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Deceptively simple; surprisingly excellent.
2018 Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul TV Junior
I was never able to bond with bridge pickups. Ijust didnt sound good on them...too thin, not enough "roundness". So I spent my first several decades absolutely avoiding bridge-only, single pickup guitars.
But then I got my hands on this one...and everything changed! It's amazing how great the right pieces of mahogany, glued together, can sound.
Who didn't grow up enjoying a little Saturday morning TV?
2018 Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul TV Junior VOS
2018 Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul Junior TV Model reissue.
Just a 2018 TV Junior reissue in the afternoon sun.
Something strange is happening to me.
Precisely 4 decades after picking up my first guitar, and spending 3.996 (99.9%) of those decades playing solely on the neck pickup of any guitar that I picked up...I am suddenly completely enamoured by, and totally OBSESSED with, the sound of bridge pickups!
And this is the guitar I credit with helping me see (hear?) the light. 2018 Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul Junior VOS, acquired earlier this year from my friend @tomgibson3783.
Maybe it's because I spent the first 3 decades of my guitar life owning just Stratocasters, but I have always stayed away from the bridge pickup, because I felt the sound was too thin for my (inept) playing. But this guitar doesn't sound that way at all...the pickup is full and round sounding. It's fat, but still has the "bite" that you can't get from a neck pickup. It's very satisfying to play.
And it has encouraged me to try (and enjoy) playing the bridge pickups more on my other guitars. So far, I'm really enjoying my R9's "Wizz" bridge pickup, as well as the bridge pickups on my Nighthawks and Les Paul Special.
But the real test will be if I can get a good sound out of a Strat bridge! Wish me luck on that one... 😉
Does it need to be vintage to be great? Hell no!
Case in point: this reissue Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul TV Junior VOS, on loan from my buddy @tomgibson3783, is one of those guitars that makes me sound good even on my worst day. And when the guitar helps me sound good I actually play better.
"Hello, you have reached DeeBeeUs™ International Headquarters. We can't come to the phone right now because we are on the road to the @elmiravintageguitars show in Elmira Ontario, Canada, and we are SUPER EXCITED about this because its our first guitar show in FOUR YEARS! "We promise to return with a CF Express card crammed full of gear shots that will be posted in the coming days, but for now, please enjoy these photographs. We have left Douglas 🦫 in charge of headquarters, and he plans to noodle on @tomgibson3783's #Gibson #CustomShop #LesPaul #TVJunior through Deebs' 1966 #Traynor #YGA1 B. "We will be gone all day, but if you care to leave your name, number, and a brief message after the bleep, we will return your call as soon as possible. thank you and happy #GibSunday!" Bleeeeeeeeeep.
First few images from the Elmira Vintage Guitar Show this past weekend:
1955 Gretsch 6136 White Falcon
1961 Gibson Les Paul SG TV Junior
1959 Gretsch 6139 White Falcon.
Yes: there were TWO White Falcons in the same room at the same time!
