bassbiscuits Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) Anyone here tried a Gibson SG Junior? I've borrowed a 2004 one off my brother who isn't using it, and i fear i can see how this GAS will all end... I normally play strats, and this definitely isn't one of them - a single P90, a wrapover bridge, late 60s batwing-style pickguard, fat 50s-style neck, dark red woodstain. But oh, the sound! Real snarl and bite from the P90 cranked to full, but rolls off nicely on the volume, and the tone control rolled off takes you into halfway-set wah wah territory and dark woody sounds. Ironically, i can see me having to flog my USA HSS strat to fund this (if it comes to that - steady on!) and while this SG Junior does more or less just one thing, it does it spectacularly! Oh yes, and it looks awesome. Edited November 21, 2017 by bassbiscuits 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I always found that a single pickup guitar focused one’s attention marvellously and made you think of different ways to coax different tones from it. Leslie West did wonders with his LP junior back in his Mountain days. Vive la difference! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Good shout ezbass! Yep Leslie West had a great sound. And yes you're right about a single pickup focusing the mind. As a lifelong P bass player I'm not really one for pointless fiddling - get a good sound, and then get on with playing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintspiller Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I bought a 74 SG Special about 26 years ago. I wasn't able to play at full volume in the shop (Session Music, Belfast), but it felt great despite being so narrow at the nut. The mini humbuckers looked cute. I didn't like the sound of the mini hums when I tried it at home. I replaced the one in the bridge with a Seymourised model, but it didn't improve things. Fast forward over 15 years and I sold the mini humbuckers for money to buy pedals and got a cheap P90 from eBay and installed it in the bridge. It sounded great! I got a friend to make me a custom scratchpad to cover the route for the neck number and the guitar now looks somewhat like a Junior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I’ve never seen an SG Junior with a batwing guard before. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grenadillabama Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 If you like that SG you will like the new LP Jr. with one P-90 also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 I have a 1967 one of these. Light as a feather and tone to die for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Absolutely! My brother recently picked a 1963 one up for £2,400 because the body had been professionally refinished (and the nitro crazed) to cover up a past bodge fitting a tremolo. Absolutely gorgeous to play and the descriptions of the P90 sound above are spot on. Saw him gig it with Stonehouse the night he got it. That's a Flea bass through an SVT on teh left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 On 21/05/2019 at 13:12, grenadillabama said: If you like that SG you will like the new LP Jr. with one P-90 also. He's got one of those too.. although he shed a few to fund the SG Junior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 There's a tech in Reading I know who has one. I was surprised how well it intonated for a 1960s guitar with a wraparound bridge. As previously posted, it was light as a feather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 My brother's 62 (not 63, after doing S/N checks...) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I had a Junior way back in the 70's (cherry of course) and also an SG100 (slanted pickup near the neck) after that. Never got on with the 100 but the Junior was a fabulous guitar. Beautiful creamy tone with the tone backed off and cutting rock sound with the treble hiked up. Eminently playable on long gigs and a do it all classic. Miss mine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12stringbassist Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I'll muddle along with my Vintage. Lovely... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I’ve got a Vintage (brand, not age) SG that plays beautifully. I’ve retro fitted a Bigsby style trem, and put coil-tappable humbuckers with push/pull pots to go between humbuckers and single coils. At its default setting it’s wired as a pair of single coils, and I find that I rarely bother with hunbuckers- it sounds great like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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