Gibson SG Jr.

rainsong86

rainsong86

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I'm looking for this guitar
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but I'm not looking to pay 5 grand for a mint specimen (especially now that they've just started hiking in price.. jeesh the same thing happened to me when I wanted a silverburst 5 years back)

are there any good knock-offs of this guitar?.. I won't settle for a Gibson SG special (with P90s) copy because the main deal with the SG Junior is the dog-ear P90 and the pick guard (I just looove that aesthetic, even though I could use a rythym pickup for cleans).. I've also heard bad things about the vibrato systems that came on some SG Juniors so I'd prefer a hard tail model (the wraparound tailpiece like in the picture)

from my research I'd say the best knock-off Gibson brands are Tokai, Edwards, Burny, Heritage, Bacchus, Orville, and Greco.. I'm new to this whole knock-off Gibson game because I've usually just gone for an Epiphone counterpart.. so out of those brands which have the greatest value (I realize some are more expensive then others, I just want to know which has the most bang for the buck).. all responses are appreciated
 
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That is exactly the SG Jr I had back in the 90's and stupidly sold. I got it dirt cheap, like under $500 cheap. It wasn't an original 60's model, couldn't have been for the price I paid, can't remember the year though. I'd love to find another one if I could justify another guitar but right now my Strats and Tele are keeping me plenty happy. My only issue with it was that it was a little neck heavy. Other than that, sweet player. Wish I had kept it.
 
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ErikH said:
That is exactly the SG Jr I had back in the 90's and stupidly sold. I got it dirt cheap, like under $500 cheap. It wasn't an original 60's model, couldn't have been for the price I paid, can't remember the year though. I'd love to find another one if I could justify another guitar but right now my Strats and Tele are keeping me plenty happy. My only issue with it was that it was a little neck heavy. Other than that, sweet player. Wish I had kept it.
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They made that style Jr. in the 80's I think.
 
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rainsong86 said:
I'm looking for this guitar
62sgjrgf4.jpg

but I'm not looking to pay 5 grand for a mint specimen (especially now that they've just started hiking in price.. jeesh the same thing happened to me when I wanted a silverburst 5 years back)

are there any good knock-offs of this guitar?.. I won't settle for a Gibson SG special (with P90s) copy because the main deal with the SG Junior is the dog-ear P90 and the pick guard (I just looove that aesthetic, even though I could use a rythym pickup for cleans).. I've also heard bad things about the vibrato systems that came on some SG Juniors so I'd prefer a hard tail model (the wraparound tailpiece like in the picture)

from my research I'd say the best knock-off Gibson brands are Tokai, Edwards, Burny, Heritage, Bacchus, Orville, and Greco.. I'm new to this whole knock-off Gibson game because I've usually just gone for an Epiphone counterpart.. so out of those brands which have the greatest value (I realize some are more expensive then others, I just want to know which has the most bang for the buck).. all responses are appreciated
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You will probably have to go back to the 80's or 70's for that style Jr. in a MIJ. Look up Orville, Greco, Tokai or Burny. I don't think any of the other makes you listed made this style.
 
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big_black said:
They made that style Jr. in the 80's I think.
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That's what I've been trying to find out for sure because I can't find any defining info except for the original models and the recent reissues with the full SG pickguard. You're the first one who's mentioned any other years.
 
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ErikH said:
That's what I've been trying to find out for sure because I can't find any defining info except for the original models and the recent reissues with the full SG pickguard. You're the first one who's mentioned any other years.
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I've seen them up on Ebay every now and then. I don't think they get sold very often because everyone wants the small pickguard...people hang on to them!
 
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I just got over wanting a les paul jr and you show that!:yell:
What are you thinking:blackeye:
 
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you could buy the one from MF, get a dogear p-90 and a small pickguard and there you go. You'd have a few screwholes showing, but nothing you cant take care of to make it hard to tell.
 
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spacecaptain21 said:
Ta daaaaaaaa
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no sir.. I want the small pickguard and the dog ear P90.. I'm not even sure a dog-ear P90 will fit in that pickup cavity and I definitely don't want to deal with covering up screw-holes on a 700 dollar guitar

btw guys I've been GASing over this guitar for some time.. actually 3 years ago some idiot classmate brought this guitar to use in a high school physics project (something where I managed to transmit a guitar signal to an amp via helium-neon laser light).. he didn't even know what "gibson" was and he was bringing his dad's childhood guitar to school (I offered him $120 dollars for the thing, but it was his dad's so he couldn't).. well the guitar sounded great even with a laser-light guitar cord and I've seen more and more rock stars using this style guitar lately (Dashboard Confessional and System of a Down most recently).. thanks to those rich guitarists these guitars are hot on ebay.. a clean one sells for 5 or 6 grand while they were only 2 or 3 grand a couple months ago

enough story time.. anyways in your opinions and from experience what are the best knock-off Gibson brands?.. I'm leaning towards Edwards and Tokai
 
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Greco and Burny generally build their copies to vintage specs moreso than do Tokai or Edwards. You might want to go with a Greco or Burny instead.
 
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I always thought Tokai was the best in terms of vintage specs. I think their LP's are based off of a real '59. Whatever you do, rainsong, see if they have LP Jrs. I've been gasin for one lately!
 
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