Screw the authenticity - that thing sounds awesome.

@macmuggo5459

4 жыл бұрын

Gary Crosbie well it’s important for resale value but I see your point

@pablo9364

4 жыл бұрын

It was made to be played. Nice instrument

@rcpmac

4 жыл бұрын

Mac Muggo, High resale value is important if you’re a seller not if you’re a buyer and player

@TheMidnightModder

3 жыл бұрын

That's like my Telecaster. I have 0 clue what brand it is and I have 0 clue if it's worth anything but it sounds so good to my ear

@snottyboy9983

3 жыл бұрын

If you have an instrument that sounds amazing, why sell it?

"It's guilt free, I didn't break it and I didn't repair it" , that is great!!! Just enjoy it for a lot less money!

@gungunggadung6792

3 жыл бұрын

Those are words to live by!

As an old (retired ) luthier, i repaired a few broken headstocks. I must say that this repair is reallly awesome ,perfect in any way, and it will never ,ever break again , unless you throw it under a bus :-). Gibson used Hondurs mahogany for many years, it makes the guitar really light. This one is a keeper, for shure

That is an helluva repair. I'd be stoked to own something with so much character and style. Good find

If only I could find one lying around in that pawn shop on the corner...

@b.rodclark7349

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@Neptonic101

4 жыл бұрын

Never buy a guitar at a pawn shop if your smart but it from the original owner used.

@b.rodclark7349

4 жыл бұрын

@@Neptonic101 i have two Teles (one recently Esquired), two Strats, two Maestro Juniors (LP & SG) and they're all pawn shop bargains I'm proud of.

@edisontsang8365

4 жыл бұрын

brett767 if only we have pawn shops in Hong Kong here😢

@Neptonic101

4 жыл бұрын

@@b.rodclark7349 damm lucky! I just say as it is much more risky as you need to be experienced.

The case looks like a movie prop from pirates of the Caribbean lmao.

@j_freed

4 жыл бұрын

I really want to go over that thing with an exacto blade, a lighter and some superglue. OCD triggered!

@ziggylayneable

4 жыл бұрын

@@j_freed dear God no please don't do that it would ruin it.... The case itself is probably worth a little bit of money.

@probablynotdad6553

4 жыл бұрын

@@j_freed how to ruin an antique/valuable item in just 3 easy steps.

@jetboy_

4 жыл бұрын

93

@mr.bhombasticfuckingfantas9645

4 жыл бұрын

@@j_freed God No i have OCD too but i'm not stupid

you should check it under black light to see the actual repairs

I'd love to find one of those at my local pawn shop among the sea of Squier Affinities and Chinese copies.

@BSIII

4 жыл бұрын

There was a 'gibson sg' at a pawn shop i looked at a couple weeks ago that they had priced at 300$. At a closer look, the binding was terrible, tuners looked super crappy and cheap, and frets felt terrible. Ended up being a chibson lmao.

@kinghulk4142

4 жыл бұрын

@@BSIII it's illegal to resale a chibson.you can't trade it,sale it or even give it away.thats what I heard..🤷🏼‍♂️

@BSIII

4 жыл бұрын

@@kinghulk4142 that's exactly what I was thinking. That is illegal lol that pawn shop is bugging out. The guy working there even knew it wasn't real

@precisionbrown6829

4 жыл бұрын

jack palczynski hey nothing wrong with a good squire.

@davidrosenzweig1380

4 жыл бұрын

These things hide in country pawnshops

Looks like a great repair job. Nothing to worry about, and adds to the story.

I just love your candid views on the guitars you share with us Matthew. Brilliant just brilliant. Lovely guitar with a nice tone from your playing through whichever amp you're plugged into. Fabulous wear on the case too. By the way I forgot to thank you for demonstrating how to measure the strength of pups on the recent 1999 red strat, fantastic work all round man. PEACE 🤠🎸

Holy moly it sounds good. That’s all I would really care about with this guitar.

Sounds great! Love that sound and I'm sure it plays well too! Thanks for sharing Matt!

You have developed a really great eye, and knowledge base on these vintage instruments. One of the reasons I really enjoy your channel. You’re right, that is still a great guitar. Feels like you’re playing that through the Bassman? Anyway, P90’s into to Tweed is an amazing tone...P90’s into any vintage Fender is righteousness! Wish I had cash burning a hole...would reach out to you. Love that guitar!

Awesome guitar. My brother had one. Had :( Still one of my all-time favorites. So light and so simple. I'm down to 2 guitars now, a Strat and a Variax, but if bought another guitar it would be something like that - light, 1 pickup, 2 knobs. Something super simple that makes you work for tonal variety and makes you want to dig in. And really nice playing!

I watch all your gear videos and you have gotten some amazing guitars and this one is certainly one of them. That is a expert repair job on that guitar,someone really took the time and effort to make it structurally sound and looking good.That guitar is a BEAST! it does sound great! Congrats!

very special guitar .puts me in mind of Steve Marriott. nice playing, Matthew Scott.when we see a guitar as rare as this we want to hear it, inevitably.

You can see the colour of the finish is the same on the heel of the neck so I would say it broke around the 70s and repaired then! The guy had skills to get it to look so good. And that p90 rocks man⚡⚡⚡⚡

I really like the color, the sound, and the extreme care of the repair. Won't likely break again which is a bonus. It's a keeper I think!

Absolutely love this channel! Great playing and interesting videos with brilliant discussion.

Love the info you provide and your playing…..absolutely top notch

The work on the neck and head stock gives it character and a cool story. I'm a fan too. Beautiful guitar.

The thing i like about a LS Junior is the simplicity of it. One tone one volume, the rest of sound comes from the hands. Love that guitar!

@bradgriffith4231

5 ай бұрын

I have a totally custom Epiphone SG JR with a Seymour Duncan humbucker & a push/pull volume pot for coil splitting but it doesn't hold a candle to my totally custom Epi LP Special with humbucker size P90s wound to the 50s resistance & a push/pull volume pot for series phasing capability. JRs & Specials all had only 2 pots. P90s are the t!ts for sound & the main reason 50s Gibsons are so desireable. Both Gibson & Epiphone are now making several different model guitars with P90s, including SG & LP JRs & Specials, also a ES339--P90.

After a bad day , i came home to hear this playin........much better now ! Very much better ! Thanks Brother.

Very, very cool. And the playing was superb, as always. Keep'em coming, man. Cheers

Sounds amazing.The intonation is good.Got that tasty crisp definition I try for with my equipment.

Gotta say, , , First viewing and I’m subbed. “ This is the absolute guitar of my dreams” However, as much as I’d love to own one (and play it half as well as you), I really would love to meet the guy who made the repairs. . . You have a rather special package there.

Even though it says that it has a headstock repair that looks like whoever did actually made it better than it was before the tuners and bridge make it a much more playable guitar and it is easier to keep the intonation correct with the newer style bridge. The tuners are much better than the stock plus the headstock looks perfect. It might detract from the value but it makes the whole guitar more of a player than a collector's piece. I would rather have a guitar that plays excellent and is worth less money than a stock original that you are not going to be able to play all the time even if it's worth two or three times more.

@lueysixty-six7300

4 жыл бұрын

Any day

@edwhite7475

4 жыл бұрын

ME too.....i customize almost everything cos these are MY guitars and i have specific needs and uses for them....all just tools in the box to me.....i DO take care of them, and i dont have any old ones any more, cos if i cant use em what the hell are they good for.... my vehicles are "daily drivers' too....

@todaywefly4370

4 жыл бұрын

Yep! It’s not always about the money.

@Panic42000

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Richardson What a stupid comment.

@goshgolly8305

3 жыл бұрын

Guitars, cars, record albums whatever. It's fine to have collector's pieces that you don't use to keep them mint condition and also have usable examples. No need to make a choice you can have both. If you won the lottery a hundred million dollars I bet you you'd buy a few collectible items that you didn't use and just kept them nice and mint condition. That's the fun of collecting collectible stuff. It's also fun to use stuff. Y'all have a great day

Sweet guitar and excellent skills, always enjoy your vids and your knowledge for a young man is incredible. As always well done.

You lucky dog you. OMG it sounds incredible through my terrible tiny phone speaker. Thank you for the free goosebumps.

Matthew,that was beautiful.WELL,it's apparent that nothing is wrong with the sound or playability of that guitar.Great video!

@HarveyWallbanger-ho2cq

7 ай бұрын

Make a space after punctuation

Sounds awesome nice find!great playing Matthew,Cheers

i love how well done the repairs are. MOJO!

it is a 58 Les Paul as I still have mine that I bought when i was 15. Very rare now

@eraz9587

4 жыл бұрын

how old are u now?

@johnnypalacios9920

4 жыл бұрын

Wanna sell it?

Early in 1959 I was looking for a new electric guitar. I was in a little guitar shop in Snow Hill Birmingham UK. The shop owner showed me a simple looking single pickup no tremolo Gibson. Similar to the one you demonstrate. He told me it was the only guitar I would ever need. I didn’t take his advice wanting something more glamorous. How wrong was I.

@Kevin-mx1vi

3 ай бұрын

An Gibson guitar in Birmingham in 1959 ? You sure you've got the year right ? After WWII, Britain owed America a massive amount of money and really didn't want to owe them more, so American guitars were subject to a massive (over 100%) import tax until the mid 60's and no-one was importing them until that time because they would have been stupidly expensive. Gibson did not have a UK agent until 66/67 so a new one would be impossible to find before that.

I just started playing( I’m 51) and bought a 2006 Squier Classic Vibe and I am really enjoying myself. I enjoy videos like this about old guitars. That one sounds sweet.

Great find Math. Sounds awesome, Beautiful low, great mids, clear high. Love it.

Sounds so good! I've had the privilege of playing a 1950's Gibson Les Paul in the past that was in my luthier friend's shop. It was really beat up but still incredible. Awesome find dude!

If I look at xour Reverb Shop the are „0 items for sale“....strange....

@thedoobiesistersandsackbla5718

4 жыл бұрын

shim

@allaboutdatGDA

4 жыл бұрын

its all about letting the people know, ya know

Thanks Matt. Great old guitar... I bet it appreciates being played and enjoyed. Thanks for sharing.

Talented demonstration. Beautiful old guitar. Thank you.

For some reason that is the best sound I have ever heard!

Found a 1962 in a used furniture store once. Long time ago. Still have it.

@j_freed

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Always look for things not native to the market where they are sold!

@MatthewScottmusic

4 жыл бұрын

Wow killer!!

Beautiful guitar and beautiful sounding as well, great find

By this video, you've made this beautiful guitar even more valuable. Bravo.

I found one like that in a pawn shop in Oklahoma in 1971. I paid $40 for it, I tried to talk them down but they were firm at 40. Wish I still had it.

@gavinw5469

2 жыл бұрын

40 bucks is cheap...

Your playing is great!!! Tone is also perfect!

@therugburnz

3 жыл бұрын

He does have a nice touch.

Man you always find these old gems! I love the checking and aging to the finish. I bet this beast is super fun to play! Mojo!! I would have purchased this in a heart beat too! The pickup tone on those older p-90's were not too much different than the PAG really! Alot of people try to change these out on the older gold tops and even the jr.'s on occation but theirs really no need too. Keep them as original as you can i say! Thanks for sharing man always a pleasure! Rock on!!

saw things like these when i was 12 in '69, yep a little pawn shop. Leslie would have dug them.

@craigdouglas9979

4 жыл бұрын

I was also 12 in 1969 and the things I could have bought in a pawn shop was unbelievable. Much of it was not in great condition but cheap and 100% authentic.

@TheeInjun

4 жыл бұрын

Oh to have been there, knowing what I know now.

@MobileSpider

4 жыл бұрын

Who is leslie

@noahjuan2234

4 жыл бұрын

@@MobileSpider My guess is Leslie West

@noahjuan2234

4 жыл бұрын

@@craigdouglas9979 In '69 I bought '56 LP Special for $69 at a pawn shop. The good old days.

Looks like that case started sprouting reeds and growing in all directions. If you prematurely pulled it out of the ground, maybe the guitar simply isn't ripe yet?

@MatthewScottmusic

4 жыл бұрын

It tasted fine

@whynottalklikeapirat

4 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewScottmusic There is much to be said for the benefits of a vintage diet

Tremendous playing on a tremendous guitar. Thanks, Matthew!

Hey Matt, I really like your videos. I'm not even a guitar player...I'm a drummer...but I've always loved guitars, simply as works of art...I think they're beautiful! These old guitars evoke the same emotions in me as old cars or old motorcycles do. I've been really impressed with your passion and knowledge and you play with a lot of soul...very cool!

Yes, that's the Gibson's esquire ! Great sounding guitar, even if neck was repaired, and obviously well done.

@dennisschell5543

4 жыл бұрын

That was my first thought....Esquire wannabe

Those old dog eared p-90s love to sing!

Man, that guitar sounds great. Really enjoyed the playing Matthew.

This rig sounds so warm and beautiful !

That's a really elaborate repair. I would have thought "re-neck" until you showed where the veneers had been added front and back. Can you see a transition from the headstock into the neck on the back? At the very least, they refinished the whole neck. Very cool guitar though, and sounds amazing.

@j_freed

4 жыл бұрын

My impression is all the broken wood joins are now concealed in the back veneer, so this would be a 'high' break. You'd think they would have had to plane the back of the headstock to apply the veneer, or else it would be really thick?

@MatthewScottmusic

4 жыл бұрын

Yes there is an expertly blended repair into the neck. Almost cant see it.

How I’d love to have that guitar 😍

That looks and sounds beautiful. And you sure put it to work. I hope I find one of those one day.

Love the Junior. Built a high end kit one. 58 style body,59 style neck. Love the growl.

That thing sounds FANTASTIC.

such pretty chord playing in the middle

I like your videos a lot and I love your laid back playing style. Very tasteful. I could listen to you play for hours. And your laid back personal attitude is a bonus too. You would be really cool to hang with. I almost forgot to say, killer axe !!! Love the sound.

Great stuff man I like your channel learning a lot!

Amazing guitar. could you make a tutorial on the first part you played, that sounded great

Sounds amazing , abit like Brian Mays guitar strangely . Brilliant 👍🤘🏻⚡️

That's a beautiful beast. Kinda regretting letting my 59 go a few years back. Though I couldn't afford to keep that and finance the 56 Special - which is a real peach. Really digging the channel and your playing is off the frikkin scale - even for an old dude like me who's been spanking the plank on stages across the world since the mid 70's! Total respect. Keep up the fantastic work. PEACE!!! ;-)

OMG my hair is standing up my neck. Sweet classic 70's sound. I had a 1960 Jr.

EXACTLY like my first electric guitar I bought used in 1964. Love those old P90's. Wish I had not had to sell it to go to college. I hear it's still around my old home town, and the music store that owns it has turned down a $15k offer on it. I originally paid $65 and it came with a Gibson amp at that price. Too soon old, too late smart!

I never paid much attention to LP juniors, obviously I was missing out, love the tones!

@billkalina3089

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! They had a wonderful tone!

@donrutter6765

4 жыл бұрын

38 special, if that tone comes to mind.

Im thinking of getting a LP Junior, cause I wanna a guitar with a p-90, and your playing is really selling me on it! Love learning about the differences in years and models of Les Pauls, so keep the videos coming!!

Had a Gibson Melody Maker back in the 80's. Same gorgeous finish. That deep red is beautiful. Wish I hadn't sold it, but I was young and had no idea.

It looks and sounds like a sweetie...rock on, bro...and it is good to see a younger bro playing in a more melodic and traditional style. We have enough "scale junkies" on YT.

Hey Matt, great guitar. I appreciate how much you care about these old guitars. I've got a late 50's LP Special single cut away w/ 2 P90's. It's definitely player grade and needs to be finished. I have most of the original parts but just not the original pickups. Head is unbroken and I got it in shambles. It needs to be painted and reassembled. Interested?

@MatthewScottmusic

4 жыл бұрын

Everett, I really would. Can you email me info? Matthewscottlive@gmail.com

Damn dude you were feeling it. Badass playing

Awesome guitar, playing and find. Cheers mate

Check with a blacklight, youll be able to see if the neck has aged different it its refinished or replaced

Wow, rare pawn shops have 50's models. I think we're all curious what it cost, but can understand for obvious reasons why you wouldn't disclose that. As long as repairs are solid you've got yourself real winner that looks every bit as good from 5 feet, and you can buy another good guitar and amp for what you've saved over vault jewelry axes! See, back in the day we just played'em! You can feel THAT playing that _little_ gem! My favorite guitar of mine for 35 years now. A 1961, identical to yours, except that square cut. Favorite playing, and sounding... a real stomper! THE REISSUES REALLY SHOULD HAVE THE ORANGE TINT! They look great faded like that. And it's a uniform color. Mine looks great. It truly shows of the grain of the mahogany better than any stain/finish. The *P90 pickup* sounds defined, crisp, clear/clarified through the *BC109 transistor buffer circuit in my *WATKINS COPICAT MkIV tape echo* ( "MADE FOR GUILD GUITARS U.S.A." silk screened on top of chrome surface). The buffer circuit stays on even when the echo foot switch bypasses the echo. Totally recommend grabbing a MkIV if you ever have a chance. Buy a reel of decent standard iron oxide 1/2" Reel to Reel tape, a splicing block & splice tape, a simple inexpensive Tape Head De-magnetizer, and you'll be set for life. The sound of the LP jr. through my 1965 Fender Bassman on a 2-12" (factory equipped UTAH speakers) Fender tilt back cabinet is heavenly touch sensitive clean to dirty. Nothing better!😊

Enjoy your passion for fine old instruments. Just found the channel with the other LP you got at Goodwill. Great find. Hope it works out with some decent "restore". Thanks for the content

Enjoy seeing the old ones, you skillful demoed. looking forward to next

I'm hoping to buy my first pre cbs fender on Monday and always knew it wouldn't be 100% original but that's sometimes what you have to do find the player grade stuff

are you in texas? this looks identical to a guitar sent to me from texas with a broken head stock and looks like the same repair. I don't remember the body looking that good tho.

@asyouratty13

4 жыл бұрын

He's in Oklahoma

Man it sounds AMAZING. it’s like it’s ‘Alive’. Wow 👏👏👏😍

Wow Matthew, that sounds pretty magical the way you work that guitar/amp

Sounds fantastic - even if the neck seems definitely to be a replacement

I have one in tv yellow was my dads love that guitar.

@awesomexistence

4 жыл бұрын

63-64 era SG Special was my dads since 65. Has a double stamped serial number due to Gibson losing Les Paul endorsement. All original no repairs, paint checked from age and several character marks.

Very cool! As long as it sounds and feels good😍

Beautiful guitar Scott. Sounds amazing. Thanks.

Love the tone on this one I Def need to add a junior or special to my collection. Ultimate southern rock and classic rock guitar One can never go wrong with a good ole American made guitar

Amazing tone, unbelievable!! What song are you playing? Love that chord progression man!!

@MatthewScottmusic

4 жыл бұрын

1959 bassman and thats it! original song.

@scottwhite8036

4 жыл бұрын

Are you serious

@nicolejustis5411

4 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewScottmusic Heard a little Zepplin in there.Nice!

It's a great guitar. Well done getting your hands on it. I have dreams about discovering old guitars like this.

Beautiful tones and great repair!

Yeah that's definitely a replacement neck, luthier probably used a custom stamp to put the exact same serial number from the original on. But hey, it ain't all that bad. Sounds fantastic anyways

@dyamariv3628

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think it's a replacement neck, why would he go through the trouble of veneering the back of the original Gibson headstock with the wings. He refined the original neck to match and veneered over the damage to the original neck. Case closed..

@j_freed

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, that makes no sense my friend. You'd have to fabricate a complete replacement neck and spend forever steaming off the neck joint and that would mess with the original body finish... there's no sign of that.

@MatthewScottmusic

4 жыл бұрын

What they said

I was lucky enough to have been around when 48th street in Manhattan NY was still a guitarist paradise back in the 70's and these were a dime a dozen. It was insane we-buy guitars had more strats hanging in the front windows than you would believe. Late 50's gold tops for 950 with the original PAF's, reverse firebirds for 700 800, all original 3 pu custom BB lp's 1200 or so K.R. made them popular so they ere a little more pricey. Then they had the secrete weapon you hold in your hands 50's LPJ double cuts 400 and less they couldn't give them away. I have had more vintage guitars pass through my hands than I care to remember and would be a couple hundred grand richer today had I been able to hold onto a few more. It was an unbelievable time for guitar players and bassists who wanted vintage. I am sitting here holding the same guitar you are playing and it is stellar I wouldn't sell it for any amount it is a beast I bought it from Alex music in 76 for 350 and it's the only 50's LP I was able to hold onto. Keep that guitar Matthew you will regret it latter down the road when these are all but gone and the ones available like yours are going for 20 K. So what it was busted it was repaired the right way and it sounds killer add to that... you don't have to worry about breaking it it's already had its cherry popped its a players axe and its a beauty. Good to see guys your age preserving this stuff. Ever see a Burst for 2500 I have in Manys back in the day I wish I would have bought it, 2500 was a lot of money back then though way more than I could justify spending on a guitar :(

@Anonymous.android

4 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed reading this comment

Its sure is beautiful, great repair of old by a master craftsman i would guess, awesome tone, wish i could find something like that, lovely is that,👏👏👏🙏❤😉

wow when you hit those open chords, that's some magic.

What a nice chap! Grateful for the videos, thank you.

Lucky you. You don’t even get Epiphone/Squier guitars in my local pawn shops

Old World Craftsmanship. Most likely expertly repaired last Century. I am thinking the break and repair happened when this guitar was still fairly young in its life. There was a window in past times that these LP Jr. were not worth much at all. Had the break happened during that time frame this guitar would have most likely just been tossed after being cannibalized for parts. It is that which makes me think it is a very old repair as the neck and headstock look to have vintage wear. Just a guess on my part. Great find, great video, Thank You Matt.

@guitarocd9984

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with what you said. But in the late 70s I work in a custom guitar store. The guy that owned it always said if it had Gibson on it I could sell it. No matter what it was. I remember a mandolin came in and he bought it. I said why did you buy that thing. He said it has Gibson on it. So he thought every Gibson was worth saving. Back then you couldn't go online and buy logos. So you had to save the whole guitar.

@guitarocd9984

4 жыл бұрын

What I remember is $250 was about as low as any Gibson would go back then. Thinking back I can remember used SGs were everywhere. I don't remember seeing juniors. Or maybe I just didn't notice them. Maybe like you said people trashed them.

@hkguitar1984

4 жыл бұрын

@@guitarocd9984 Back in the day I can see purchasing anything with a Gibson logo as a valid strategy, so yeah, that makes total sense. I remember the pre-internet days, I kind of miss them to be honest. Or maybe it's just that back then seemed much easier and slower paced. I've visited Matt's Reverb.com page and don't see this Jr. listed, maybe it's already sold. Either way I am curious how much something like that is worth, I'd love to have an old Jr. w/P90 if I could afford one.

@guitarocd9984

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely hunting on the Internet is way easier then it used to be. I used to drive miles to look at something or find something out. There was nowhere to go except a music store. Some things you could learn in 5 minutes on the internet took 20 years to learn before. But there's a lot of wrong information and deception going on also. I'm not talking about Matthew. So it's nice I have a reference. But we risk sounding like our father. I had to walk 20 miles to school.

@hkguitar1984

4 жыл бұрын

@@guitarocd9984 No shame in sounding like my Father, so yeah...........LOL If I'd only known back then what I know now! Funny you mentioned that, 5 minutes to learn on the internet verses 20 years without, so true about some things. I say funny because a friend and I were having very much the same conversation yesterday about that.

You are a very good player ! You remind me of myself a whole lot ! Keep on rocking my friend ! 👍

Man you got a magic combo there-Player grade Awesomeness-indeed !