 for the Gibson 2nd hand and despite all the bad press re Gibson QC mine was pristine ( well it was 7 year of continuous play has added the usual wear and tear lol).. its made vintage spec apart from the wiring which is a modern type...which does the same thing as my other "traditional "wiring that cork sniffers revere...my 58 year old cloth ears cannot tell the difference....set it to dirty roll the volume down for clean...roll tone down for "women " tone etc...id swap it out if it was terrible...of course The irrational side of me would prefer hand wired...and its strange Gibson didn't add this to an otherwise vintage spec guitar...id recommend juniors to anyone...mines a 2 piece body ( although the join is so good you can only spot it under a really bright light and look really hard)... its as resonant/vibrant as my mates custom shop model.....maybe I just got a good one....maybe Gibson took more care as it was for Japan...but apart from my strat it gets the most use
Leslie West, Mick Ralphs and Ariel Bender Made this Guitar really popular....I think, IT Just happened By accident. The Junior was planned AS a Beginner- Guitar, Not for becoming a Legend ❤
The gritty tone & feel of the Junior is just amazing. I tune mine down to Eb Standard and it not only plays like butter, that rich warm tone is even richer and warmer.
Greatest guitar ever made
I love my junior. I find myself able to play anything on it. Volume at 7 tone at 4 is a beautiful clean almost neck vibe. 8 and 8 is great for acoustic vibe chords. And then volume at 10 is just gritty madness great with tone or without it. I dont reach for any other guitars just my LP junior.
Good video. I'm totally on the LP jr train. Most basic new production I think Gibson makes. It's become my fav as there's so many tonal varieties with 2 knobs. And the growl. Now to get my hands on a vintage one💸💸💸
0:00-0:41 Holiday by Green Day!!!🎸
Beautifull cars , nice shoes , great les paul jr and seiko skx !
Nice. I'm a watch guy myself and a Junior owner.
Single bridge PU guitars are great with flatwounds, too - rolling the tone off and playing closer (if not over) the neck with flatwounds makes for a nice alternative to a typical neck PU tone.
I freaking love this channel. This dude would be so fun to jam wi
A couple weeks ago I picked up a 2004 Gibson Melody Maker. Very similar to the Jr but without a pick guard and for 2003-2004 Gibson decided to be overly nice (at the price range) and put in a tune-o-matic bridge. I'm sold on the Melody Makers and Les Paul Jrs. I've never felt more like "oh shit, this is MY guitar." Just a chunk of wood with a drilled in P90... That plus a responsive tube amp and maybe a few pedals. DONE. It's great.
Had one. Regret selling it. :-(
I found a ( Baldwin ) Maestro Les Paul Jr. by Gibson ( with a Gibson headstock ) in a thrift shop $100 . Reamed the holes , installed Hip Shot locking tuners $ 85 , Tusq nut $12 , ToneRider Rebel 90 ( Humbucker sized P90 ) $50 , new volume/tone pots and caps $35 . Fender Pro Jr. IV tweed new amp $600 . Totaling $875ish And with the rest of the $ 5,400 left over , I payed 6 months principal on my mortgage 🤣 . Nice Murphy Lab TV Yellow indeed , but my Maestro rocks 👍.
That's how I like to do it as well. Get a cheap junior/special and upgrade and mod the hell out of it. It's more fun that way.
Nice score and upgrades on the Maestro!
Just recently got that same maestro in that beautiful off white color for $20 on fb marketplace and I cleaned it up gave it a decent set up, but I think I need to replace the bridge perhaps, it doesn’t intonate very well, but feels comfortable and sounds way better than I expected. How’s the humbucker sized p90 sound
I have Tonerider Rebel 90’s in a Leo Jaymz SG style and in a brand new Eastman SB59. They are absolutely amazing sounding pickups! I have another guitar with Seymour Duncan Silencer Vintage Phat Cats, which also sound great, but I think the Toneriders sound even better.
Jaguar XK , early Land Rover, Muscle Car (not my specialty) in the back... ok, fine vintage. But the 456 and 355 in this backdrop and context then really make me feel old ;-) Worse even, I owned an early 308 at one time.
I agree! ALL Gibson guitars give (especially new) players the opportunity to improve their ear training.
I'd take the Esquire
GREETINGS FROM GREAT BRITAIN...own a 2016 Gibson les Paul junior single cut a propiterary model made for the Japanese Market ...I bought it as I had a British (Gordon Smith a small Manchester company ) single pickup in the 80s I loved and px towards probably a "name " brand guitar and always regretted letting go...I paid £800 for the Gibson 2nd hand and despite all the bad press re Gibson QC mine was pristine ( well it was 7 year of continuous play has added the usual wear and tear lol).. its made vintage spec apart from the wiring which is a modern type...which does the same thing as my other "traditional "wiring that cork sniffers revere...my 58 year old cloth ears cannot tell the difference....set it to dirty roll the volume down for clean...roll tone down for "women " tone etc...id swap it out if it was terrible...of course The irrational side of me would prefer hand wired...and its strange Gibson didn't add this to an otherwise vintage spec guitar...id recommend juniors to anyone...mines a 2 piece body ( although the join is so good you can only spot it under a really bright light and look really hard)... its as resonant/vibrant as my mates custom shop model.....maybe I just got a good one....maybe Gibson took more care as it was for Japan...but apart from my strat it gets the most use
That Falcon 20 sounded good for the Green Day tone you played. Did you use any pedals or is that just
the amp?
Only the amp!
Good video
i just don't believe one can hear a difference in the bridge pick up if there is also a neck pick up not in use. single pup looks cooler though
Leslie West, Mick Ralphs and Ariel Bender Made this Guitar really popular....I think, IT Just happened By accident. The Junior was planned AS a Beginner- Guitar, Not for becoming a Legend ❤
Thats the 1st time ive heard that amp sound good
Single Pickup guitars rule.
Getchu an epiphone coronet, and put a SD p90 in
If i could afford to get any more guitars, i would get one, but I'd have it made for me, and not by a Gibson!
I ordered one from vintage proshop
Why?!
I have this same junior guitar and the double cut version. They are worth every dollar.
@@Panic42000 Love the double cut. They just came out with the TV yellow too. Sadly, there are no lefty's.
I am the passenger
Juniors do sound the same as specials. Give me a break.
More playng and less speacking