Let's see your Juniors

[John]

The PGK replica is beautiful.

 

[Walker]

Thanks! They make a Great kit. Would like a Special. No extra money right now, Just bought a 339 P90 Pro.

 

[BGood]

Unfortunately I let My Epi '57 Reissue Junior go. Don't know why I did that , It was an AWESOME guitar after I took out the P100.

YOU DID WHAT ? You let go of that Holy Grail TV Yellow bag of tone and grins ?

Jeez ...

 

[Walker]

I AM SHAMED! I've let too many great guitars go in my life, considering I haven't had that many guitars in my 50 years of playing.

 

[BGood]

I AM SHAMED! I've let too many great guitars go in my life, considering I haven't had that many guitars in my 50 years of playing.

No worries, such is life.

I let this go. I have to say I didn't bond with it, but it was my dream guitar. Not a Jr, but close.

 

[Paruwi]

I have to say I didn't bond with it

same here....

 

[Walker]

WOW! What was it with those Specials? Neck profile? I looked at some of those on line. Couldn't buy because the guitars I had for sale hadn't sold. Those are bolt ons , right? I have a problem with the profie of Epi's bolt on necks.

 

[BGood]

WOW! What was it with those Specials? Neck profile? I looked at some of those on line. Couldn't buy because the guitars I had for sale hadn't sold. Those are bolt ons , right? I have a problem with the profie of Epi's bolt on necks.

Nope, those were set necks, real nice guitars. Mine was a '95.

For me, as I mostly play sitting, it's the lower cut in the body that had it sitting on my thigh in a strange way. The body was pulling back and was trying to get away. The contrary of neck dive that people complain about on SGs. Could never get used to it. It's not a light guitar either.

If I was wealthier, I might have kept it hanging on the wall. But I figured it'd be better for someone else to have his dream guitar. Buyer was ecstatic when he got it. He'd been looking for that exact guitar for a long time.

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[duceditor]

I have to say I didn't bond with it

same here....

Important word that! "Bond."

One trap that we can fall into is judging a guitar by other's opinions, either that of individuals or general consensus. And amps too, it is worth noting.

If one is a collector I suppose that makes some sense, be it for the likely increase of value or the 'cred' that having this or that in ones collection can assure. But if playing is your thing, and the reason to own this or that instrument is determined by how often you are likely to pick it up, or how much playing satisfaction an instrument does on the occasion give you, then those other factors have little meaning.

When we are new to anything -- even life itself! -- the opinions of others can be a useful guide. But once our own experience starts to grow others opinions should have less and less weight. -No, its not that they are "wrong" but that we realize that there is no such thing. Collectors can argue about the value of this and that, players really have no reason to argue anything. They can just play.

I've personally seen this play out in some interesting ways. I cannot bond, for instance, with any Strat. The general consensus on them has encouraged me to try and try and try. My not being able bond (or even find any pleasure) in playing one has to do with real estate. -That everything on a Strat (the controls, the trem lever, etc.) is simply too close together for a person of "broad movement" such as myself. That it took me so many years and so many guitars to understand that is interesting. Before that it was simply "but they have to be great! Look who plays/played 'em!"

Amps too.

I owned a 1963 Vibroverb. The brown Tolex one. And used it for most of my "professional" life -- stage and studio. In about 1973 I sold it in absolutely pristine condition for about what I'd paid for it. Today it'd be worth in excess of ten grand. (Considering its condition possibly well in excess of.)

Here's the little secret: To me it was just an amp. Yeah, it sounded fine. Had been very reliable. But that was it. To say so to some is like downing the Holy Trinity. No. It was just an amp.

Equally surprising to some is that I had a 'framed' (i.e., first year) Silverface Deluxe and traded that away to get some stone work done in my garden. I'd simply never gotten a sound out of it that did anything for me.

Yeah, to others it is the Holy Grail. To me it was simply taking up space.

I own to play. Simple as that. And "bonding" is something rare and wonderful. It matters not what others think (Some people positively freak when I speak of my love for a 2015 Gibson CM. "Why? Why? Why?" they ask. ) I have "bonded" with that guitar like perhaps none other in my life. It matters not what others think. Every time I pick it up it is like touching magic. And every note that comes out of it and the inexpensive, Chinese-made, Champ-type Joyo Sweet Baby amp I use with it lifts me heavenward. Others opinions mean nothing next to that.

To me it comes down to this: Love what you love. Find a reason if doing so suits you. But it in the end that bonding is the thing. Not other's "ooohs" and "ahhs."

-don

 

[Walker]

Nope, those were set necks, real nice guitars. Mine was a '95.

For me, as I mostly play sitting, it's the lower cut in the body that had it sitting on my thigh in a strange way. The body was pulling back and was trying to get away. The contrary of neck dive that people complain about on SGs. Could never get used to it. It's not a light guitar either.

If I was wealthier, I might have kept it hanging on the wall. But I figured it'd be better for someone else to have his dream guitar. Buyer was ecstatic when he got it. He'd been looking for that exact guitar for a long time.

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Oh Ya! Forgot about the neck dive. I had to relocate the strap button on my kit. I get that. I'd hesitant to drill an original guitar.

 

[BGood]

But once our own experience starts to grow others opinions should have less and less weight.

But it does and it' s called GAS

I cannot bond, for instance, with any Strat.

Same here. I thought I was weird or something for a while. Well, I am a tad. But I still can't have fun with a Strat, except to dive bomb some Hendrix. And I am now in the process of trying to convince myself that I could like a Telecaster.

 

[Walker]

I've had Strats, don't hate them, they just don't appeal to me right now. Teles, I've got two. An Esquire conversion and a Partscaster with two humbucker size P90s with a Wilkinson trem. like the feel of a Tele Standard neck. Mine are definately more rock and blues rather then Country.

 

[gsmacleod]

Well, I am a tad. But I still can't have fun with a Strat, except to dive bomb some Hendrix. And I am now in the process of trying to convince myself that I could like a Telecaster.

I have a Strat and an SG that I rarely play; good guitars but solid body dc's just don't feel right to me.

On the other hand, I love both my Casino and Dot; on a hollow or semi-hollow, dc works for me.

Solid body though, it's Tele's and Lester's for me .

Shane

 

[bgmacaw]

Here's my 1998 LP Jr. I bought at Guitar Center that year. Made in Indonesia, bolt-on with a maple body and mahogany neck. Nice pickup, coming in below average for Epiphone bridge P90's at about 8.0.

 

[sliberty]

My #1 - a Gibson Custom Shop VOS 1957 Les Paul Junior RI

I loved this one, but have since sold it since I loved my single cut more. Shown here with a replacement tortoise guard (original was flat black, maybe Bakelite).

Not a Junior technically, but you can see why I posted it. 1964 Epiphone Coronet.

 

[John]

Welcome in bgmacaw. Nice lookin Jr.

 

[Michael A.]

I've seen an Epi Junior that was labeled Invader. How are these different from regular Juniors?

 

[Stuart]

I've seen an Epi Junior that was labeled Invader. How are these different from regular Juniors?

 

[Michael A.]

Thanks for that information. What is an Invader worth in the US? Sounds like an inferior guitar due to the ply body compared to the mahogany of the Junior. Does the rarity increase the value? My 2 Juniors were $40 each and I could buy 2-3 more locally for $60. Would anyone pay more for an Invader?