I've been watching this channel for a couple of years and this is the best sounding guitar I've heard yet. I don't know if it's just the way he recorded it or what, but man, I want to hear that everyday!
@@tiki_trash Im thinking he could play a tennis racket and make it sound good, but this guitar is pretty sweet! P90s are great. Im still stuck on that old Telecaster for my fav though.
@mark dietz I can't pull sounds any where near that out of my👈👈👈 2019 Special! I suppose it's both the guitar AND the player. Aswell as knowing how to run an amp, I suppose. I am often guilty of choking out the tone with unnecessary pedals - even just a tube screamer and a delay. While the tone is smooth and tight...it loses all the gnarliness that made this performance so great. I'm gonna plug straight in this afternoon (Marshall) and see what I can achieve with the pots..
man let me tell this story, i was selling a amp head and this guy came by and brought his sg jr with and i swear the finish on that guitar was so bad..i think some of it fell on the floor at my place after he left. it was falling off as he played it...lol
@@chriswade5348 assuming you are in the United States you'd be correct. In "international english" or "british english" its practise. Id also like to point out that you dont come into good tone on accident. This cat has spent years honing is craft. Credit where credit is due. Matthew worked hard, acknowledge it. Calling it a gift diminishes his effort, in my mind anyways.
The best part is the history of guitar. Not many people get to know the actual person that owned/played a musical instrument, and this adds such an emotional level to this guitar. RIP Steve.
this is one of the coolest guitars i've ever seen - I can't believe the guys son sold it honestly but you're always a great owner of these cool vintage pieces because you really give them justice man
You can buy a lower end one that's made by gibson ocompany for 80 dollars. Book head stock and all, however you have to get rid of the maestro or Baldwin logo and its imported like the epiphone.
since gibson discontinued them in 2016. I see them all time on craigslist for 60 to 80. Just dont get the lp jr. They. Have baseball bat necks, unless you like that. The Sg have thinner necks.
One story I heard was that Les was going through a divorce and let the contract with Gibson expire to keep it out of the settlement and then renewed. I believe Mary Ford played an SG at one point as well which may be another reason Les wasn’t that enthusiastic about the model.
The 10 year contract starting in 1952 with the first introduction of the Les Paul ended in 1962. Les Paul did not care what they put his name on as long he was paid. Les Paul's popularity had faded with the introduction of Rock n Roll. Gibson did not want to pay him, especially with the problems in his personal life.
I know it’s two years later, but the triangle pics were around up through the ‘90s. We use to refer to them as bass pics. Just picked up a ‘65 barn find. It was saved by a plumber salvaging copper pipes out of an attic in a house to be bulldozed down in a day….
Love old 60s les paul juniors and they a fantastic rock machine! Teles and SGs are my two favourite guitars as you can't beat the simplicity of them. Rock on brother
A better condition example lives in a studio I visit often in West Texas. Slanted bridge produces perfect intonation. Last session, it was my go-to. Out of an amazing collection. ⚡️
Steve is standing behind you with both hands raised saying YESSSS Brother Matthew!! Great history and great sounding guitar! Thanks for sharing and saving another one!!
Due to the slanted bridge I would say that is a 61' or early 62' By mid 62' they stopped slanting the bridge and used the lightning bolt type bridge. (Better intonation) That Maestro vibrola is an awesome unit. I have owned a bunch of 60's Gibsons. and I had a mid 60's Firebird III and an SG Jr. that both had one. I took mine apart to see how it worked. The trem has a roller cam on each side with a torsion spring mounted between them and held captive by ea. roller cam... so just like the Kahler trem there is no knife edge fulcrum but the roller cam is the fulcrum point. And because the roller cam moves easily there is almost no friction....and stays in tune VERY well ! SERIOUSLY way ahead of its time. Those trems were used on Epiphones of the day as well. Those trems are not uncommon for SG JR's and Specials of the period. Although the more expensive SG standard and customs both came stock with the other style of Maestro trem.... the one that never stayed in tune ?!?! It's so weird Gibson would use the more expensive trem that actually stayed in tune on their cheaper guitars and their more expensive model guitars used a trem system that didn't stay in tune very well at all. Its well worth your effort to find the trem arm. Once you do you will have a guitar that has a VERY useable trem system... more accurate than a stock strat trem. Too bad Gibson stopped using that model trem by the late 60's.... yet another mystifying decision by Gibson.
If that trem unit has a torsion spring setup it was probably expensive AF. That may have influenced their decision a bit. I wonder if anybody has an old price list? That might shed some light on the subject.
@@MatthewScottmusic Worst case, unless you can find someone that knows those exact units, if that were me I would take it to a local hydraulic repair shop. Those guys work on all kinds of unusual setups, farm equipment ect., and might be your best bet for finding a random master mechanic that can address a unit like that one.
Matthew thank you for sharing these vintage guitars that actually have character . Players grade is character. A mint guitar in a case is just an object.
Soul sacrifice at Woodstock is one of the best songs of the era. Never liked regular sgs but there’s something about those early specials that is awesome to me. Excellent job as always Matt.
Mike Oldfield used this beauty as his main guitar during his best period... from about '75. to the end of the eighties. It can be seen on his various live shows on youtube. He later switched to PRS Custom. He never got that tone again. The correct model name is a Les Paul Junior, as written on the headstock, it didn't have the "SG" mark at the time. Personally I think it's maybe the best guitar ever made. The tone is absolutely unmatched.
There's definitely something with that old mahogany & P90. Sounds incredible. And how cool of the family to share such a cool pic of the owner & guitar. Allows the sentimentality to carry on.
My first response is always keep it!! But then again i want you to get the next one in so i can hear it. Always a good day when u get a new piece to share
In the old photo you can see the cigarette between E string and headstock, on the guitar you can see the nicotine-yellow in the same area! Beautiful guitar, Matthew, bravo as usual!
So great ! This video set me on a quest to find a 1961 Les Paul SG Junior…. And I found one. Have had it two weeks now and absolutely love it. Thanks for the inspiration.
Those old guitars, wow, I had a Les Paul Jr. SG for years , love the way they sear down the neck and have infinite sustain. Now I don’t really miss it but it sure was fun.
My Dad had a 60s model SG he played at church it was an amazing guitar. I always thought me or my little brother would get it when he passed away last June but he had hocked it and never went back and got it and I truly miss him and his SG the P90s were awesome.
I love how the 60s SG's all have that extremely thin blade-like edge on the belly cut. Brings a new meaning to calling a guitar an axe. They look amazing!
The amp, the degaussed pickups and plater make these old guitars sound great. I bet if he played an epiphanies, it would sound very similar through that amp
very cool, I owned a 1964 SG Jr that I bought in 1981 for $150. I believe the Les Paul Jr SG labeling ended in 1962/63. Those dogear P-90's are heavenly
When you pulled out the slide, its like the guitar said "Oh yeah, this is what I like to do!"
EXACTLY
I've been watching this channel for a couple of years and this is the best sounding guitar I've heard yet. I don't know if it's just the way he recorded it or what, but man, I want to hear that everyday!
@@tiki_trash Im thinking he could play a tennis racket and make it sound good, but this guitar is pretty sweet! P90s are great.
Im still stuck on that old Telecaster for my fav though.
@mark dietz I can't pull sounds any where near that out of my👈👈👈 2019 Special!
I suppose it's both the guitar AND the player. Aswell as knowing how to run an amp, I suppose. I am often guilty of choking out the tone with unnecessary pedals - even just a tube screamer and a delay. While the tone is smooth and tight...it loses all the gnarliness that made this performance so great.
I'm gonna plug straight in this afternoon (Marshall) and see what I can achieve with the pots..
@@lueysixty-six7300 I'm really not a great player, but the older I get the more I appreciate the volume and tone on my guitars.
Like an Old Master painting, that checking on the headstock…
man let me tell this story, i was selling a amp head and this guy came by and brought his sg jr with and i swear the finish on that guitar was so bad..i think some of it fell on the floor at my place after he left. it was falling off as he played it...lol
Like a Hunter Biden painting, right? I only assume since he recently took up art & his paintings put Van Gogh's to dust.
@@RRW276 thats in bad taste dude
@@wooohoo2 I agree! All in good fun, though.
Truly is!
The tone that comes from your hands is a gift!
I think it is called practise
thanks very much.
@@mariushebnes5951 I think it's SPELLED practice...
@@chriswade5348 assuming you are in the United States you'd be correct. In "international english" or "british english" its practise. Id also like to point out that you dont come into good tone on accident. This cat has spent years honing is craft. Credit where credit is due. Matthew worked hard, acknowledge it. Calling it a gift diminishes his effort, in my mind anyways.
The best part is the history of guitar. Not many people get to know the actual person that owned/played a musical instrument, and this adds such an emotional level to this guitar. RIP Steve.
Its true, very tough to trace back the history!
this is one of the coolest guitars i've ever seen - I can't believe the guys son sold it honestly but you're always a great owner of these cool vintage pieces because you really give them justice man
His dad left him other guitars that were more important to him. It's a tough decision to make but it's his decision to make!
You can buy a lower end one that's made by gibson ocompany for 80 dollars. Book head stock and all, however you have to get rid of the maestro or Baldwin logo and its imported like the epiphone.
@@teemoleague907 80 dollars ?
since gibson discontinued them in 2016. I see them all time on craigslist for 60 to 80. Just dont get the lp jr. They. Have baseball bat necks, unless you like that. The Sg have thinner necks.
@@TJJJJJJJJJJJ th-cam.com/video/AxJbPM3NLOo/w-d-xo.html
They made those triangle picks up until the late 90's. That guitar sounds amazing, even if that neck is held together by thoughts and prayers!
@HALF MT it looks like they are still for sale. They are called the Fender 355 pick and are made of celluloid.
@HALF MT yes they were real celluloid in the 90’s. You can still get new celluloid picks today. Even fender ones. Just not in the triangle shape.
@HALF MT I stand corrected. Christoper is correct.
they're my favourite picks and they are still for sale !
@@justindwight5457 That’s weird, my local music store has always had those triangle fender picks. I wonder how old they are then
Man turnin knobs instead of stompin a peddle is such a true statement great vid as always great story as well Thanks
Sold my ‘64 SG Jr to pay for my daughter’s wedding reception … nearly 30 years ago 😩
I hope she isn’t divorced already, so that your sacrifice wasn’t in vain
@@stevenvandemsky7290 😆😂 no …thank goodness
One story I heard was that Les was going through a divorce and let the contract with Gibson expire to keep it out of the settlement and then renewed. I believe Mary Ford played an SG at one point as well which may be another reason Les wasn’t that enthusiastic about the model.
Beat me to it, the story I've heard is that his contract with Gibson expired so they changed the name to SG
Heard the same thing. Also heard Les didn't like the change.
His nephew sold her 61 LP Custom on Pawnstars .
The 10 year contract starting in 1952 with the first introduction of the Les Paul ended in 1962. Les Paul did not care what they put his name on as long he was paid. Les Paul's popularity had faded with the introduction of Rock n Roll. Gibson did not want to pay him, especially with the problems in his personal life.
I had heard they changed the name to SG as Les didn’t like it and didn’t want to give his name to it.
Every time you play an old guitar Matt, you knock the damn dust off of it!
Ain't that the truth..whenever Matt breaks out and plays, I feel like I should throw my axe in the trash.
8:52 the slide sounds so sweet!
These old guitars just sound amazing
I know it’s two years later, but the triangle pics were around up through the ‘90s. We use to refer to them as bass pics. Just picked up a ‘65 barn find. It was saved by a plumber salvaging copper pipes out of an attic in a house to be bulldozed down in a day….
It's nice to get the story behind some of these old guitars. Thanks
that old lead-based jb weld holding that neck together will hold just fine!
Can't believe that pick never got lost
sounds gorgeous with the slide
That vibrato is just something really cool!
Glad you got to tell a little of this guys story
I love your style of playing....reminds me of my father playing 50 years ago.
Love old 60s les paul juniors and they a fantastic rock machine! Teles and SGs are my two favourite guitars as you can't beat the simplicity of them. Rock on brother
I own a 1965 SG Jr, all original, its a beast. Love those old Juniors.
I've a 66
What a great sounding old fiddle.
I really try to not be envious when I watch your channel !
It’s so vibey like your special
It’s a keeper
That guitar sounds so sweet! Especially with that brass slide!!🎸
Fabulous ..love the playing ..and attention to knobs ..love it .
A better condition example lives in a studio I visit often in West Texas. Slanted bridge produces perfect intonation. Last session, it was my go-to. Out of an amazing collection. ⚡️
Love the vintage all natural sound with no crappy stomp boxes.
Steve is standing behind you with both hands raised saying YESSSS Brother Matthew!! Great history and great sounding guitar! Thanks for sharing and saving another one!!
That is fucking sick man. Great playing on the slide. I love the tonal options of something so simple.
that's a tone you can live with for the rest of your life
That’s the pick I use! You can still get them!
A beautiful Blues Sound.
Really love that shuffle slide blues.
Thanks Matthew for the fantastic guitar story.......this sg jr. is a keeper
I’m envious of your neighbors, they get a free concert every time you get a new guitar. Keep it up dude you rock!
My kids and I now watch your channel together!
I'm always up for a guitar story.
Due to the slanted bridge I would say that is a 61' or early 62' By mid 62' they stopped slanting the bridge and used the lightning bolt type bridge. (Better intonation) That Maestro vibrola is an awesome unit. I have owned a bunch of 60's Gibsons. and I had a mid 60's Firebird III and an SG Jr. that both had one. I took mine apart to see how it worked. The trem has a roller cam on each side with a torsion spring mounted between them and held captive by ea. roller cam... so just like the Kahler trem there is no knife edge fulcrum but the roller cam is the fulcrum point. And because the roller cam moves easily there is almost no friction....and stays in tune VERY well ! SERIOUSLY way ahead of its time. Those trems were used on Epiphones of the day as well. Those trems are not uncommon for SG JR's and Specials of the period. Although the more expensive SG standard and customs both came stock with the other style of Maestro trem.... the one that never stayed in tune ?!?! It's so weird Gibson would use the more expensive trem that actually stayed in tune on their cheaper guitars and their more expensive model guitars used a trem system that didn't stay in tune very well at all. Its well worth your effort to find the trem arm. Once you do you will have a guitar that has a VERY useable trem system... more accurate than a stock strat trem. Too bad Gibson stopped using that model trem by the late 60's.... yet another mystifying decision by Gibson.
If that trem unit has a torsion spring setup it was probably expensive AF. That may have influenced their decision a bit. I wonder if anybody has an old price list? That might shed some light on the subject.
I hope to get it working!
@@MatthewScottmusic Worst case, unless you can find someone that knows those exact units, if that were me I would take it to a local hydraulic repair shop. Those guys work on all kinds of unusual setups, farm equipment ect., and might be your best bet for finding a random master mechanic that can address a unit like that one.
Wow this sg sounds so good. Good sustain for that scale.
Matthew thank you for sharing these vintage guitars that actually have character . Players grade is character. A mint guitar in a case is just an object.
Looks like he's playing through the 1959 Bassman tweed amp in this video, for those of you wondering (you can see it mic'd up in the background).
Soul sacrifice at Woodstock is one of the best songs of the era. Never liked regular sgs but there’s something about those early specials that is awesome to me. Excellent job as always Matt.
Same. The early models with the p90s have something I can't quite get out of the buckers. And that performance is absolutely God like.
Late 60' s Pete Townshend sound.
Absolutely beautiful tone
Hey buddy I love JRs I have early 1963. It's in great shape. I chased this guitar for 15 years. I was born in 63 so when I saw it I had to have it.
You know you are one of the most inspiring people to me I am pretty sure I will always follow you on social media.
nice find Matthew your playing was great but hell man when that slid came out it just has a soul
Nice tone. Gotta love the vintage stuff.
Love the sound.....barks like a mad dog
Looks thin and light. Sounds great too!
Mike Oldfield used this beauty as his main guitar during his best period... from about '75. to the end of the eighties. It can be seen on his various live shows on youtube. He later switched to PRS Custom. He never got that tone again. The correct model name is a Les Paul Junior, as written on the headstock, it didn't have the "SG" mark at the time. Personally I think it's maybe the best guitar ever made. The tone is absolutely unmatched.
is that so? do you have some live video links?
Wow another gem with character!! Btw...I used to use those triangle picks in the early 80's.
Excellent. Thank you. Wonderful playing wonderful tone.
There's definitely something with that old mahogany & P90. Sounds incredible. And how cool of the family to share such a cool pic of the owner & guitar. Allows the sentimentality to carry on.
What a great sounding Jr.
Congrats on the purchase and thank you for preserving that instruments story.
Thanks for telling a great story about that guitar.
Always appreciate the story behind the vintage guitars.
My first response is always keep it!! But then again i want you to get the next one in so i can hear it. Always a good day when u get a new piece to share
In the old photo you can see the cigarette between E string and headstock, on the guitar you can see the nicotine-yellow in the same area! Beautiful guitar, Matthew, bravo as usual!
Thought it was a capo.
The back story was neat. The guitar sounds great 👌👍.
Definitely has that Duane Allman/ Derrick Trucks tone. Very cool
That is an awesome sounding P-90.
...wow ...wish I'd never sold mine!
So great ! This video set me on a quest to find a 1961 Les Paul SG Junior…. And I found one. Have had it two weeks now and absolutely love it. Thanks for the inspiration.
Very nice blues+slide....great tone!!
The tone with the slide is gorgeous! Damn..
Sometimes I just crank your videos and hope my neighbors think it's me absolutely shredding.
I just bought ‘60 Les Paul Special with a NASTY headstock break/repair. Still sounds amazing. Those old P90s kill!
Those old guitars, wow, I had a Les Paul Jr. SG for years , love the way they sear down the neck and have infinite sustain. Now I don’t really miss it but it sure was fun.
That slide tone.......Oh My !!!!!
My Dad had a 60s model SG he played at church it was an amazing guitar. I always thought me or my little brother would get it when he passed away last June but he had hocked it and never went back and got it and I truly miss him and his SG the P90s were awesome.
Man that sounds amazing
In 2021, that shape's an SG. Hard to look at it and call it anything else, history notwithstanding. Great playing as usual, Matthew!
Forgot to mention. that sounds AMAZING WOW shes a keeper for sure
I just got one of those triangular picks day before yesterday. They still make them. It's perfect for my dulcimer.
Man … I need one of those. That has to be the best rock & roll guitar ever.
I have 44460! Also a 62’ with slanted tailpiece. Awesome guitars, enjoy!
nice score,sounds great,thanks for sharing it with us !
She sounds beautiful.
Whooooo that thing is like flaming butter! Smooth but hot.
That is surely a “special” guitar. Great find.
I love how the 60s SG's all have that extremely thin blade-like edge on the belly cut. Brings a new meaning to calling a guitar an axe. They look amazing!
That final playing clip though. 🔥🔥
That guitar sounds incredible.
The amp, the degaussed pickups and plater make these old guitars sound great. I bet if he played an epiphanies, it would sound very similar through that amp
Killer tone! Especially slide!
Looks and sounds like my '63 LP Jr. but mine has the tremolo. Plays great and sounds great.
SWEETNESS MR SCOTT. YOU BETTER KEEP IT !
That is such a beautiful instrument really perfect voicing
Watch this kid move his pick around between using it and finger plucking. Solid playing there.
That guitar sounds great.
You're awesome. Nice talk, nice playing, too. I enjoy your videos.
very cool, I owned a 1964 SG Jr that I bought in 1981 for $150. I believe the Les Paul Jr SG labeling ended in 1962/63. Those dogear P-90's are heavenly
That thing would not be leaving my possession, looks a keeper!
Wow. I love this channel. Just so straight forward.
I also meant ....just pure. !!!!
Aged to perfection and that sound and tone, my goodness. That is love of the instrument ingrained in its mahogany and lacquer. What spectacular SG Jr.
Love what you do with vintage guitars. Save them! You make that instrument sound fantastic, love when you slide it. Give me more.
Sweet baby Jesus, you made that old guitar sing. Kudos.
Great story & great sounding! 😎👍🎶
Just got the opportunity to play a dead mint ‘63. Thing was museum quality. Unreal guitars dripping with mojo.