proflonghair
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This is a decision I've laboured over, but my 40th, and hence a daft guitar purchase, looms on the horizon, so the rules of last in, first out apply...
It's a 2003 Tokai TJ60, their Les Paul Junior Doublecut model, in TV yellow. By far the best Junior I've played, it's a brilliant caveman guitar. It's light, it sounds like a buzzsaw, but cleans up nicely too. Neck's big, but not baseball fat by any means. It came to me with a horrible adjustable bridge on which looked like Robocop's harmonica, so I donated that to a forum build and replaced it with a swanky Faber aluminium compensated tailpiece. I've also swapped the pickup out for a Zhangbucker Blues 90 (will include the original with the guitar though). The previous owner had fitted a swanky wiring kit (full-sized pots, etc), I added a PIO cap because I believe in snake-oil and fairies. He'd also put vintage-correct knobs on there - fairly certain the originals are in the (tatty) gigbag, but let's not let that be a dealbreaker. The best mod he'd made was to move the strap button from the neck heel to the top bout - great, sensible mod, and he made a very good job of it.
It's had some play over its eleven years; there's fretwear in the cowboy chord positions, and a patch of bucklerash on the back. Neither of these things have ever bothered me; frankly, it's a relief to buy a secondhand gutar and know it's been played and enjoyed. There's a tiny (you can hardly feel it) dent on the upper back of the neck around the third fret position; again, nothing drastic.
These are hard to get hold of, and have been going for a fair old whack on eBay lately; I'd like to get ?475 for it. I'd rather not post it - I'm nary of Gibson necks being entrusted to Parcelforce et al, and would rather meet you halfway/within 50 miles (whichever's closest to me) of M5 junction 13, but would post it at your cost if I absolutely had to.
Not really (who am I trying to kid - PM me by all means) interested in trades, except maybe for the right baritone. Any questions, do shout.
Little dent on neck is North-North-East (landlubbers: up and to the left a bit) of the fretmarker.
Little patch of bucklerash. Not me guv. All my trousers are those elasticated/drawstring dealios.
Neck is quite thick.
It's a 2003 Tokai TJ60, their Les Paul Junior Doublecut model, in TV yellow. By far the best Junior I've played, it's a brilliant caveman guitar. It's light, it sounds like a buzzsaw, but cleans up nicely too. Neck's big, but not baseball fat by any means. It came to me with a horrible adjustable bridge on which looked like Robocop's harmonica, so I donated that to a forum build and replaced it with a swanky Faber aluminium compensated tailpiece. I've also swapped the pickup out for a Zhangbucker Blues 90 (will include the original with the guitar though). The previous owner had fitted a swanky wiring kit (full-sized pots, etc), I added a PIO cap because I believe in snake-oil and fairies. He'd also put vintage-correct knobs on there - fairly certain the originals are in the (tatty) gigbag, but let's not let that be a dealbreaker. The best mod he'd made was to move the strap button from the neck heel to the top bout - great, sensible mod, and he made a very good job of it.
It's had some play over its eleven years; there's fretwear in the cowboy chord positions, and a patch of bucklerash on the back. Neither of these things have ever bothered me; frankly, it's a relief to buy a secondhand gutar and know it's been played and enjoyed. There's a tiny (you can hardly feel it) dent on the upper back of the neck around the third fret position; again, nothing drastic.
These are hard to get hold of, and have been going for a fair old whack on eBay lately; I'd like to get ?475 for it. I'd rather not post it - I'm nary of Gibson necks being entrusted to Parcelforce et al, and would rather meet you halfway/within 50 miles (whichever's closest to me) of M5 junction 13, but would post it at your cost if I absolutely had to.
Not really (who am I trying to kid - PM me by all means) interested in trades, except maybe for the right baritone. Any questions, do shout.
Little dent on neck is North-North-East (landlubbers: up and to the left a bit) of the fretmarker.
Little patch of bucklerash. Not me guv. All my trousers are those elasticated/drawstring dealios.
Neck is quite thick.
