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In the relatively short history of the electric guitar, some designs that stand out as timeless examples of good design – the Fender® Telecaster and Statocaster, the Rickenbacker 330 and 360 series, the Gibson® Les Paul, and this month’s feature, the 1959 Les Paul Junior. The Junior is a classic example of good design not needing to be complex. This guitar’s top features strikingly quilted maple in a chevron pattern, surrounded by tortoiseshell binding, which also surrounds the headstock. The guitar’s body and neck are avodire, a blond mahogany from Africa, flat-sawn for the body and quartersawn for the neck. Its electronics are, as in the original, a single Gibson® “dog ear” P-90 pickup, controlled by a single volume and tone control, Kluson tuning machines, and a wrap-around bridge / tailpiece. ~ Click to view larger image ~
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