les paul junior, model identity help please

GuitarMonkey

The Gibson Custom Shop was a separate entity from about 1986.

jd0272

Source? Not being arsey, inquisitive.

jd0272

According to Gibson Custom Shop interwebby it was 1993. Means I'm a year out an all.

ICBM

jd0272 said:

Certificates for Historic's weren't issued until 2000 or thereabouts I believe.

Maybe that's why my friend thought it was a pre-Historic.

I must admit I don't pay much attention to the 'case candy' nonsense that everyone seems to get so hung up on.

GuitarMonkey

jd0272 said:

According to Gibson Custom Shop interwebby it was 1993. Means I'm a year out an all.

Historic Division was '93. Custom Shop predates that.

"when Henry Juszkiewicz and Dave Berryman bought the company in 1986, Gibson decided to split the Custom Shop into a separate division within the organization."

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/a-modern-history-of-the-gibson-custom-shop-1

Trotter

ICBM said:

Trotter said:

@icbm quite a whack over a grand, hence wanting to find out the exact model before going further.

That's top money for one even if it's exactly what it seems to be and in great condition.

A friend of mine is selling a '98 pre-Historic double-cut Jr. in cherry, if you're interested - I think he'd take a bit less than that.

some details would be great thanks  

serial was either 0 6901 or 0 9061, can't remember which now. 

have not seen a case for it as of yet. i'm fairly confident that it is a genuine gibbo, i've had a lot over the years. If it's a fake it's a bloody good one!  

 

Trotter

ICBM said:

Trotter said:

@icbm quite a whack over a grand, hence wanting to find out the exact model before going further.

That's top money for one even if it's exactly what it seems to be and in great condition.

A friend of mine is selling a '98 pre-Historic double-cut Jr. in cherry, if you're interested - I think he'd take a bit less than that.

some details would be great thanks  

serial was either 0 6901 or 0 9061, can't remember which now. 

have not seen a case for it as of yet. i'm fairly confident that it is a genuine gibbo, i've had a lot over the years. If it's a fake it's a bloody good one!  

 

ICBM

Trotter said:

A friend of mine is selling a '98 pre-Historic double-cut Jr. in cherry, if you're interested - I think he'd take a bit less than that.

some details would be great thanks

Sorry, I got confused as to who was asking back there!

Anyway - it's a '98 Historic (not 'pre', thanks to GuitarMonkey for info) '58 double-cut Junior reissue, cherry, 60s neck profile, all-original apart from a genuine old (Sprague I think) tone cap I fitted a few years ago for him, in excellent condition with original case.

He's looking for a grand after shipping/Paypal or whatever.

PM me if you're interested and I'll forward details.

jd0272

GuitarMonkey said:

jd0272 said:

According to Gibson Custom Shop interwebby it was 1993. Means I'm a year out an all.

Historic Division was '93. Custom Shop predates that.

"when Henry Juszkiewicz and Dave Berryman bought the company in 1986, Gibson decided to split the Custom Shop into a separate division within the organization."

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/a-modern-history-of-the-gibson-custom-shop-1

Ahhh, well that's fair enough!

Sorry for delay, catching up on GOT.