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Les Paul Jr

bluecat

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I don't know if this is the right place to post pictures and information about a custom shop Les Paul Jr that I have please let me know if I'm doing this wrong
 

bluecat

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I have had this guitar for at least 25 years I bought it from a friend who was the original owner to help him out of a jam one of my best........... friends was the manager of the store that he bought it from so I'm pretty confident that it is what he told me which is a custom shop Les Paul Jr which I stripped down to Bear wood what say all of you ?1000004850.jpg I'm kind of a Luddite so I'm having a hard time resizing my pictures I got these two to work I will have to figure out how to do the rest
 

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bluecat

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are any more pictures needed to identify this old girl interested in year mainly and if it is truly a custom shop
 

AA00475Bassman

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The serial # is in the Historic 2008 1998 most likely 2008 - I would like someone with more knowledge chime in the runners look very aged ?
 
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sorry for the extra post I'm just checking to see if my photo resizer is working and it is
 

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Hiwatts-n-Gibsons

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I have had this guitar for at least 25 years I bought it from a friend who was the original owner to help him out of a jam one of my best........... friends was the manager of the store that he bought it from so I'm pretty confident that it is what he told me which is a custom shop Les Paul Jr which I stripped down to Bear wood what say all of you ?View attachment 28097 I'm kind of a Luddite so I'm having a hard time resizing my pictures I got these two to work I will have to figure out how to do the rest
That guitar
I have had this guitar for at least 25 years I bought it from a friend who was the original owner to help him out of a jam one of my best........... friends was the manager of the store that he bought it from so I'm pretty confident that it is what he told me which is a custom shop Les Paul Jr which I stripped down to Bear wood what say all of you ?View attachment 28097 I'm kind of a Luddite so I'm having a hard time resizing my pictures I got these two to work I will have to figure out how to do the rest
Did you refinish it? It doesn't look like bare wood.

Needs some TLC on those tuners, but really cool guitar. A vintage rode hard Jr. is a player's rock machine.
 
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