Can’t seem to find info on this Epi JR

[Tyglaze]

Hi everyone, my name is J. I am new to this forum…. I joined specifically in hopes to find answers to a specific guitar I own. Years ago, I purchased a Epifoam junior, Les Paul I started collecting juniors from Gibson, at the phone, boutique brands, etc. when I finished my recording studio (I was never a big Les Paul guy, but my experience doing session work, and what not I was always handed an old Les Paul Junior to record with. So, that brings me to this particular, Les Paul Junior from Epiphone, I have done the serial number even spoke to a Rec from Gibson, and nobody seems to know anything about this particular Les Paul Junior, which was all black no pick guard, head, Grovers and a set- neck, what stands out the most is it somewhere between 3/4 and 7/8 the size of a normal Junior body! The next scale is normal it’s arched headstock is normal, but the body is smaller.. I loved the guitar from the second I threw down a whopping $70 for it on a marketplace app.. the owner doesn’t remember anything about the guitar other than it was purchased for one of his kids years ago. I will post pictures next but, like most of my guitars, it’s been completely modified and rebuilt for my own specifications. Lipitor now has a Bigsby, Seymour, Duncan, all Gibson CTS 500 pots, .Uf22 orange drop cap, and the top paint it a sage green in the back done in Placid blue, also upgraded to Vintage Kluson machine heads.

So that the side does anyone know anything about apple phone Les Paul Junior, with a slightly smaller l body?

 

[syco]

Welcome !!! Quite a few Junior experts here . Hopefully they can help .

 

[Tyglaze]

Thanks!!! I’ll post a picture, I want to get tit next to another Epi lo jr for reference


These two pics are from when I was re doing the guitar - never mind the Gibson logo (I have 20 factory vinyl logos - but, I’ll get it next to a reg sized jr)


Thanks

 

[Tyglaze]

Seems I can’t post pics the files are too large? Hmmm

 

[Tyglaze]

 

[3bolt79]

Looks nice. I’d say you did well, considering what you paid and it being a set neck, even being an Epiphone, especially if it came with that bridge/Whammy system.

 

[Tyglaze]

Thank you… I put a lot of work into it after I discovered how cool it looked with it extra small body lol. Since it’s a junior with a flat top, I had choices as far as bridges, and I went with a B-4 trem, I also have two different brand of roller bridges which definitely helps with the Trem arm but I would have to route out a bit of the body because the bridges are putting my strings into the clouds and that’s the lowest starting point so I went with the original cheap TOM, the pick up was originally a zebra , it sounded decent. I swapped it out for a few different Kent Armstrong, pick ups that sound great ended up settling with an old Seymour Duncan invader, I also have a chrome pick up guard that matches the chrome knobs that are actually Fender, And it came jet black with the speed dial knobs and no Pickard, which makes sense. I bought an Epiphone Junior pic, and it was huge since the pot is smaller, so I made one myself that fit with a Dremel, there is pearl and lays hard to see because in the picture Guitar wasn’t complete yet and I had a filler over the Ebony that gets sanded down, but it covers the pearls while it’s curing, I originally did the guitar from Black to a British racing green all the way around and I don’t know what made me decide to go with a sage top and a placid blue back… May I’ve worked on guitars as a hobby for 40 years now and I’ve just recently learned how to paint and paint correctly… Anyways, I’m blabbing. Thank you.

 

[Tyglaze]

Thanks here’s a picture of the roller bridge that wouldn’t fit… And here’s a few pictures of a SuhrStrat I painted green with aerosol cans, it was just to be a touchup and ended up painting everything lol

 

[BGood]

Thanks here’s a picture of the roller bridge that wouldn’t fit…

That is not a roller bridge, it's a wraparound bridge. Those have the same stud spacings as tailpieces.

 

[Tyglaze]

That is not a roller bridge, it's a wraparound bridge. Those have the same stud spacings as tailpieces.

Yes your 100% that’s the stop wrap around with the adjustable saddles… the Roller Bridge is on a Tele now, I messed that one up. My Bad.