Gibson SG Junior 1967 Vintage Guitar | Or Is It???

[@kwp1977]

Really nice guitar and thanks for the background story....

[@truevintageguitar]

Thank you! I was incredibly stoked to find this one. I'll be sad when it sells too!

[@dpbeason]

Another great video, John. I like that the DC Junior I got from you made a cameo at 2:37. Still one of my favorite guitars!

[@truevintageguitar]

That’s right! I forgot that is the one you got. What a killer guitar. I’m looking for Juniors all the time and they’re tough to find. Glad you’re enjoying it! Thanks for watching too :)

[@Moobumbe]

Dream guitar right here!

[@WillyMcCoy50]

That guitar communicates very well and has a great voicing! Good job!

[@truevintageguitar]

Thanks for watching K! I miss this guitar dearly!

[@Rand_al_Thor372]

The inside of that control cavity makes it look like a refinish job was done early on.

[@SonicSalute]

Oh man, so happy I found your channel

[@truevintageguitar]

Great to have you! Thanks for watching!

[@meclazine]

Nice combo for sound. All SG Specials and JR's from the 60's sound great. Not sure about the 'Made in Japan' open back tuners.

[@shaps6]

This is a great video, and I'm really glad to see you producing quality KZbin content. My quick suggestion is that you consider some background music while you're explaining this or that to the camera. Other than that, this is aces!

[@truevintageguitar]

Thanks for the kind feedback and suggestion! I think you're right. I definitely need to look into that. Cheers! --John

[@LivioC]

Awesome guitar

[@riffsvanwinkle]

Another very strong video.

[@truevintageguitar]

Very kind! Thanks for watching Clint!

[@TvProf53]

I thought that '67 was the year where the pick guard changed from the the smaller style (like on your example) to the larger style that goes fully around the pick-up and bridge?

[@BenState]

68

[@guitarzan2626]

​late 66

[@alexwoolridge94aw]

Best decision I ever made was buying my 1961 Gibson Les Paul jr. Your guitar looks killer

[@guillaumegouyer8393]

Please do a gibson 330 next time. Great job thought !!

[@truevintageguitar]

Guillaume Gouyer absolutely! I’m a huge fan of Gibson ES-330s. Very underrated guitars.

[@corneliuscrewe677]

Awesome example. On a side note, I wonder how many different versions of neck joint Gibson tried on SG’s 😆

[@CAGDESIGNDEVELOPMENT]

One thing I never understood about the TV finishes: If it was meant to make guitars show up better on television...why was it a finish offered on student level guitars? Was there a lot of student level guitarists doing television gigs back then? You would expect that guitarists playing on TV would have professional level Les Pauls. Ps. Subscribed and great vids!

[@truevintageguitar]

Really great insight here and a great question that I'm not able to answer with any authority. If I was going to guess, it may have been a little marketing trick to get young players to buy what they thought should make them popular. They would certainly need a good guitar that would look good on TV because of course they were going to make it big!

[@CAGDESIGNDEVELOPMENT]

@@truevintageguitar I think you're right. Great marketing! God, I wish i had an extra several thousand laying around for that SG TV. White SGs with p-90s are just the best

[@truevintageguitar]

@@CAGDESIGNDEVELOPMENT I totally get that. Some lucky player is going to get a rad vintage Gibson! Thanks for watching!

[@BenjaminHSmith]

@@truevintageguitar Also I assume easier and more cost effective to crank out a lot of them at once in the same finish.

[@truevintageguitar]

@@BenjaminHSmith It might have been useful in covering up a wood flaw that would have been too obvious with a translucent Cherry finish!

[@marcraygun6290]

I never believed the story about it being a fi ish for television as it was a student guitar and professional musician would have standard or custom

[@pada443]

I'm very skeptical of the bridges they put on Les Paul Jr.'s and similar guitars. With the SG Jr. at least you could swap it out for a tune-o-matic if you wanted to intonate for a different string gauge. The one on the Les Paul Jr. where it holds the string and has the fixed saddles just seems like too big of a compromise for intonation and (I would assume) string tension. Are you supposed to buy a different bridge for different string gauges or is this just made for people who don't care if their guitar isn't quite in tune?

[@patolucaspato163]

Sabe alguien si este modelo en concreto se sigue fabricando y vendiendo?

[@johnshannon9873]

Can you please tell me what the bridge is on this? Thanks

[@truevintageguitar]

Sure! This is the original wrap tail style bridge often called the lightning bolt bridge because of the compensated line on the top.

[@johnshannon9873]

@@truevintageguitar Thank you . I'm modifying an SG Jr (adding the short vibrola and an ebony block like the Gibson Brian Ray model). However, I don't think the lightning bolt will work on this because my guitar has the offset studs. I appreciate you quick reply !

[@truevintageguitar]

@@johnshannon9873 Ah yes, it probably won't work with offset studs. Is your guitar vintage? You might consider this bridge: www.musiccitybridge.com/listing/replacement-gibson-wrap-around-tailpiece-stud-finder-polished-nickel/5603631

[@styrenebuilds6851]

The neck joint is the biggest clue that it is post 65

[@jimmywhitlow7174]

I have one just like it. It was my dad's but I never learned to play. Sad really. I don't have a clue of what it is worth though.

[@jimmywhitlow7174]

Mine is a 1965 model though.

[@truevintageguitar]

@@jimmywhitlow7174 Hey Jimmy, sounds like a cool guitar! Can you share some pictures? [e-mail]. I'd love to see it.

[@jimmywhitlow7174]

@@truevintageguitar will do man.

[@jimmywhitlow7174]

You are very knowledgeable. I really enjoy your videos.

[@Rand_al_Thor372]

No no no... the story about TV yellow looking good on Television is disproven by the fact that they also had a TV White finish. What TV means is Translucent Varnish, period. Oh and smoke filled bars aren't the cause of nitro finishes yellowing, no that's a combination of oxygen and UV light and nothing more.

[@patolucaspato163]

,Guaaaau !

[@markymarco2570]

No ebony block.