Since I mentioned it - my 1963 SG Jr.

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I didn't post this here originally because I've yet to actually put together a higher-priced deal on this board. Those of you familiar with this guitar will know that I sold it a few months ago to an oversees buyer who got a pretty shady bout of buyer's remorse and had to refund him. At the time I was convinced I'd keep it, but it's just not getting played and it deserves to be.

And really... I'd love it if this guitar wound up in the hands of a forum bro.

--- copied from my BaM/TGP posts ---

No breaks or repairs, but it's a player.

Tuners and bridge are old '70s Grovers and Leo Quann, respectively, installed professionally many, many years before I got it.

The finish has faded from the original cherry red to the kind of cherry brown you see in the pics. It's still pretty reddish in the sun. Some mild checking but nothing obvious. Was long-ago routed for a humbucker by some idiot and later restored to P-90 glory by some genius. The humbucker route is still there under the P-90 but it's very small and very clean, so it's covered completely and doesn't affect the guitar in any neg. way.

Frets are low'n'wide but have plenty of life left. Nice dark brazilian rosewood fretboard. Weighs about 6 lbs.
Chips, dings, buckle rash, gorgeous.

There's copper shielding in behind the pickup (which appears to be the original '60s P-90 put back on) and in the control cav. Would peal right back out if one was so inclined (for some reason). Also note that the strap buttons aren't original (they're a lot bigger and better than the old tiny ones) and the Strat tone knob is obviously not vintage Gibson spec.
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$1749 shipped in the lower 48 states - if you have to use PayPal, you cover the fees, please.

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More pics available upon request.

I'll happily answer any questions, offers, and tire kicks you've got in PM or in the thread. I have a perfect track record on TGP and on ebay, but I'm freakin' sick of ebay.

For trades - try me! I'll probably jump at a nice EBMM Petrucci w/ Piezo, but I AM open to other offers.

Thanks for looking!
 
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Re: Since I mentioned it - my 1963 SG Jr.

Throw it up on the Bay young man. Devil may care. Block International. bidders . To be quite honest with you, SG's are very very down at the time. Hell, a new Std. costs 1199.00. They used to be 1500.00 before the Swahili Prince Yobamama and his crew of yahoos got their everloving mitts on control the US Govt and economy. This is a vintage instrument, and so you wont feel as much of a squeeze, but you've got to realise that SG's are on the downswing in a big way...and to be fair, everything is, but SG's seem to have taken the brunt of it, so I feel you will be affected. Time to buy, not sell an SG.
Again, yours is vintage, and thats a huge difference, so put it up online 30 day auction, US bidders only, and no negative feedback or zero feedback bidders! Don't be in a hurry to sell. List high and take a best offer. Keep it listed for up to 6 months. and I think it'll move at your asking price.
 
Re: Since I mentioned it - my 1963 SG Jr.

Throw it up on the Bay young man. Devil may care. Block International. bidders . To be quite honest with you, SG's are very very down at the time. Hell, a new Std. costs 1199.00. They used to be 1500.00 before the Swahili Prince Yobamama and his crew of yahoos got their everloving mitts on control the US Govt and economy. This is a vintage instrument, and so you wont feel as much of a squeeze, but you've got to realise that SG's are on the downswing in a big way...and to be fair, everything is, but SG's seem to have taken the brunt of it, so I feel you will be affected. Time to buy, not sell an SG.
Again, yours is vintage, and thats a huge difference, so put it up online 30 day auction, US bidders only, and no negative feedback or zero feedback bidders! Don't be in a hurry to sell. List high and take a best offer. Keep it listed for up to 6 months. and I think it'll move at your asking price.

Your grammar, punctuation, spelling, and writing style make me want to punch your middle school English teacher in the mouth. And not feel bad about it, either.
 
Re: Since I mentioned it - my 1963 SG Jr.

MetalManiac said:
Throw it up on the Bay young man. Devil may care. Block International. bidders . To be quite honest with you, SG's are very very down at the time. Hell, a new Std. costs 1199.00. They used to be 1500.00 before the Swahili Prince Yobamama and his crew of yahoos got their everloving mitts on control the US Govt and economy. This is a vintage instrument, and so you wont feel as much of a squeeze, but you've got to realise that SG's are on the downswing in a big way...and to be fair, everything is, but SG's seem to have taken the brunt of it, so I feel you will be affected. Time to buy, not sell an SG.
Again, yours is vintage, and thats a huge difference, so put it up online 30 day auction, US bidders only, and no negative feedback or zero feedback bidders! Don't be in a hurry to sell. List high and take a best offer. Keep it listed for up to 6 months. and I think it'll move at your asking price.

^^ All true, except for the part where you somehow forgot that the economy went in the sh1tter just a tiny bit before Jan '09.

I may wind up putting it on the 'bay this week, but I do have a few offers stirring around, so I'll wait to see how they develop first.

I'm fortunate to be in a position where I don't have to sell it.
 
Re: Since I mentioned it - my 1963 SG Jr.

Your grammar, punctuation, spelling, and writing style make me want to punch your middle school English teacher in the mouth. And not feel bad about it, either.

I don't get it. This was one of my better proofreading jobs. I don't see to many mistakes on this one. Some of my posts are horrific catastrophies, but this one seems pretty good. I don't understand how people write correctly spelled posts. I type real fast and invariably letters get shifted and double printed and misspelled to the letter adjacent to the one I type, and other letters ommited. I've never been able to understand that. How do people write clear correctly spelled posts? I recently got spell check with my new OS,so thats helping a bit, but still...
I always spend way way more time correcting my posts grammer than actually typing it, and still don't catch many mistakes.
Spellcheck is telling me I mispelled both "spellcheck" and "catastrophies" and also "Mispelled" ..howzxat???What the???
 
Re: Since I mentioned it - my 1963 SG Jr.

Your grammar, punctuation, spelling, and writing style make me want to punch your middle school English teacher in the mouth. And not feel bad about it, either.

The great part of this is that jer used to be a special ed. teacher.
 
Re: Since I mentioned it - my 1963 SG Jr.

^^ All true, except for the part where you somehow forgot that the economy went in the sh1tter just a tiny bit before Jan '09.

I may wind up putting it on the 'bay this week, but I do have a few offers stirring around, so I'll wait to see how they develop first.

I'm fortunate to be in a position where I don't have to sell it.

yes, undoubtedly, however there was a perceived, if not real, sort of "recovery " there for a short timespan sometime close to 4- months to a year after Jan. 09 inspired by the election of what was supposed to be our saviuor there and then it pretty much tanked again, like it is now, sort of back in the toilet like it was before Jan 09... but now its not seemingly as bad, so things are kind of in limbo..but its actually on more of a downward slow spiral if you ask me, and Sh#t is gonna hit the fan even worse then before IMO. But there will always be money around for vintage stuff as long as things don't yet reach the point of where it was before Bahama was able to juke people into believing he could fix anything.,Newer stuff like new production gear is already startin' to feel the pinch I think, but its all about public perception, and I think people will start real soon to perceive they are F@cked, which they are already whether they know it or not yet.
 
Re: Since I mentioned it - my 1963 SG Jr.

What P90 is in it right now? I'm guessing not the original if someone had a humbucker in it at some time.

Its vintage, but only the core since it appears to have had most everything replaced, as well as having wood routed, which is sacrilegious no matter how clean. I think his asking price is at the top of the current market, but I love how the coloring has aged brownish, I love brown guitars.
 
Re: Since I mentioned it - my 1963 SG Jr.

What P90 is in it right now? I'm guessing not the original if someone had a humbucker in it at some time.

Its vintage, but only the core since it appears to have had most everything replaced, as well as having wood routed, which is sacrilegious no matter how clean. I think his asking price is at the top of the current market, but I love how the coloring has aged brownish, I love brown guitars.

I'm not sure if it's the original P-90 or not. It seems old and it's definitely a Gibson, but I'm not an expert so I can't with 100% confidence state that it's the original pickup put back on. That's the orig. pickguard though.

TattooedCarrot said:
Any interest in this? It currently has no pickups but I still have the shown WCR pickups that I removed looking to do a pickup swap. Or sans pickups and a couple bills on my end.

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/memb...ps-rs-kit.html

That is sexy. Im considering this. It's kind of the opposite of what I was looking for in trade but it's so nice-looking that I'm tempted. I'm gonna go find specs on that model and get back to you...
 
Re: Since I mentioned it - my 1963 SG Jr.

Hey guys, nothing personal, but can we keep the bickering out of my for sale thread?

I mean, this thread is pretty much doomed now.
 
Re: Since I mentioned it - my 1963 SG Jr.

I'll trade you my blonde/white knob 63' tremolux w/ 2x10 cab.......
 
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