Description
Lovies Guitars is Excited to offer up this Vintage 1957 Gibson Les Paul Junior Electric Guitar with a Great Jr. Sunburst Finish! Gibson’s Les Paul Junior model debuted in 1954 as an affordable, stripped down alternative to the Les Paul Model or the Les Paul Custom. The beautiful gold finished Les Paul Model, Gibson’s first solid body electric guitar, was introduced only two years before with two pickups, trapezoid shaped pearloid fretboard inlays, and a carved Maple cap over the Mahogany body. The humble Les Paul Junior model had only one pickup, Sunburst finish, and a solid Mahogany body with no cap and no carve. Gibson’s engineers soon noticed a slight problem with the placement of the bridge pickup: it was placed too close to the bridge studs. This weakened the wood supporting the treble side stud and often cause the wood to crack and the studs to lean forward under the string tension. The problem was corrected in late 1956 by placing the pickup a bit closer to the neck and increasing the depth of the bridge stud. The model remained largely unchanged until a complete body style redesign in 1958 to the double cutaway style body. This Historic Axe sounds Great! Nice thick neck! 3/4 Scale Brazilian Rosewood Fretboard. In Excellent Shape with a few light marks and tiny indents and some very minor worming on the back, frets at about 90%. Played very little, easy 9.5/10, especially for being over 60 years old! ALL Original- NO Breaks, Cracks or Repairs. Includes a 50’s Style Gibson Custom Hard-Shell Case!
WEIGHS in at: 7.15 lbs
.916” at the 1st fret
1.086” at the 12th fret
Serial: 70516
SKU: 4138
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All guitars are GUARANTEED to arrive in described condition for full refund will be issued. All guitars are fully insured and we will deal with it.
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