Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

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EDIT: NEVERMIND. SORRY TO ANY INTERESTED PARTIES!

I was wondering if there was any interest in purchasing my '63 Junior.

This is unorthodox for me as I usually list a price and swore I'd never sell this guitar, but I'm open to offers from interested parties.

The bad:
It has its fair share of dings and nicks. There is a pretty big chip on the side-edge of the headstock. The tuners are '70s Grovers and the bridge is a '70s Leo Quann Badass. The hardware is in excellent condition but is obviously not original. The tone knob is not original. There is buckle rash and then there is buckle leprosy. The finish is original, but it's pretty worn and is now faded to a reddish-brown color.

The Good:
Never broken. Rock solid. Original frets, nut, pickguard, electronics, and P-90 pickup. Frets are lower vintage-style but still good. Bone nut is good. Neck is straight. Was always a wrap-tail - never had one of those vibrolas bolted to it. Ridiculously light - Maybe 6 lbs. More resonant than even makes sense. Strum a chord and the vibrations ring from the headstock to the bottom of the body. The P-90 packs a massive wallop. I'm not even kidding. This thing sounds like a flamethrower. Action can go bonkergonuts low if you want and doesn't buzz.

This is the instrument that turned me onto P-90s in the first place. It is in the exact same condition it was in when I bought it years ago. The neck is chunkier than your standard '60s carve but not like a '50s carve. Somewhere in between. Quite comfortable. I lack the tools to take an accurate measurement though.

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Even now as I type this post, I'm going back and forth on whether I'm even willing to part with it. I apologize for my apparent lack of commitment.

Here's the deal - it's not a collector's piece. But it IS an awesome player. And THAT is the rub - I'm not playing it much these days. It's a crime to just have it hanging on my wall.

So - if you like what you see - make me an offer. I am open to trade offers as well.
 
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Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

Very sweet. Any idea of a ballpark price on it?

Kind of difficult to say in this market.

I've seen them sell recently for anywhere between $1700 to $3000+.

Keep in mind I do not expect to see an offer for 3 grand. It's too weathered, not 100% original, and I don't have the original case (though I would ship in in a generic SG hsc).

The one thing that makes it potentially worth a tad more though is the fact that it's a late-year 1963. In 1964, Gibson rebranded the body style as the "SG," but prior to that they had been calling them Les Pauls. So all sg-type guitars made until late 1963 had "Les Paul" on the headstock. In 1964, they started putting "SG" on there.

Mine is was made during that month or two where they had removed the "Les Paul" but hadn't replaced it with an "SG."

It's basically a Gibson Noname Junior.

I don't know if collectors care a whit about that but I think it's pretty cool and makes this a pretty rare piece.
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

Dude, I'd rock that all day and night long! Love it! Too bad I am out of guitar fun money.
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

Oh, God, no. Please, no. AHHH!!!! Why? WHY? WHY?

No cash here for such a wonderful piece. But if I did, it'd be sold already.
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

A little interest but so far no real concrete offers.

I will not be heartbroken if I just wind up keeping this.
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

i have tortally allsum vintage, 100% original Gibson Marauder that i would possibly consider trading for that piece of junk there.

that or my friend's CE22. i refuse to call it mine because i can not gel with it despite having bought it.

i also have a vintage fuzz face pedal if that interests you.

i dunno man. you could basically go through my collection and make me an offer for that thing. I would just want to keep my green SG so that i would look like stoner metal santa claus around christmas time.
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

i have tortally allsum vintage, 100% original Gibson Marauder that i would possibly consider trading for that piece of junk there.

that or my friend's CE22. i refuse to call it mine because i can not gel with it despite having bought it.

i also have a vintage fuzz face pedal if that interests you.

i dunno man. you could basically go through my collection and make me an offer for that thing. I would just want to keep my green SG so that i would look like stoner metal santa claus around christmas time.

:D

That Marauder is pretty cool-looking but I don't think it's quite the right trade bait for this here plank.

And I don't like PRS guitars.

But I appreciate the interest!
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

What an idjit.

Keep that thing!

Put it in an alternate tuning if you aren't playing it enough...

I suggest open G or DADGAD.
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

If I don't get a real tempting offer by the end of the week, it's staying put.
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

Adam...I will trade you a turkey sandwich on rye and some tortex picks. :deal:



























keep it...unless you want to make a machine that gives you a swift kick in the ass every day.
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

i will build that machine and trade it to you for that guitar
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

^ and i will sign it making it the one-of-a-kind Xander Face Empty Pockets Ass-Kicker 666,000 by jeremy.
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

Maybe I would.

Maybe someone else will regret not making an offer?

Who's to say?

:D
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

i did. im totally willing to make you an ass kicking robot!
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

Do yourself a massive favor and just put it away for awhile. Not only will it's value go up but you won't feel like a total ass for selling it on a whim.
 
Re: Feeler: My 1963 LP/SG Junior

Lack of offers combined with good advice is exerting a heavy lean in the "don't sell it" direction...
 
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