So my GAS has returned with a vengeance. After parting ways with a previous junior I can't help but long for my old friend. so late last night away from the prying eyes of my girlfriend I discovered a junior that I fancy almost as much as her.
I was wondering if someone can advise me on what you should expect to pay for a 1958 Les Paul Junior Cherry red. The guitar seems overall original, As far as I'm aware their have been no major changes or breaks except those pesky tuner buttons. However the finish has faded somewhat to a more brown rather than the cherry red. Th overall condition is good but does show some signs of wear with heavy checking and some really nice wear on the edges and general chips and scrapes that come with a gigging guitar. It looks like a tone machine.
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An unfaded, unmarked one would be over £5k now.
Actually, FYI, there's a couple of belting TV Yellows on Reverb around the 3.5-4k mark
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Think of it the other way - it's closeness to the '59 Holy Grail'.
A 58 Les Paul Gold Top is the first of the twin PAF guitars, the pickups alone go for a fortune. If you can't afford a burst you go for the Gold Top, plus some people actually prefer the look.
I've got a 50's Standard and traded a 50's Special to get it, both are wonderful guitars, but they do and are quite different.
But you're right is it that different? No, that's when supply and demand kicks in.
There are loads of scenarios like this - early PAF SGs, fraction of the price of the Standard they replaced - amazing (but different) guitars in their own right, 1970 Strat vs 1969 etc.
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