#tvjunior

I have been saving this beauty up all week to unleash on you just as you head into your weekend! An IMMACULATE 1959 #Gibson #LesPaul #TVJunior with an extremely rare FACTORY black pickguard - courtesy of @bluerodeoofficial's own @colinjcripps I have seen a few clean Juniors in my life, but the condition on this one is INSANE. It looks like it was literally just brought home from the showroom! What a time machine. Photographed At @dlott65's #UnionSound #Toronto Guitarvraganza Tone Fest, feat. @chriswstringer8 and a rogues gallery of other Ontario guitar afficionados and players. It has only been a week and already I cannot wait for next years event! Get organizing please Don! 😉😂 #colincripps #ccripps #bluerodeo #unionsound #gibsonlespaul #lespauljunior #lespaulTV #tvyellow #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #vintagegibson #gibsonguitars #guitarphotography

For #TVTuesday this week I give you the coolest and cleanest #TVJunior I have ever seen: @colinjcripps' 1959 #Gibson #LesPaul TV Junior with rare factory black pickguard. The gnarled #FenderChamp also belongs to Colin. and the black panel #DeluxeReverb is @chriswstringer8 's. There's also just a hint of a late 50s Fender #Vibrolux on the right, belonging to @alastair_miller. All photographed last month at @dlott65's First Annual #UnionSound Toronto Guitar Bouncy Castle Carnival & Fun Day. #guitarphotography #vintageguitar #guitar #guitars #gibsonguitar #guitarra #vintagegibson #gibsonguitar #electricguitar #guitarre #chitarra #amp #guitar #guitars #ampphotography #vintageamp #amplifier #tubeamp #amps #guitaramp

One of the rarest and most interesting #guitars I have ever had the privilege to photograph: 1955 #Gibson #LesPaul Junior...in original natural finish. The first time I posted this #guitar I got a message from someone who is a world-renowned guitar finisher, and a person I respect in the guitar industry, who told me that this is in fact the very earliest version of the "limed mahogany" finish that nowadays we call TV Yellow rather than a pure "natural" finish. And the guitar does have "TV Model" silk screened on the headstock, so this new datum would tend to correlate. My information source went on to say that in the earliest version of the TV finish, the white layer was sprayed on very sparingly over natural pore filler. Whether this is "earliest TV" or "natural" it was only one of about 20 made in this finish EVER. Thanks to everyone out there who continue to share their vast knowledge with me! Photographed at the Don Lee Productions Presentation of the First Annual #UnionSound #Toronto Gearing and Hearing (Damage) Society Convention in early September, hosted by Chris Stringer. #gibsonlespaul #lespauljunior #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #vintagegibson #gibsonguitars #guitarphotography #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #vintagegear #gibsonsofinstagram

I'm very excited today! For the first time since October, 2021, I am getting out of the house to photograph somebody else's guitars! 📸🤗 Here's a pristine 1956 #TVJunior and matching #LesPaul TV #amp from the last time I was out and about with a camera, 8 long months ago. #gibsunday #gibson #gibsonlespaul #lespauljunior #tvyellow #limedmahogany #amp #amps #vintageamp #gibsonamp #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #vintagegibson #gibsonguitars #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #vintagegear #gibsonsofinstagram #guitarphotography (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cea9ZFfOBhU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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

One last #LesPaul for today: flashback 6 years to a #TVJunior spotted on a #guitarshopping trip to New York. This one was at #GuitarCenter on West 14th Street. . Man, if only I knew someone that had one of these and would let me take pictures of it. Oh wait...I DO! I'm looking in your direction @brentcoleman176! 😄 . . #gibson #lespauljunior #gibsonlespaul #lespauljunior #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #vintagegibson #gibsonguitars #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #vintagegear #gibsonsofinstagram #guitarphotography (at Guitar Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBl5dfEDi5_/?igshid=ifvzrc860tas

“The stockings were all hung from the chimney with care...” with hope that by morning a ‘59 TV Jr. would be there. “But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,” “make your Christmas more Merry when you’re shopping@Mike’s. “ #atmikesguitarparlor #gibson #lespauljunior #tvjunior #santa #bestgiftever🎁 #christmasstocking (at At Mike's Guitar Parlor)