Interested in a Gibson Les Paul Junior :)

[ItsaBass]

Re: Interested in a Gibson Les Paul Junior

FWIW, these have been two of my main guitars over the past 12–15 years (I am the original owner of both of them):

2001 Jr. and 2003 Les Paul Melody Maker (a budget version of a Jr.). They've both needed work to get them to be great playing guitars (mainly fret dressing, especially crowning and polishing), but they've always sounded great. They leave me wanting for nothing, and in need of nothing. If I play something else, it's just for the variety/fun of it, or to have the Fender feel and sound (e.g. my Esquire), or a vibrato (my Strats and Kahler-equipped guitars). I don't need that stuff; it's just fun sometimes. Most everything that really needs to get played, these can cover. If I had to choose one guitar to "go into battle" with, it would be one of these, or an Esquire with the Eldred wiring.

 

[Wattage]

Re: Interested in a Gibson Les Paul Junior

Junior's are Rock N Roll

Some cats like Porsches, some like pickup trucks, do what you do. I like Specials too, maybe someday JGutello will sell mine back to me (it was hard times)

 

[blueman335]

Re: Interested in a Gibson Les Paul Junior

Junior's are Rock N Roll

And 2 and 3 PU guitars aren't??? Most of the rock we've heard for decades has been played with multi-PU guitars. It's easy to come up with a far bigger list of those rockers, than the guys best known for single PU guitars.

 

[regan]

Re: Interested in a Gibson Les Paul Junior

And 2 and 3 PU guitars aren't??? Most of the rock we've heard for decades has been played with multi-PU guitars. It's easy to come up with a far bigger list of those rockers, than the guys best known for single PU guitars.

I just don't see how wattage's statement can be interpreted as you say.

person A: Strats are great I love them
person B: And Les pauls aren't? loads of great music are played on them!!!
person A: WTF? I just said I like strats, nothing else!

It's a non argument tbh

 

[Wattage]

Re: Interested in a Gibson Les Paul Junior

And 2 and 3 PU guitars aren't??? Most of the rock we've heard for decades has been played with multi-PU guitars. It's easy to come up with a far bigger list of those rockers, than the guys best known for single PU guitars.

Why do you have this incessant need to keep coming back at any comment that doesn't fit your way of thinking? Of course 2 pup and 3 pup guitars are Rock N Roll don't be such a freaking dope about it. Celebrating one isn't dissing the other unlike the way you seem to handle things. I've noticed thru numerous thread you never stop with this BS, it's old and it's tiring. It isn't cute, funny, enlightening or humorous but I tend to guess you're they type that thrives on that.

 

[Wattage]

Re: Interested in a Gibson Les Paul Junior

I just don't see how wattage's statement can be interpreted as you say.

person A: Strats are great I love them
person B: And Les pauls aren't? loads of great music are played on them!!!
person A: WTF? I just said I like strats, nothing else!

It's a non argument tbh

You are far too reasonable

 

[blueman335]

Re: Interested in a Gibson Les Paul Junior

Of course 2 pup and 3 pup guitars are Rock N Roll. Celebrating one isn't dissing the other unlike the way you seem to handle things. It isn't cute, funny, enlightening or humorous

But 'Juniors are Rock N Roll' is cute, funny, and informative? You are quite entertaining and endearing.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Interested in a Gibson Les Paul Junior

It's official.

If blueman disapproves of something, nobody else is permitted to enjoy it.

 

[blueman335]

Re: Interested in a Gibson Les Paul Junior

It's official.

If blueman disapproves of something, nobody else is permitted to enjoy it.

Hey, it's your money, buy what you want with it. I ain't paying for your gear.

I'm proud to be the first and only guy to here to say that there's a thing or two in the music world that I don't like! Never happened before on these forums, probably never happen again. You guys are all just so darn agreeable. It's like a real life Hallmark movie.

 

[regan]

Re: Interested in a Gibson Les Paul Junior

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth, that hast only one pickup

 

[regan]

Re: Interested in a Gibson Les Paul Junior

This is a revelation for those who have no experience with a Gibson before and looking to buy one, while still caught in the false belief of Gibson is of superb quality. Thanks man!

In view of your experience, how do you rate a Gibson against the Epiphone cousin? At any moment, can an Epi beat a post 2004 Gibson?

In a word no, Gibsons still have better hardware woods fewer piece bodies etc
Look at Tokai (Japanese) & Edwards little more expensive than epi cheaper than gibson better than both IMO