Is the New Double Cut Worth Buying? | 2019 Gibson Les Paul Junior DC Tribute Blue Review + Demo
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0:00 - Intro - Check Links In Description!
0:11 - Unboxing
1:01 - First Impressions
1:52 - Specs / Finish Options
2:49 - Inside Look
4:52 - Tricks to 1 Pickup Guitars
6:31 - Clean Demo
7:14 - Crunch Demo
7:55 - Final Thoughts
9:35 - Gig Bag / Candy
The new 2019 Gibson Double Cut DC Les Paul Junior Tribute model is a new take on a tried and true original design. These feature a single p90 pickup in the bridge with master volume and tone controls.
I enjoyed my time with this guitar. It has that 'raw, broken-in feel' brand new, right out of the box!
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Episode Guide:
0:11 - Unboxing
1:01 - First Impressions
1:52 - Specs / Finish Options
2:49 - Inside Look
4:52 - Tricks to 1 Pickup Guitars
6:31 - Clean Demo
7:14 - Crunch Demo
7:55 - Final Thoughts
9:35 - Gig Bag / Candy
I knew before I even laid my hands on one of these they'd be great bare-bones rockers. I love this blue finish too!
I really like the concept of this modern DC junior, I'm just not a fan of satin finishes. I do like how they polish up over time! The first '19 dc jr I played however had some sharp frets which was disappointing, I'm hoping yours didnt have this issue
However I am still much happier owning the 2018 maraschino cherry BJ les paul junior.
The price point though..... damn it's appealing 🤣🤣🤣
@@tiki2777 I agree, the crappy matt finishes have to go. These would be nice Jr's for the price if Gibson would do what they should and apply a proper gloss finish. Traditional sunburst and TV yellow should be available as well. Lastly, Kluson delux tuners with the kestone knobs would be better for adult players because the white button tuners are too small.
The Trogly's Guitar Show thank you for leaving those egg sacks intact! Every guitar should have a few. Or st least a couple egg pods.
In your final thoughts you actually mentioned the P-100! I was getting the feeling the P-100 was forgotten, as I simply haven't heard of it in any video I watched since I watch guitar videos! It's a stack humbucker, this far I can remember from when I was soaking up the specs of Gibsons in the late 90s and easrly 2000s.
Except you and me, no one else seems to know about the P-100.
What you are doing before put lemon oil? Is that steel wool?
Plus they should have put out a TV yellow, because that is what I want, and it was good enough for Johnny Thunders.
I was just listening to LAMF on my way to work this morning! Great album
Johnny knew
Ya ! Baby-shit yellow on a guitar rules !
Jason Johnson
Johnny Thunders
UA-cam him. You’re either love it or hate it
Amen
I got one a few weeks ago and it sounds so killer! I’m surprised at how so many commenters don’t like the stripped down vibe despite it being such a popular model this year. If you want the Gibson sound, you are going to need a Gibson, and you’re just going to have to deal with what comes with that.
I think it's a great guitar for a new player. it forces them to work the vol and tone controls of the one pickup. once they mastered that, then get something with a second pickup. Too many of us are bad at controlling our tone through guitars controls.
the theory shouldn’t be limited in guitar only, in every thing a better and more expensive one can makes u value and strive.
I bought one, same color and, for what it is, I'm very pleased. I had tuning stability problems initially but added a DP String Butler and the thing stays in tune now. Great neck. Sounds great clean or dirty and is lightweight. Has a great vibe. Everybody says Gibsons cost too much but everyone still wants to plays it, and likes it.
Try playing with the guitar's volume when you have a distorted amp. That's where juniors really shine.
I have one in blue as well. Bought it immediately when they became available. Only thing I did was swap the pickup for a Seymour Duncan stacked p90. Love this guitar!
Hey man, thanks for the inside look. No one else did that and it is exactly what i wanted to see.
I was on the fence about buying one of these until I saw this video and I was not disappointed. Thanks for the review, I love this axe!
Wouldnt it be hilarious if it was a gretsch inside a gibson case inside a fender box
i wuoud be! LOL
Fender owns Gretsch.
@@calvinlee8103 No they don't. Fender makes Gretsch's guitars but they don't own them
Hilarious? It would be a relief to open the case and see a Gretsch, any Gretsch, instead of this Les Paul. Each to their own, but this looks pug ugly.
Didds - Oh, my bad. I didn't know that. Here's a thumbs-up.
Man this is why I absolutely love les Paul jr.s they just feel powerful no matter what you’re playing. I have 7 guitars but my LPJ is by far my favorite
After watching all of your videos on the Gibson 2019 models I chose to purchase this one. I was almost going to pull the trigger on the SG Mastero but after your videos I see it had the same problem staying in tune. I had the same issue with a 2015 SG Original 2 with a Mastero . I sold that because it never stayed in tune. Thanks for saving me money. Your demos are the best. Keep it up. Thank you.
Really Diggin that faded blue! Always like black and blue.Great explanations on how to get different tones from a single pu.nice gig bag and candy.I dig it for its very reasonable price.
And Trogly, for God's sake, don't use so much lemon oil on the fret board. A little dab will do ya, and then take it right back off. It does not need a bath.
I cringe every time I see him playing a guitar with pools of oil still on the board.
I was thinking the same thing.
@Panda Trueno Gibsons don't need much oil but Epiphones do an epi will force the frets up whwn the neck dries
Horse puckey
Too much lemon oil man! That said, Gibson is shipping even their expensive guitars with the most dried out rosewood I’ve ever seen. It looks like shit. Gibby can’t spring for a little oil on that fingerboard before it ships out?
I love mine and am amazed how well it stays in tune. I have some locking tuners ready to install but have held off because these stock tuners are rock solid.
i got the same one a couple weeks ago. no regrets. lightest guitar by far in my arsenal. a joy to hold and play
I gotta say, I’ve always loved one pickup guitars because there’s no messing around with different pickup sounds and coil splits. You just sit down and play.
Great tutorial and demo, love the looks of it!!
Nice job playing, you sound awesome!
I just ordered this for my birthday! I’m twelve I have three guitars (not including this one) and I am so excited and feel so lucky to get this guitar! I have always wanted a les Paul but every time I held one it was extremely heavy! Then I realised there was a new junior! I started saving my money and asked people for my birthday for this guitar and now I am finally going to play it! Plus I am left handed which is tricky but my dad’s friend is going to completely modify it for me :)
BeesWaxMinder aw thank you! I definitely did! My guitar is amazing! I feel in love with it from the first hold/touch.
BeesWaxMinder thanks! :)
This is an easy guitar to fall in love with. i was separated from mine for 6 months because of the crisis and was dying to get it back. enjoy your guitar it’s got something really special about it that’s hard to describe.
Man i'm so glad i know there is another soul on the planet who steel wools, lemon oils and sets up their own guitars as a rite of passage. respect
These things play great and sound great, one of my favorite guitars! The satin paint wears off quickly so I sanded the back of the neck down to bare maple, then sprayed it with clear poly, now it is protected better and feels better to play, and I like the look.
I bought one or these last week and it rips! I have been playing it more than my '76 Explorer or Telecaster. Would 100% recommend to anyone looking for a little beast that you really have to dig into to play.
I’ve been watching your vids for a little more than a year now and your playing has noticeably improved! Love the vids trogly
A great review as always!! I picked up one of these in the red color and am very pleased with it. Very touch responsive to your picking and the taper on the tone pot works very well. A great USA made Gibson for under 1K. I love it. Keep up the good work!!!
My son and I played an 80's Epiphone in TV yellow like this and man that thing was sweet!
Been digging the videos a lot more lately. Ever since you started the live action I’ve found the videos a lot more engaging. Keep it up👌.
Just for clarification - which part are you referring to as 'live action?' Thanks!
Not my style but I can’t help but like it that blue is just amazing
Edit: got to play one at guitar center and it was amazing
What are the good things about her?
This guitar is absolutely incredible I played it at sam ash. . Man that's single pickup that is a rock and roll machine dudes that guitar is beautiful playing and sounding
First, I love your channel and reviews. A few people are commenting on the amount of lemon oil. I didn't always care. That was until I was working on a '63 Jazzmaster with a dried out fret board. I thought I would let it soak, and sure enough (one person mentioned this already) the frets began to pop up all over the board. It was a nightmare. Odds are in your favor for a newer guitar like this. Just thought I would throw it out there in case it might help someone. Keep up the great work Troggers!
I just recently picked up one of these guitars...a one pick-up in the dark slate grey (lighter in shade than black) color. Not my favorite color, but it was on sale brand new for only $549.99. Great deal! It sounds deep and rich, especially cranked up on an old tube amp. Nothing like it...well worth the money!
I bought one of these in blue and it's become my favorite guitar. Plays better than my prs s2
This was a well done thorough review.
My 61' LP jr. played EVERYTHING! On any amps! A beast.
Out of everyone on your Internet regarding this guitar I trust your opinion the most,
Thanks Austin.
Great review, thank you. I really want to get another Gibson and I think this will be the one.
I bought a 2018 Les Paul tribute for 850 a week ago, love it.
Bought a 2016 60 Tribute for $699. Love the p90's in that thing.
Man, I really dig those les paul juniors. Being 14, buying one will take forever, but when I can get the cash, that thing will be mine.
Good luck! Hopefully your parents are supportive of your hobby and will lend you some dosh!
yeahh im 14 to and getting money for guitars and amps is really annylong. right now i have an blackstar ht1r that costs me like 250 bucks and i got it for bithday a cheap squier strat for like 200 and a ibanez rg in which i out an seynour duncan jb for about 400 bucks togehter and a acoustic for like 400-500 bucks for christmus so if you are patient and get thinks over time u can get a pretty nice rig but
Do it. I bought a LP special 20 years ago and they only get better with age. Buy it and you will love it and don't you ever sell that guitar or you will regret it until the day you die.
Good times :D
@@juriewel4461 Blimey you have generous parents. I borrowed £250 when I was 14 for a cheap Japanese guitar and a terrible little amp (in 1984). My paper round paid £4-£5 per week so it took a long time to pay it back. Did I learn a useful lesson about earnings things yourself and hard work? No. I just learned to get into debt.
@@paullee2449 haha i whish i had. i just got things like over seven years of pluying guitar and the most stuff i had to pay by myself
Always liked this double cut LP's, nice demo!
I got mine in October and it’s an awesome guitar!!! Worth buying hands down! Only issue is the width of the neck is big from 1st to 5th fret... but is easy to get used to once you play it for awhile
I like the color of this one, great review! I think I would opt out of the P90 altogether, and route out a bigger pickup on the pick guard. That Gibson feel on the slim taper is nice, and for the price, a good deal.
This is a $1900 guitar in Australia. The attention to detail just looks so lack lustre for a guitar in this price range.
I ordered one but cancelled the order & bought a limited edition 2019 Les Paul Rose Gold.
The blue one you bought is the best looking one of these models. 👍🏻
That's a cool standard you have! Reminds me of the 25/50 anniversary LPs with the chrome/gold combo
The Trogly's Guitar Show My Rose Gold one? Ooooh it’s actually a Traditional! It actually has the low frets too. It’s very different from all of my other Les Pauls. I love the way the low frets feel.
A Gibson guitar packed in a Fender Box? Interesting 😁
Even though this model was one of the cheaper ones, it was highly favored among the famous rock and rollers. Keith Richards is seen playing one in the Rolling Stones concerts. Too bad they didn't offer it in the TV yellow. It seems that the TV Yellow may not be a real popular color, but I really dig it! I own one of the 2 pickup models, and am looking for more of them!
thanks for the review on this. beautiful guitar.
Excellent demo man. Iv'e got a double cut special.Mahogany body and neck,rosewood board, 2 P90's and the stupid robot tuners.I absolutely love it apart from the faff of changing strings!
Just got mine today and it's a killer ..love it to bits
I am hoping to try it sometime soon. It is one of the couple or 3 I would like to have outside my collection of the “big 3” I have now. We all need a great P90 style guitar!
I bought one of the last ones available in Ebony. It had the neck pickup cable sandwiched between the body and pick-guard and a nut slot was cut too deeply. Got a refund, there were none left to get a replacement. Got two more Gibsons in the Tribute series: SG made in 12/19 and Les Paul p90 made in 1/20. Both of them are mighty fine.
Thx. Great review. Really like this.
i know you said it is a slim taper neck but is it a 60s neck becouse ive seen some labeled as slim taper and they have been quite a bit thicker than a 60s ?
Love the channel. Just bought this guitar and wondering what the difference is between the p-90 and p-100 that you mentioned is?
I'm fixed on buying this awesome guitar.
was waiting for this one!!
Good demo; congrats on a great guitar.
I dig it... a brown one in my future..( I miss my SG JR).
Great review man!
awesome job thanks for posting
Since we have a 3 ply pickguard, why not have the same 3 ply on the truss rod cover?
I would love to see a TV yellow version of it.
Got my eye on it for the future mebbe. So thanx, Trog.
I just bought this guitar based on your video I am very pleased, first gibson that didnt need a setup. I recall you talking about the serial number change for 2019 what is the format. Thanks!
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Y= year
D=day
B= Batch
P= production number
I have the Matsumoku copy of the original Les Paul Jr. 1959. It blows that blue Gibson any day with its dual P90 Dog Ears, dual volume and dual tone knobs. Oh! it also have a 3 way pickup selectors. Playability is way up there with their most expensive models. Thanks for the review!
Best formatted video in a while
nice, complete, thorough demo.....thanks
Thanks again for a great review. Would you consider a comparison video with the Epiphone "Old Glory"?
Hey there!
Do you know if the pickup is mounted at the same distance from the neck like a vintage DC Junior?
It seems to be a bit further away eyeballing it.
Have you ever tried formula one F1 fretboard oil? I used to use the dunlop oil but i went to F1 oil and its amazing! Lasts a very long time and a little goes a long way. Cleans and oils at the same time as most do. No lemon oil in it either all natural oils. Only down fall is it doesn't have the easy applicator like dunlop does, but you just put a little on a rag is all. Very nice review man i kinda want one of these DC's myself! Affordable too!
Great review 👍🏻
last year I bought one of the special 2018 SGjr guitars and I LOVE IT !!! just a great great guitar
its a bit fancier than these with a gloss finish and a case and its a pretty faithful reissue which this one is not but still the same hardware and a p90 very rocknroll so Gibson seems to be on a roll with the Jr's
Would it be possible to fit a humbucker in place of that P90, or is the cavity too small for that?
I’ve got an original from the old days I bought used and very dirty in a moms and pops in 1976. I used it only for a 1hr Rolling Stones set for years. I liked it so much I bought a reissue, and a 100th anniversary DC and the LP tribute bass. I used only fender jazz bass guitars but they’re retired and the Gibson bass is now my one and only. I love the Gibson bass more the Jazz basses.
Bought one and love it...just want to change to locking tuners, any suggestions which ones will fit best or work with this guitar.
There's plenty of choices that will stay extremely secure, no problem. As long as they fit your Gibson's holes correctly then I'd suggest getting whatever tuners you like the look of and that you think will look best on that guitar. Keep in mind to get a set that the screw holes match up with the current ones to avoid drilling additional holes. The different makers post their specs/measurements so you verify that before hand.
Does the pickup cutout fit a humbucker or does it need to be adjusted?
Such a great playing and sounding guitar, it’s amazing. I’ve got standards, expensive guitars and this plays as good as any if not better. Single pickup is the best, tons of sustain. Great neck. Get one used, they’re cheap and it’ll surprise you.
Why are some of these routed for neck pup but some have longer neck joint? I haven't checked mine yet
This is a modmans Dream. I love it. Get it used and go CRAZY.
I replaced a few things on my Mexican Fender Tele. Brass saddles and a Ritchie Kotzen bridge pick up. It's now my favourite recording guitar.
And I have 8 very expensive Gibson and Gretsch guitars.
loving these.
Would a dog-ear P90 be a drop in replacement for the stock pickup? A soapbar won’t work as a pickguard mount and I live to change pickups for no reason... ☺️
....but after pulling it apart and putting it back together you never said how it was set up from the factory. How much did you have to tweak the trussrod? How was the string height? Was the pickup height in the right spot? And how was the intonation with that wrap around bridge? Inquiring minds want to know!!
What do you think about the les paul tribute
What was the second song of the clean demo? Kind of sounded like Texas is the Reason, but not sure... 🤔
I am thinking about trying a DC JR copy or a kit just for the heck of it.
I'm planning on getting the Worn Cherry version in left-handed.
Lefty?! Why not flip it, and switch it? It's already double cut.
@@nunyabidness4655 Not possible, as the controls will be in the way, and it just looks weird.
i actually received my lefty version 2 weeks ago. its amazing.
David Kastin no but your bank account is considered insufficient ☠️
I'm looking for the lefty version too!
I've owned a lot of guitars and this thing is awesome!! I got it used for $600 CND about $25 bucks American, just kidding like $520 USD, in closest queen condition. The thing is a little beast!!! What is amazing is how much you can achieve sonically from something this pared down!! Fit and finish is superb, fret edges not bad at all contrary to some of the Gibson trollers!!!
Yeah, I got mine for like 200 cdn and it’s one of the best playing guitars I’ve ever played. I’ve got 9 guitars, a goldtop standard with buckers and American pro tele, strats, explorer, couple fancy martins and when I grab this I instantly bond with it. These things are amazing tonally, super resonant, maybe to do with the less magnetic pull of 1 pickup? And the feel is amazing. The perfect neck and slim and light light. Balanced. I love this guitar.
Wait, did you use steel wool on the fretboard without protecting it ???????
that's a tantalum cap on the tone control, it has a really good'n deep tone knob. (wich is good for only having the bridge pickup)
hugo mm that’s good to know. The video seemed to get a good variety of tones from it.
Please information, How much the body thickness is on the guitar les paul junior??????? Please 🙏
Thinking about getting one of these and getting a Pickguard made to fit a humbucker. Maybe with a coil tap or split
I want one 😩, haven’t bought a new guitar in like 4 yrs so might have to treat myself!
Did you get it for more than 15 percent off? Cuz every has been 15 percent off since Black Friday
The sound was incredible!
I love that song "right by the bridge pickup"
I understand the labor savings by putting the pots and jack on the pickguard. The vintage layout of the guts is so cool. This pickguard= not so cool. Very glad to see this model.
I’m a bassist looking to get into guitar. This one looks like a starter instrument for me. I’m getting one when I have the money.
Being a tele guy, I like the tele reference in the pickguard. Also the stripped down mojo, all business.
I actually like this guitar a lot . When I first saw the pickgaurd ,I was disappointed because it reminds me of my old Marauder's guard ,the visual aspect of that guitar that was not the best ! But , a P90, rosewood instead of paper mache , sorry , Richlite and that blue finish on the body & neck is just beautiful !
Always had a soft spot for the double cut sometimes people cry that they are more prone to breaking the neck off at the body if it falls
would a humbucker fit in the p90 route without digging into the guitar?
I love single-pickup guitars. I think there should always be an on-off switch as turning it off-and-on can be a serious effect (listen to "Tattooed Love Boys" on the Pretenders first album).
I own one in this color and it is a fine guitar that looks and feels great in person. I also own a few higher end Gibson's and this one is one of my "go-to" live instruments when I gig. It just has a certain ‘mojo’ to it. Please try one out for yourselves...
Very cool looking Gibby!
Would you still suggest that these can't be routed for a neck pickup?
Are they doing anything different to the 'new' 2019 2 pickup model to strengthen the neck joint?
Looking back on that comment, I think I was just wrong. Still seems like it would be a risky operation, but I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to modding a guitar
I have seen several guitar techs recommend holding the string out of the nut while doing initial string winding to reduce wear. Not a huge foul but for the number of beautiful guitars that come through your hands I have to at least suggest it.