Anyone have experience w/ a Gibson LPJ?

[blakejcan]

I can't decide if it looks awesome or weird.

Love the wood grain but the black pickups eh.....

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/gibson-les-paul-j-electric-guitar

I'm torn. Anyone have one?

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Anyone have experience w/ a Gibson LPJ?

Link goes to SW amp deals page.

Provided that you are a skilled player, LP Junior + overdriven valve amplification + nothing else =

 

[blakejcan]

Re: Anyone have experience w/ a Gibson LPJ?

oops! fixed the link

skilled player you say? well then............I'm out.

 

[jeremy]

Re: Anyone have experience w/ a Gibson LPJ?

thats not a jr, just a stripped down les paul. not fancy but i has all the important tonal stuff you expect from a lp

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Anyone have experience w/ a Gibson LPJ?

Gotta wonder what the J stands for? :smoker:

 

[uOpt]

Re: Anyone have experience w/ a Gibson LPJ?

I can't decide if it looks awesome or weird.

Love the wood grain but the black pickups eh.....

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/gibson-les-paul-j-electric-guitar

I'm torn. Anyone have one?

Isn't that the one with the plastic pickups?

 

[blakejcan]

Re: Anyone have experience w/ a Gibson LPJ?

kinda hard to see in the pics but plastic pickups..............wowsers

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Anyone have experience w/ a Gibson LPJ?

By that definition, P90s are "plastic pickups" and we all know how yummy those are.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Anyone have experience w/ a Gibson LPJ?

By that definition, P90s are "plastic pickups" and we all know how yummy those are.

No, a P90 with a baseplate mount still has a metal baseplate (dogear). These things are just plastic down to the mount.

But hey don't listen to me, I'm just a Gibson basher according to some on the forum. (usually owners of proper Gibsons with solid rosewood board and real pickups, no pcb and actual paint over fill).

 

[JeffB]

Re: Anyone have experience w/ a Gibson LPJ?

They are covers over a 498/490 set. Im sure ridiculous speculation is more fun on theinterwebz, but anyone can do the research for facts in about two minutes.

FWIW, everybody here has plastic pickups, who owns a humbucker too..those bobbins are not made of wood.

And yes the J is supposed to be the "new junior". Thus why no more Jr.s in the production lineup for 2013.