Vintage electric guitar with sunburst finish and black pickguard on a dark background
Vintage electric guitar with sunburst finish and black pickguard on a dark background
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Vintage electric guitar with sunburst finish and black pickguard on a dark background
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Vintage electric guitar with sunburst finish and black pickguard on a dark background
Vintage electric guitar with sunburst finish and black pickguard on a dark background
Close-up of a guitar's fretboard with dark wood and white inlays on a black background.
Vintage electric guitar with sunburst finish and black pickguard on a dark background
Close-up of a guitar's bridge and strings with a sunburst finish.
Close-up of a guitar's body with a sunburst finish and gold knobs
Electric guitar with a sunburst finish on a black background
Close-up of a guitar's bridge and strings
Close-up of control knobs on an electric guitar
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Close up of an electric guitar with sunburst finish
Electric guitar with a sunburst finish on a black background
Vintage electric guitar with sunburst finish and black pickguard on a dark background, back/side view
Close-up of a guitar's output jack
Close-up of a guitar's wooden body with a dark background
Back view of a wooden electric guitar on a dark background
Gibson Les Paul guitar headstock with brand name on a dark background
Close-up of a guitar headstock with tuning pegs on a dark background
Close-up of a guitar headstock with tuning pegs and brand name on a dark background
Electric guitar on a stand against a dark background
Acoustic guitar on a stand against a dark background
Brown crocodile-patterned guitar case on a wooden stand against a dark background
Close-up of a brown textured vintage guitar case with gold hardware on a dark background

Gibson

Gibson Les Paul Junior (1956)

$11,500.00

Pickup available at 165 Showroom

Usually ready in 1 hour

On Consignment
Expedited Shipping Required

Product information

The single-cut Junior: A guitar that continues to defy its original purpose, and do so with authority.

1956 Gibson Les Paul Junior in original Sunburst finish!

KEEP THE JUNIORS COMING PEOPLE!

These guitars - no matter how simple - prove time and time again just how transcendently great they are. Case in point with this well-preserved beauty...

It's a near-perfect example of a mid 50s Junior. Full C neck with just a hint of Soft V to the carve, about 7.5lbs, and a single P90 pickup with nice medium output. This one's stayed delightfully intact since it left Kalamazoo, with undisturbed solder on the original harness, original vintage fretwire, wraparound tailpiece, and Kluson tuners. The Sunburst finish is gorgeous, too!

The original P90 approaches 8k on our meter, and does a fantastic job of retaining clarity and sweetness just as it does punch and upper midrange throatiness. Get your hands on those volume and tone controls and explore near endless tonal possibilities that these guitars are capable of.

On Consignment. Ships in its original Gibson chipboard case.

Body
Style
Solidbody
Body
Mahogany
Finish
Nitrocellulose
Color
Sunburst

Hardware
Pickups
Original P90 | 7.91k
Electronics
Original Centralab pots w/ Bumblebee capacitor
Controls
Volume / Tone
Bridge
Original
Tuners
Original Kluson
Pickguard
Original
Knobs
Original

Neck
Neck
Mahogany
Binding
None
Carve
Full C | .89" @ 1st - .98" @ 12th
Fingerboard
Brazilian Rosewood
Radius
12"
Inlays
Dots
Frets
Original
Nut
Nylon
Scale Length
24 3/4"

Other
Serial #
6 13734
Weight
7lbs 9oz
Case
Original Chipboard

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