NVGD: 1960 Les Paul Junior

[bossaddict]

This might be the first time I've ever done an incoming thread, but I went by True Vintage Guitar here in Birmingham yesterday to check this out and have a feeling it's going to stick around for a while. Big thanks to John for a great Junior. I'm walking out the door now to pick it up. I'll post more later.

Photo courtesy of True Vintage Guitar/John Shults.

 

[Greg's Guitars]

Juniors are Great guitars,good score...

 

[jeggz]

Nice!

You should put a Palm Thingamajig on it!

 

[bossaddict]

Nice!

You should put a Palm Thingamajig on it!

If only it was TV, we could trade.

 

[Wailing]

Most Excellent guitar... Would have raced you to the door if I wasn't in the UK (just kiddin, you saw it first)... Enjoy....

 

[Progrocker111]

Wow, these are killer raw rock guitars. Congrats and we are waiting on tone report.

 

[bossaddict]

Wow, these are killer raw rock guitars. Congrats and we are waiting on tone report.

Thanks! I've spent some time with over the last day and half or so and I'm really loving it. I just now A/B'd it with my '57 Special and '64 Junior and it's noticeably hotter than both. The only thing I'm struggling with on it is the tone knob, which gets used a lot when I play a Junior. It seems like rolling it off also takes away a lot of the drive as opposed to just rolling off the high end. Usually, I can retain most of the gain when I do that on my others. Overall, though, it smokes. I recently replaced my "dirty" amp, so I might make a video sometime soon using it and post it to the thread.

 

[bossaddict]

I also took some pics of my own this afternoon, so here are a few...

 

[ESchmidt]

Awesome! I really like the grain streak on the back of the headstock. It makes it look unique!

 

[bossaddict]

Awesome! I really like the grain streak on the back of the headstock. It makes it look unique!

Thanks. Yeah, I like the character it gives it too, but I definitely took a long look at it when I first saw it.

 

[deadlyweasel]

You check it with a blacklight yet?

 

[bossaddict]

You check it with a blacklight yet?

Yeah, no red flags.

 

[deadlyweasel]

Really nice cherry, not huge on when they just turn brown.

 

[dreams]

Love it! congratulations and enjoy! would love to hear the tone vid

You check it with a blacklight yet?

is the black light check to see if the neck streak is a crack or for something else?

 

[deadlyweasel]

Yes, the blacklight will indicate any repairs to the body and the finish.

 

[dreams]

thanks!

 

[bossaddict]

Here's a bit of a closer look...

 

[deadlyweasel]

That looks cool. Hey no mistaking that guitar!

 

[LenPaul]

Nice score, sits pretty with the others.

 

[pete]

This might be the first time I've ever done an incoming thread, but I went by True Vintage Guitar here in Birmingham yesterday to check this out and have a feeling it's going to stick around for a while. Big thanks to John for a great Junior. I'm walking out the door now to pick it up. I'll post more later.

Photo courtesy of True Vintage Guitar/John Shults.
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Awesome!