I've been out of the loop for a while, but I was looking into selling an amp I had laying around and buying a Les Paul Jr. with that money. I can see it's still in the Gibson website, but looking around the usual websites I can't find a trace of it! Only Custom Shop, the B-Bender Tele hybrid and used two pickup Specials. Did the Tribute series kill off the USA Jr.? Or are they simply still rolling out the 2013 models? This is madness!
What happened to the Gibson USA Les Paul Jr.?
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Baron Von Shred
Re: What happened to the Gibson USA Les Paul Jr.?
AFAIK discontinued due to lack of sales.
I`ve always said, if you want a guitar, buy it ASAP. Simply because if everybody waits and waits and waits, then they won`t be around when everybody suddenly decides they want one after all. Such is the case here.
Manufacturers are in it to earn money, not as a charity, so why should they continue to produce something that`s obviously not selling? That`s why there aren`t any 1960s explorers, or early 60s Flying Vs. Practically nobody bought the originals, so they got ixnayed until people decided they wanted them after all because LPs, Strats and LP/SGs were suddenly "boring".
AFAIK discontinued due to lack of sales.
I`ve always said, if you want a guitar, buy it ASAP. Simply because if everybody waits and waits and waits, then they won`t be around when everybody suddenly decides they want one after all. Such is the case here.
Manufacturers are in it to earn money, not as a charity, so why should they continue to produce something that`s obviously not selling? That`s why there aren`t any 1960s explorers, or early 60s Flying Vs. Practically nobody bought the originals, so they got ixnayed until people decided they wanted them after all because LPs, Strats and LP/SGs were suddenly "boring".
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Ball&Chain
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Re: What happened to the Gibson USA Les Paul Jr.?
I still see them at MF
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/gibson-les-paul-junior-special-with-humbuckers-electric-guitar
Looks to me like they are phasing out those and the Les Paul Studio Faded. Now they are selling the LPJ.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/gibson-les-paul-j-electric-guitar/h90746000005000
I still see them at MF
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/gibson-les-paul-junior-special-with-humbuckers-electric-guitar
Looks to me like they are phasing out those and the Les Paul Studio Faded. Now they are selling the LPJ.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/gibson-les-paul-j-electric-guitar/h90746000005000
ItsaBass
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Re: What happened to the Gibson USA Les Paul Jr.?
i feel you...but in this case, it's really ''good riddance'' imo. one of my main guitars is an '01 standard production sunburst jr. it is outstanding. you can tell that at that point in the history of gibson, each guitar on the assembly line got a respectable amount of attention from people who actually knew something about building guitars...even the ''cheap'' ones like my jr. but the recent/current jrs. are poster children for the slop-job guitars that gibson is infamous for churning out now.
the standard prouction jrs. were discontinued not too long after i got mine, and then jrs. were only available as historics for several years [for over twice the price]. they were finally brought back in recent years, and i was excited at first. i played at least half a dozen of the newer ones, hoping to find a nice backup for my '01, but they all felt like junk. they felt really slapped together and cranked out en masse using mediocre materials and unskilled labor. ugly, heavy, dead sounding wood, cheap hardware, very unrefined fret and nut work, all sorts of sharp and/or rough edges, and sloppy finishing to top it off. and that's not to mention the use of obeche wood as a fretboard, which seemed like ashy, splintery, ugly, and rough-feeling wood to me [maybe due to the terrible sanding jobs on the boards].
so i'd just try finding a used one from 10 or more years ago, or one of the early melody maker reissues, called the les paul melody maker. they have one dogear pickup. they are basically just slim-bodied, stop-tailpiece-equipped juniors.
i feel you...but in this case, it's really ''good riddance'' imo. one of my main guitars is an '01 standard production sunburst jr. it is outstanding. you can tell that at that point in the history of gibson, each guitar on the assembly line got a respectable amount of attention from people who actually knew something about building guitars...even the ''cheap'' ones like my jr. but the recent/current jrs. are poster children for the slop-job guitars that gibson is infamous for churning out now.
the standard prouction jrs. were discontinued not too long after i got mine, and then jrs. were only available as historics for several years [for over twice the price]. they were finally brought back in recent years, and i was excited at first. i played at least half a dozen of the newer ones, hoping to find a nice backup for my '01, but they all felt like junk. they felt really slapped together and cranked out en masse using mediocre materials and unskilled labor. ugly, heavy, dead sounding wood, cheap hardware, very unrefined fret and nut work, all sorts of sharp and/or rough edges, and sloppy finishing to top it off. and that's not to mention the use of obeche wood as a fretboard, which seemed like ashy, splintery, ugly, and rough-feeling wood to me [maybe due to the terrible sanding jobs on the boards].
so i'd just try finding a used one from 10 or more years ago, or one of the early melody maker reissues, called the les paul melody maker. they have one dogear pickup. they are basically just slim-bodied, stop-tailpiece-equipped juniors.
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