Epiphone Les Paul Junior TV Yellow w/Bag

The Les Paul™ Junior was first introduced in 1954 during Gibson’s first Golden Era. It was designed as an affordable, high-quality, solidbody electric guitar option suitable for students and beginners. Compared to the standard Les Paul models of the early and mid-1950s, the Les Paul Junior was stripped down to the essentials, with the carved maple top, fretboard and body top binding, second pickup and its controls, and the more ornate decorative features of the Les Paul Standard removed, leaving a slab mahogany body and single pickup-equipped model that could be priced more attractively for beginners. However, it wasn’t long before players of all levels of experience and ability, including many professional musicians, discovered the magic of this erstwhile “student model” and began to utilize it on recordings and stages worldwide, performing in a broad range of musical genres. Famous Les Paul Junior players include Leslie West of Mountain, Martin Barre of Jethro Tull, Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke, Glenn Frey of the Eagles, Johnny Thunders, John Lennon, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, and Steve Howe, among others. The appeal? The Les Paul Junior’s outward simplicity disguises the wealth of tonal options available from the single pickup, volume control, and tone control; by varying where you place the picking hand, as well as the settings on the master volume and tone knobs, you can coax a surprisingly wide range of different, and very cool, tones out of a Junior.

Now, Epiphone is proud to introduce the updated Epiphone Les Paul Junior, a guitar designed for today’s players, whether they’re students or professionals, that embodies the spirit of those vintage Juniors. The Les Paul Junior features all of the details that have made the Junior a favorite of musicians for over 70 years, including a single cutaway slab mahogany body, a mahogany neck with a satisfyingly hand-filling 50s Vintage profile, and a rosewood fretboard with simple pearloid dot inlays. The headstock is equipped with Epiphone Deluxe tuners with ivory buttons for a vintage-approved appearance, along with a Graph Tech® nut, ensuring stable tuning. The strings are anchored at the other end with a compensated Lighting Bar wraparound bridge that is bolted directly into the mahogany body, providing the exceptional sustain and knockout tone that the Les Paul Junior is renowned for. The Epiphone Les Paul Junior comes packed in a premium gig bag, so it’s ready to go whenever and wherever you are.

Specifications
Body Specs
Body Finish
Gloss

Body Material
Mahogany

Body Shape
Les Paul

Body Styles
Les Paul

Neck Specs
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius
304.8mm / 12.0in

Fret Count
22

Frets
Medium Jumbo

Inlays
Pearloid Dot

Joint
Glued In, Set Neck

Neck Material
Mahogany

Nut Material
Graph Tech

Nut Width
43.0mm / 1.69in

Profile
50s Vintage

Scale Length
628.65mm / 24.75in

Electronics Specs
Bridge Pickup
Epiphone P-90 PRO Dogear

Controls
Master Volume, Master Tone; CTS Potentiometers

Output Jack
Epiphone 1/4"

Hardware Specs
Bridge
Lightning Bar Compensated Wraparound

Control Covers
Black

Control Knobs
Black Top Hat

finish
Nickel

Jack Plate Cover
Black Plastic

Pickguard
Black, No Bevel

Pickup Covers
Black

Strap Buttons
2 - Bottom and Upper Bout

Truss Rod
Dual Action

Truss Rod Cover
2-ply Black Bell

Tuner Plating
Nickel

Tuning Machines
Epiphone Deluxe with Ivory Button

Misc Specs
Case
Premium Gig Bag

Model:
EILPJTYNH1

Headstock
60s Kalamazoo

Headstock Inlay
Epiphone Logo in Mother of Pearl, Les Paul Junior in Gold Silkscreen

Strings Gauge
.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046