Cheers Gary, been a while since I saw one of those. The tuners are proper gotoh(unbranded). Pickups were wound in the Gibson factory, and came once again(unbranded). These were great guitars to be fair. The funny thing is, LP Juniors started life as (entry level) student-model guitars back in the 1950's. To the gibbo perfectionist, these weren't true gibson's, but honestly, yes they were. I used to work at a biscuit factory in the 90's, at one point in the night we did blue riband choc wafer biscuit, an hour later we took out the blue riband wrappers and replaced them with very cheap wafer wrappers, same wafer/caramel & chocolate etc. Are you with me??.😉. Don't be fooled by these guitars, they are absolute bargains..Not much time were spent on these guitars, that's why they were very cheap..Made basically with offcuts from their woods, ie the scarf joint in the neck..You can also upgrade these very well indeed, if you wished to do so. And yes, they had a maple cap. Much love..👏👏👌
Hi David :-) Wow - thanks for the info! Yes, I get the analogy about the rebranded chocolate bars. They reckon that some supermarket 'own brands' are proper brands in generic packaging. So it certainly seems that these were worth the money for the part alone. I was hoping it was a maple cap so thanks for that :-) Cheers, Gary :-)
That's a good looking guitar Gary. I like binding on a dot neck and the use of a lightning bar (providing it intonates). Love the way you always coordinate the guitar strap to the guitar 🙂
Hi Chris :-) You are the first person to have noticed the strap/guitar thing hahahahahaha. Well, you wouldn't got out in a black suit and wear brown shoes, would you? Although my dad did - he had sartorial dyslexia! I have to say that these guitars look a million dollars and the intonation is as good as a fretted instrument can be. Well worth the money providing you're prepared to put a bit of work into it. Cheers, Gary :-)
Hiya Gary what a great beginner guitar I remember when I first started playing they were shocking quality people wouldn’t buy them these days have a lovely weekend mate
Hi Graham :-) Woolies Audition guitars and the dreaded Zenta! I think John Sykes used to play one of those but he still sounded brilliant. Yes, if we'd had these as teenagers we'd have felt like the kings of rock n roll! Have a lovely weekend too buddy :-) Cheers, Gary :-)
Hi Gary, A Really Nice Low Budget Guitar. It plays and Sounds Great too, with its lovely Cherry Red Sunburst Finish and maple Cap.Budget being the key Word here. Making the 🎸 guitar Affordable to Player's.Nice one This week Gary🎉. Take care, Mate. Rgds Mick.
Hi Mick and thanks :-) Yes, I love the finish! It's a beautiful cherry sunburst. You seem to get an awful lot of guitar for your money with these and they can all be set up to play nicely with a bit of work. Take care too mate. Cheers, Gary :-)
HI Gary, Nice finish on that axe. Looks like it plays nicely. Looks a little like Mick Jones one in early clash songs / videos too. Have a great weekend.
Hi Peter :-) I just had a look at some Mick Ones images and you're quite right. It also looks like he's still got the same guitar, too. Yes, I love the finish, too. Have a great weekend too. Cheers, Gary :-)
Enjoyed your video Gary. Ya made me go upstairs and grab my Gibo-Baldwin off the wall and start playing it again, haaaaaa. I forgot what a value it is, and I've never been squeamish about playing bolt-on's either. In fact sometimes easier to set up. Slainte !
Hahahahaha, hi Kyle :-) Yup, if things really get tricky you can always whip the neck off and bung a shim in it! Slainte indeed. I had to Google Translate that - imagine my surprise when it came up as Scottish-Gaelic! Cheers, Gary :-)
Hi Gary, Looks and sounds the business following your expert attention, what's not to like? A great budget instrument. Playing brilliant as ever. Have you mastered the Triple Salchow as easily 😊
Hahahaha, hi Bob :-) I was down the rink today watching a guy performing a really neat Waltz Jump which is where you'd start on jumps and even that's a pipe dream hahahahaha. As for the guitar, I'm so happy it plays well because I really like the finish - especially on something that won't break the bank. Cheers, Gary :-)
Hi Gary, here's another one I would have jumped on about the time I went for the Harley Benton. It looks good and sounds nice so what's not to like. I need to get to my local emporium and have a noodle on some of these things. You said a post or two ago that the LP 100th birthday models had quite a chunky neck. It's not a lot of use to ask how much difference that might make I need to have a strum and see for myself. Trouble is at the moment with a budget in October of about a thousand pretty much all you see in at that kind of price point in the shops are the Modern Lite Les Pauls that are getting discounted all over the place and they're not really on my radar. Here's today's daft question, the neck profile on my HB gold top with P90s suits me just fine so how would that compare with a "Studio" or the 100th birthday model?
Hi Rod :-) I like the neck question. The HB necks I've played feel like a chunky 50's profile. The Les Paul's I've played with a similar neck is the LPJ with the black pickup shrouds that look a bit like EMG's - I think from 2013. The Les Paul 100's don't have a chunky neck and what I always say is they have more 'real estate' on them as they're a bit wider. I like the 2015 models for the brass zero fret nut that's 100% adjustable with the turn of an Allen key and although the necks are wider and flatter (which makes vibrato action on the High E miles easier) they're actually pretty slinky. Not like an Ibanez Wizard or SG but slimmer than a Standard. If I were in your position I'd be off down the local music shop trying a bunch out. A thousand quid will get you a used Studio with change for a nice amp - even in a store I should think and you can't beat sitting one on your knee and falling for it. Cheers, Gary :- )
Cheers Gary, been a while since I saw one of those.
The tuners are proper gotoh(unbranded).
Pickups were wound in the Gibson factory, and came once again(unbranded).
These were great guitars to be fair.
The funny thing is, LP Juniors started life as (entry level) student-model guitars back in the 1950's.
To the gibbo perfectionist, these weren't true gibson's, but honestly, yes they were.
I used to work at a biscuit factory in the 90's, at one point in the night we did blue riband choc wafer biscuit, an hour later we took out the blue riband wrappers and replaced them with very cheap wafer wrappers, same wafer/caramel & chocolate etc.
Are you with me??.😉.
Don't be fooled by these guitars, they are absolute bargains..Not much time were spent on these guitars, that's why they were very cheap..Made basically with offcuts from their woods, ie the scarf joint in the neck..You can also upgrade these very well indeed, if you wished to do so.
And yes, they had a maple cap.
Much love..👏👏👌
Hi David :-) Wow - thanks for the info! Yes, I get the analogy about the rebranded chocolate bars. They reckon that some supermarket 'own brands' are proper brands in generic packaging. So it certainly seems that these were worth the money for the part alone. I was hoping it was a maple cap so thanks for that :-) Cheers, Gary :-)
That's a good looking guitar Gary. I like binding on a dot neck and the use of a lightning bar (providing it intonates). Love the way you always coordinate the guitar strap to the guitar 🙂
Hi Chris :-) You are the first person to have noticed the strap/guitar thing hahahahahaha. Well, you wouldn't got out in a black suit and wear brown shoes, would you? Although my dad did - he had sartorial dyslexia! I have to say that these guitars look a million dollars and the intonation is as good as a fretted instrument can be. Well worth the money providing you're prepared to put a bit of work into it. Cheers, Gary :-)
Hiya Gary what a great beginner guitar I remember when I first started playing they were shocking quality people wouldn’t buy them these days have a lovely weekend mate
Hi Graham :-) Woolies Audition guitars and the dreaded Zenta! I think John Sykes used to play one of those but he still sounded brilliant. Yes, if we'd had these as teenagers we'd have felt like the kings of rock n roll! Have a lovely weekend too buddy :-) Cheers, Gary :-)
Hi Gary, A Really Nice Low Budget Guitar. It plays and Sounds Great too, with its lovely Cherry Red Sunburst Finish and maple Cap.Budget being the key Word here. Making the 🎸 guitar Affordable to Player's.Nice one This week Gary🎉. Take care, Mate. Rgds Mick.
Hi Mick and thanks :-) Yes, I love the finish! It's a beautiful cherry sunburst. You seem to get an awful lot of guitar for your money with these and they can all be set up to play nicely with a bit of work. Take care too mate. Cheers, Gary :-)
HI Gary,
Nice finish on that axe.
Looks like it plays nicely.
Looks a little like Mick Jones one in early clash songs / videos too.
Have a great weekend.
Hi Peter :-) I just had a look at some Mick Ones images and you're quite right. It also looks like he's still got the same guitar, too. Yes, I love the finish, too. Have a great weekend too. Cheers, Gary :-)
Enjoyed your video Gary. Ya made me go upstairs and grab my Gibo-Baldwin off the wall and start playing it again, haaaaaa. I forgot what a value it is, and I've never been squeamish about playing bolt-on's either. In fact sometimes easier to set up. Slainte !
Hahahahaha, hi Kyle :-) Yup, if things really get tricky you can always whip the neck off and bung a shim in it! Slainte indeed. I had to Google Translate that - imagine my surprise when it came up as Scottish-Gaelic! Cheers, Gary :-)
Hi Gary, Looks and sounds the business following your expert attention, what's not to like? A great budget instrument. Playing brilliant as ever. Have you mastered the Triple Salchow as easily 😊
Hahahaha, hi Bob :-) I was down the rink today watching a guy performing a really neat Waltz Jump which is where you'd start on jumps and even that's a pipe dream hahahahaha. As for the guitar, I'm so happy it plays well because I really like the finish - especially on something that won't break the bank. Cheers, Gary :-)
Hi Gary, here's another one I would have jumped on about the time I went for the Harley Benton. It looks good and sounds nice so what's not to like. I need to get to my local emporium and have a noodle on some of these things. You said a post or two ago that the LP 100th birthday models had quite a chunky neck. It's not a lot of use to ask how much difference that might make I need to have a strum and see for myself. Trouble is at the moment with a budget in October of about a thousand pretty much all you see in at that kind of price point in the shops are the Modern Lite Les Pauls that are getting discounted all over the place and they're not really on my radar. Here's today's daft question, the neck profile on my HB gold top with P90s suits me just fine so how would that compare with a "Studio" or the 100th birthday model?
Hi Rod :-) I like the neck question. The HB necks I've played feel like a chunky 50's profile. The Les Paul's I've played with a similar neck is the LPJ with the black pickup shrouds that look a bit like EMG's - I think from 2013. The Les Paul 100's don't have a chunky neck and what I always say is they have more 'real estate' on them as they're a bit wider. I like the 2015 models for the brass zero fret nut that's 100% adjustable with the turn of an Allen key and although the necks are wider and flatter (which makes vibrato action on the High E miles easier) they're actually pretty slinky. Not like an Ibanez Wizard or SG but slimmer than a Standard. If I were in your position I'd be off down the local music shop trying a bunch out. A thousand quid will get you a used Studio with change for a nice amp - even in a store I should think and you can't beat sitting one on your knee and falling for it. Cheers, Gary :- )