Up for sale, a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Junior in excellent condition and in perfect working order, complete with a hardshell case. An ideal example of a late ‘50s Double Cut Junior, this Les Paul features a hearty 1958-sized “baseball bat” neck carve and a relatively low wind P-90 at only 7.4k ohms, offering a bit more dynamic range and treble detail than most Gibson winds from the latter years of the ‘50s.

With Honduran mahogany body/neck construction and a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard, this Junior is balanced, warm and lively acoustically, qualities which translate faithfully through the P-90. The pickup is notably smooth and open-sounding, with great treble attack, rich midrange bark and focused low end punch. Lightweight at 7lbs 2oz, this Les Paul Junior benefits from a professional setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

• Wood: Honduran mahogany
• Shape: Baseball bat C, measuring .925” 1st fret, .995” 12th fret
• Fretboard: Brazilian rosewood, dot inlay, light finger wear behind frets 1-5
• Frets: Medium jumbo, light wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-6
• Scale Length: 24 3/4”
• Nut: 1 11/16”, nylon
• Tuners: Kluson Deluxe single-line strip
• Serialization: 9-prefix (1959), re-inked

Body Specs:

• Wood: Honduran mahogany
• Pickups: P-90 (7.40k ohms)
• Harness: Untouched solder, CentraLab pots date to 52nd week of 1958
• Controls: Volume, Tone
• Hardware: Aluminum wraparound tailpiece
• Plastics: Black bonnet knobs, one-ply tortoise pickguard, “dogear” pickup cover

The headstock shows signs of a previous and very well executed repair, with a thin mahogany veneer added to the back of the headstock (only visible under blacklight), and a stinger extending beyond the edge of the veneer. The original serial number has also been re-inked in the proper font.

The gloss Cherry nitro lacquer finish is otherwise 100% original, with an extremely rich, uniform shade of red that exhibits subtle lacquer checking. Extremely well-kept, there’s only a bit of shallow buckle worming central to the back and a few small dings on the top and body perimeter. The nitro gloss on the neck profile is smooth and clean, with a few shallow finish chips along the edges of the fretboard (fret 5 on the bass side, frets 3 & 5 on the treble side) that have been buffed smooth and are virtually imperceptible to the palm.

A modern black tolex hardshell case is included.