i love the guitar, i have the les paul special with 2 of the p-90 pickups, i like it, but i play les pauls standards and no comparison. and i play through a all original 1976 fender twin reverb which makes any guitar sound fantastic!!
Beautiful guitar man. Sounds like it's supposed to. A plausible theory about the model name is that the TV was a new thing in peoples homes, and a TV was a pretty big piece of furniture. And a very popular color back then was... limed mahogany.
@@Panic42000 yeah man tweet amps totally rare asf, but i can't stand em, you couldn't give me a tweet amp i'd rather have a grey face or a silverback all-day long!
Here is why I think the "it's called TV Yellow because yellow showed better on black and white TV" is a bullsh*t theory: Has anyone ever since someone playing a TV Yellow model guitar on TV? No. These were targred at students and young learners. If you were on TV, you were very likely a professional musican and you were not buying 'kids' guitars. You were playing a Strat or a Les Paul Custom or 175 or something in the Professional line.
I agree to a point but solid body electrics were a new idea at the time. So was rock & roll. Cheap guitars were a common thing. Harmony, Valco, danelctro, many played by early rocker. Plus that's not really yellow or a color that you would normally pick for guitars. So IDK
I could listen to the guy playing it for hours. That was more my dad’s style, most of the time. Great sound. Great memories. Thanks!
These were commonly known as "TV Juniors" back in the 70's, when I bought one for $300.
John, you never cease at amazing me! Love my 62' Strat that I bought from you. What you are "finds", not many left. Keep it up!
I find it interesting that Fender never bothered with TV yellow.
Because Fender had butterscotch
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Good point.
i love the guitar, i have the les paul special with 2 of the p-90 pickups, i like it, but i play les pauls standards and no comparison. and i play through a all original 1976 fender twin reverb which makes any guitar sound fantastic!!
Pretty cool single pickup student model les paul jr ya got there sonny!
i wish! what a freaking incredible instrument! i bet thats hard to sell, tough not to keep lol.
Think these new buttons will crack as well after a certain amount of time? Or are they made out of something else now?
It's possible! But it will be a loooonng time before they do.
Beautiful guitar man. Sounds like it's supposed to. A plausible theory about the model name is that the TV was a new thing in peoples homes, and a TV was a pretty big piece of furniture. And a very popular color back then was... limed mahogany.
It was a far sexier name than "coffee table yellow".
Amazing!
Killer sounding!
I knew a guy who's brother's uncle's cousin's wife's girl friend once told her that the guy said it was 'cuz of the....
Lol! yes this seems to be the most plausible theory... really.
Telecaster. Version.
Man i hate tweet amps. makes that thing sound like hell.
Tweet? Never heard of it. Now, tweed amps are awesome.
@@Panic42000 yeah man tweet amps totally rare asf, but i can't stand em, you couldn't give me a tweet amp i'd rather have a grey face or a silverback all-day long!
Here is why I think the "it's called TV Yellow because yellow showed better on black and white TV" is a bullsh*t theory: Has anyone ever since someone playing a TV Yellow model guitar on TV? No. These were targred at students and young learners. If you were on TV, you were very likely a professional musican and you were not buying 'kids' guitars. You were playing a Strat or a Les Paul Custom or 175 or something in the Professional line.
Good insight here! I think you're onto something there.
I agree to a point but solid body electrics were a new idea at the time. So was rock & roll. Cheap guitars were a common thing. Harmony, Valco, danelctro, many played by early rocker. Plus that's not really yellow or a color that you would normally pick for guitars. So IDK