Gibson Custom Shop '60 Les Paul Junior – Yamano Export – Faded Vintage White Relic – USA 2006

This is a Gibson Custom Shop '60 Les Paul Junior finished in Faded Vintage White, built in 2006 as part of a dedicated run for the Japanese market through Yamano Gakki, one of Gibson's longest standing and most respected distributors in Japan. These Yamano export models were produced to Custom Shop standards and represent some of the finest Les Paul Junior reissues Gibson has ever made - built with the same care and attention as the Nashville Historic Series but released exclusively through the Japanese dealer network, making them genuinely uncommon outside of Japan.

The '60 specification distinguishes this guitar from the earlier slab-body Juniors of the late 1950s. By 1960 Gibson had introduced the double cutaway body shape and slimmed down the neck profile, and this guitar faithfully replicates that later, slightly more refined feel while retaining everything that makes the Junior such a compelling instrument - the flat mahogany slab body, the single P-90 pickup, the simple wrap-around bridge, and that complete absence of excess that puts all the tone and feel front and centre.

The Faded Vintage White relic finish is the correct colour for this model, capturing the look of an original late 1950s Junior finish that has aged and faded beautifully over the decades. Gibson's Custom Shop relic treatment has been applied with genuine skill here - the nitrocellulose finish shows fine checking and softening throughout, the neck back carries deliberately worn lacquer exposing the mahogany beneath, and carefully placed dings and marks complete the picture of a well-loved original. The result is a guitar that looks and feels broken in from the first moment you pick it up.

The bridge pickup has been upgraded to a Monty's P-90, with the original Gibson pickup retained safely in the case. Monty's are widely regarded as one of the finest boutique P-90 makers available, and the upgrade only adds to what is already an exceptional platform - raw, punchy, and full of midrange character, with the kind of dynamic sensitivity and pick response that humbuckers simply cannot replicate. Plugged into a good amp, this guitar covers everything from clean country twang to overdriven blues and rock with equal conviction.

Comes complete with original Gibson USA hardshell case, original Gibson P-90 pickup, and a spare black pickguard as photographed.

Features:

Model: Gibson Custom Shop '60 Les Paul Junior

Finish: Faded Vintage White - Custom Shop Relic

Serial: 004560329

Build Year: 2006

Market: Yamano Gakki Japan export

Body: Solid mahogany, flat top

Neck: Mahogany, '60 slim taper profile

Fingerboard: Rosewood with dot inlays

Hardware: Nickel

Pickup: Monty's P-90 - original Gibson P-90 also included

Bridge: Wrap-around stud

Controls: 1 volume, 1 tone

Pickguard: Tortoiseshell (spare black pickguard also included)

Action at 1st Fret: 0.25mm

Action at 12th Fret: 1.75mm

Neck Depth at 1st Fret: 20.01mm

Neck Depth at 12th Fret: 23.25mm

Nut Width: 43.01mm

Width at 12th Fret: 52.6mm

Weight: 2975g / 6.56lb

Case: Original Gibson USA hardshell case included