Les Paul Junior - Differences with the Les Paul Standard?

[Voxman]

Re: Les Paul Junior - Differences with the Les Paul Standard?

Also, the Jr and the Special are both double cutaway, whereas the Standard is a single cut.

a single cut jr from 1955

http://www.sarasotacarmuseum.org/badco/55gibson.html

 

[sosomething]

Re: Les Paul Junior - Differences with the Les Paul Standard?

Ain't nothin' "thin" sounding about a LP Junior. They can get nasty for sure, but those guitars have some of the thickest sound ever put out.

 

[The Golden Boy]

Re: Les Paul Junior - Differences with the Les Paul Standard?

Not quite.. Anything called a Junior has 1 dogear P-90 (as far as I've seen). There are both single and double-cut Juniors, depending on the year.

Special (traditionally) is like a Junior but with 2 soapbar P-90s. Also available in both single and double-cut depending on the year. These are not "skinny" they're the same as a Jr. (thicker than an SG). Some have tuneomatic bridges, some have wraparound.

As I mentioned, Gibson had the aforementioned "Junior Special."

http://www.gibson.com/products/gibson/LesPaul/lpjsh.html