1959 Les Paul Junior Build
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Re: 1959 Les Paul Junior Build
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Re: 1959 Les Paul Junior Build
Yes, not massively, but I weirdly feel more comfy playing something cracked n knocked up....I guess as almost everything I own is in various stages of degradation!Lostininverness wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 5:17 pm That colour looks great!! Are you planning to age it?
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Re: 1959 Les Paul Junior Build
Purple headstock on his pink junior?
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Re: 1959 Les Paul Junior Build
Looks all class G
Im not usually one for 'ageing' but I agree with you, guitars dont feel right to me unless they have a bit of wear to them. Ive intentionally mistreated my shell pink JM over the past couple of years. Not fritzel family mistreatment but certainly been somewhat negligent at times.
Tell me about the neck. Bound or unbound? Bright white binding is eww.
Im not usually one for 'ageing' but I agree with you, guitars dont feel right to me unless they have a bit of wear to them. Ive intentionally mistreated my shell pink JM over the past couple of years. Not fritzel family mistreatment but certainly been somewhat negligent at times.
Tell me about the neck. Bound or unbound? Bright white binding is eww.
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Re: 1959 Les Paul Junior Build
No binding - Jnr
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Re: 1959 Les Paul Junior Build
StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:03 pm Not fritzel family mistreatment but certainly been somewhat negligent at times.
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Re: 1959 Les Paul Junior Build
To change the tone a little...and yes, I had managed to erase most of the Fritzel trauma, until now....I am using some original 60’s bell knobs with inserts, a Faber compensated bridge, 50’s length inserts and studs, some prototype Kluson aged tuners I got at a guitar show in Texas from Kluson themselves. They had this really really good range of aged product they were peddling...in house aging...they never did it "mass produced" in the end but I got some in line tuners and some Les Paul style. I’ll take some shots.
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Re: 1959 Les Paul Junior Build
And yes, it will have a Gibson decal.
And for those budding luthier types, you'll know this pain....roughing out the nut with my last good unbleached bone piece, took too much off the top in the shaping step. Dammit - goes back into the parts draw for a Gibson with a shallower fingerboard.
More unbleached bone on order.
And for those budding luthier types, you'll know this pain....roughing out the nut with my last good unbleached bone piece, took too much off the top in the shaping step. Dammit - goes back into the parts draw for a Gibson with a shallower fingerboard.
More unbleached bone on order.
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Re: 1959 Les Paul Junior Build
Colour target reached, using 2 fewer colour coats than planed. Straight onto clear now x 4 initially. May do a quick wet sand at 400 after a week and 2 x final super fine coats....not sure.
Mocked up the look today. Not sure the blue fingerboard is gonna catch on!
Note the hum bucker placement. Dharmajester and I have oft discussed the potentially shrill hum bucker tone when the pickup is placed so close to the bridge, having both owned wrap tail Les Paul's. So, I moved it forward to tame a little...and it is a T Top, so it's going to want to get a little bright anyway.
Gibson logo has been toned down from its bright gold finish so it looks older...still, quite "popping" as is.
Electrics are VI Pots and a NOS cap from them also. Wired and ready to go.
Mocked up the look today. Not sure the blue fingerboard is gonna catch on!
Note the hum bucker placement. Dharmajester and I have oft discussed the potentially shrill hum bucker tone when the pickup is placed so close to the bridge, having both owned wrap tail Les Paul's. So, I moved it forward to tame a little...and it is a T Top, so it's going to want to get a little bright anyway.
Gibson logo has been toned down from its bright gold finish so it looks older...still, quite "popping" as is.
Electrics are VI Pots and a NOS cap from them also. Wired and ready to go.
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Re: 1959 Les Paul Junior Build
You are not wrong - I hear this echoing in my head “just buy one”... thanks beeg
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Re: 1959 Les Paul Junior Build
nice final colour!! I like how its coming together. Buy one - schmy one......wheres the fun in that!GrantB wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 5:59 pm Colour target reached, using 2 fewer colour coats than planed. Straight onto clear now x 4 initially. May do a quick wet sand at 400 after a week and 2 x final super fine coats....not sure.
Mocked up the look today. Not sure the blue fingerboard is gonna catch on!
Note the hum bucker placement. Dharmajester and I have oft discussed the potentially shrill hum bucker tone when the pickup is placed so close to the bridge, having both owned wrap tail Les Paul's. So, I moved it forward to tame a little...and it is a T Top, so it's going to want to get a little bright anyway.
Gibson logo has been toned down from its bright gold finish so it looks older...still, quite "popping" as is.
Electrics are VI Pots and a NOS cap from them also. Wired and ready to go.