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Probably the most incredible (and certainly the rarest!) #TVTuesday I have ever had the pleasure to present to you: . 1956 #Gibson #LesPaulTV Junior in original cardboard alligator case, with matching #LesPaulTVmodel #amplifier! . These two would have been originally sold together as an outfit, and the "TV" models would have been an upgrade from the "regular" #sunburst #LesPaulJunior and #LesPaulamp models. . This was the only time in my 11 years of guitar photography that I have been in the same room with a matching set from the same year! It was a great day for your pal DeeBeeUs™, let me tell you! 😀 . . #gibsonlespaul #lespaultv #TV yellow #rareguitars #vintageamp #vintageguitar #vintagegibson #gibsonguitars #guitarcollection #guitarphotography (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVfc6dDrRVE/?utm_medium=tumblr

Here a teaser from my photo shoot on the weekend. But believe it or not, the item in the picture that really excites me is NOT the 1956 #LesPaul TV Junior (although that in itself is pretty damned exciting!). . No friends and fellow amp-o-philes, the really exiting item in this shot for me is the matching #LesPaulTVmodel #amplifier! How many of these have you seen? Exactly! Very rare. Same circuit as the #GA5 #LesPaulJunior #amp but from what I have read online the #TVmodel had a bigger speaker (always a good thing in a small amp!). Cosmetically, this one is labeled as "LesPaul TV Model" (the GA5 would have read "LesPaul Junior") and actually has a graphic of an old-timey television set around the #Gibson brand name (I'll post a photo of that as well someday soon). I guess the idea was back in 1956 that you would have bought these as a set (upgraded from the Junior set but still not as expensive as going for the "Special" or "Standard" outfits) for your kid who wanted to learn #guitar. The TV connection made it cooler for the kid than just the plain old Junior model! 😀 . This was my first (and probably last!) time seeing a set of 50s TV models together in one place at one time! What a fun day! . . #gibsonlespaul #lespaultv #tvjunior #lespaulamp #gibsonga5 #gibsonguitars #vintagegibsons #vintageguitars #vintagegibson #guitarphotography #gibsonamp #gibsonamps #vintageamps #amps #tubeamp #ampphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CTmZ6p_rpEi/?utm_medium=tumblr