COLORS:
Cherry Red
Kalamazoo 1958-1960
Fender PING Vintage Tuners
Fender PING Road Worn Relic Vintage
Fender Locking Tuners 3 Long / 3 Short post 0990818000
Fender Locking Tuners All Short Posts 0990818105
Fender Locking Tuners 3-3 Round Buttons 0990818500
Kaish 6-In Line Locking Tuners (Economy)
These will drop in without any modification. Installing other models will require drilling new mount holes.
Fender Original tuners can be found cheaper elsewhere. Google the SKU numbers.
Fender Standard Died Cast Tuners 09908020100
Fender ClassicGear Vintage Tuners 0990802100
Fender ClassicGear Vintage Staggered 0990802105
Fender Locking Tuners 3 Long / 3 Short post 0990818000
Fender Locking Tuners All Short Posts 0990818105
Fender Locking Tuners 3-3 Round Buttons 0990818500
Kaish 6-In Line Locking Tuners (Economy)
These will drop in without any modification. Installing other models will require drilling new mount holes.
Fender Original tuners can be found cheaper elsewhere. Google the SKU numbers.
BODY:
Body Wood: Slab Honduran Mahogany
Binding: None
Top Wood: None
Body Shape: SG Style / Double Cutaway (Rounded)
Lacquer: Color Lacquer Nitrocellulose
Backside: Cherry Red Nitrocellulose
NECK:
Neck Wood: Mahogany
Nut: Nylon (Molded)
Binding: None
Neck Angle:
Headstock Logo: "Gibson" + "Les Paul Junior" Gold Silkscreened
Serial: Yellow Ink Stamped - 5 or 4-Digits
Fretboard Material: Rosewood
Inlay: Pearloid Dot
Neck Lacquer: Cherry Red Nitrocellulose
Neck Profile: Medium/Thick "C"
Nut Width: 1 11/16" (43 mm)
Scale: 24.75" (628.65mm)
Radius: 12"
#Frets: 22
OG Fretwire: NS Medium Frets
Trussrod: Standard Headstock
Bolt-On Type: Glued Set-Neck (at 16th Fret)
HARDWARE:
Bridge Type: Nickel plated Zink, One piece Wraparound Tailpiece / 2-Stud
Tailpiece: None
Saddles: None (On Tailpiece)
Tuners: L/R - 3 on-Plate tuners) with White Plastic buttons (Single Line)
PLASTIC:
Knobs: Black Bell Knobs
Pickguard: Early Models: 1 Ply Tortoise Shell / Later: 1 Ply Black (smaller size)
Back Cover: Black Plastic
Trussrod Cover: Black Single Ply
Jack Cover: 3 Ply B/W/B Plastic
ELECTRONICS:
Switch: None
Pickup Config: S
Wiring: Standard: One Master Volume and One- Master Tone
Capacitor: Sprague Bumble-Bee 0.22mfd
Pots: 500k Centralab
Bridge Pickup: Single-Coil P-90 "Dog Ear" Black Cover
INFO:
Mid-1958 the Les Paul Junior transformed into the Double Cutaway SG Style.
Some Late-1958 had only 4-digit serial, missing the year annotator: (Ex: 8 XXXX)
All 4-digit are in the 6000 or 7000 range.
Early 1958 models had a Larger tortoise pickguard that later changed to the standard 1-ply smaller guard.