The funny thing is, LP Juniors started life as "entry level", student-model guitars back in the '50s.
The funny thing is, LP Juniors started life as "entry level", student-model guitars back in the '50s.
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Baldwin, Maestro, etc are in the "Gibson Family of Brands", but are NOT considered "Gibson" gutars! IMHO, they are basically toys.
it is sad when gibson fanboys are so blind thinking that the "gibson" models are the only ones that are any good. sadly that is just fanboy stupidity. personally i have seen more poor quality gibsons than epi's, baldwins, even maestros ( and that is just sticking to gibson family brands).
i personally own an epiphone les paul and a single cutaway ( les paul shape) one-off, that was built by someone learning the luthier trade ( his first attempt at building one from the ground up) and it is better than a lot of the "gibson" i have seen.
if i had funds to waste i would indeed buy a gibson ( but even then i would be extremely picky), but i tend to stick with epi's (because of never having a quality issue out of one of them) but maestros i would avoid like the plaugue, HOWEVER some of those baldwins are actually pretty damned good, the only thing i personally dont like about them is the wrap around tailpiece ( i would prefer to have one with adjustable intonation which can be remedied).
with that said, they are worth somethign to someone somewhere i am sure, it is after all a part of gibson history, look really good hanging on a wall, and best of all you wont complain if it breaks like you will be cursing breaking a "gibson"
Well, since you decided to wake the beast, have you ever even held/played any of these types of guitars?it is sad when gibson fanboys are so blind thinking that the "gibson" models are the only ones that are any good. sadly that is just fanboy stupidity. personally i have seen more poor quality gibsons than epi's, baldwins, even maestros ( and that is just sticking to gibson family brands).
i personally own an epiphone les paul and a single cutaway ( les paul shape) one-off, that was built by someone learning the luthier trade ( his first attempt at building one from the ground up) and it is better than a lot of the "gibson" i have seen.
if i had funds to waste i would indeed buy a gibson ( but even then i would be extremely picky), but i tend to stick with epi's (because of never having a quality issue out of one of them) but maestros i would avoid like the plaugue, HOWEVER some of those baldwins are actually pretty damned good, the only thing i personally dont like about them is the wrap around tailpiece ( i would prefer to have one with adjustable intonation which can be remedied).
with that said, they are worth somethign to someone somewhere i am sure, it is after all a part of gibson history, look really good hanging on a wall, and best of all you wont complain if it breaks like you will be cursing breaking a "gibson"
I suspect that a lot of those are shill bids? I looked at the bidder history, and the same names come up several times in various groups.
