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(More customer reviews)I'm a stratocaster player and after reading about the Les Paul Jr being an under-appreciated guitar, I decided to check them out. It has a nice fat sound you don't expect from a single coil pickup. The neck has nice feel, very comfortable, at least compared to the Gibson SG standard (had that for a year, never got comfortable with it) and the Les Paul Studio (just too darn unwieldy). It's a great value, great tone and a fine looking instrument. Just look how that neck just melds with the body, that's American craftsmanship at its best. My only beef is that Gibson doesn't make a LP Jr hardcase, instead you get a gigbag, oh well, better than nothing.
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As the competition to develop and market affordable and professionally built solid body electric guitars was heating up in the mid-1950s, Gibson branched out into new directions that would eventually yield a wide variety of new and innovative Gibson products at various price points. Among those new products was the Les Paul Junior single cutaway model, which quickly became Gibson's best-selling model and the instrument of choice for such legends as Leslie West, Steve Marriott, Keith Richards, Mick Ralphs, Mick Jones and Paul Westerberg.
Gibson's Traditional Rounded Neck Profile
No guitar neck profiles are more distinguishable than the neck profiles employed on the Gibson models of today. The rounded neck profile on the Les Paul Junior emulates the neck profiles most commonly found on Gibson's iconic Les Paul models of the late '50s. As with all Gibson necks, it is machined in Gibson's rough mill using wood shapers to make the initial cuts. Once the rosewood fingerboard gets glued on, the rest--including the final sanding--is done by hand. That means there are no two necks with the exact same dimensions. So while it still has the basic characteristics of the rounded neck profile, each neck will be slightly different, with a distinct but traditional feel.
The legendary P-90 delivers more warmth than a standard singlecoil pickup, with higher output and sweet treble response.
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